12:33 PM ET Paul Hornung, “The Golden Boy” who starred for Notre Dame in the 1950s and the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s, has died at age 84, the Louisville Sports Commission announced Friday. The commission said Hornung had dementia. Hornung, born Dec. 23, 1935, in Louisville, Kentucky, was one of only seven players
Month: November 2020
1:01 PM ET SEC presidents and chancellors this week approved Dec. 19, which is the day of the SEC championship game, as a makeup date for other games that have been postponed this season because of COVID-19, a source told ESPN on Friday. As the SEC continues to navigate its way through a tumultuous week
11:55 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Caron Butler is coming back to the Miami Heat, agreeing to begin his coaching career as an assistant on Erik Spoelstra’s staff, a source told The Associated Press on Friday. Butler and the Heat are in the process of finalizing his contract, the source said. Butler was the
12:18 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Udonis Haslem announced Friday that he’s returning for an 18th season with the Miami Heat, and left the door open for extending his career after that. Only five NBA players have spent a career of that length with one franchise. Dirk Nowitzki spent 21 years with Dallas, Kobe
7:48 AM ET Paul Felder was home with his family on Sunday night in Philadelphia. It was around 7:30 p.m., and while scrolling through social media, Felder saw a report that Islam Makhachev was out of his UFC Fight Night main event with Rafael dos Anjos, a bout scheduled for the following weekend. That was
11:35 AM ET Associated Press Eight Tennessee football assistant coaches have declined proposed pay cuts as the athletic department deals with a $40 million loss in revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. Tennessee announced pay cuts in October starting Nov. 1 through June 30 for employees making more than $50,000 per year. But Tennessee football coaches
11:51 AM ET The Pac-12 apologized to the Stanford football team Friday after an inconclusive COVID-19 test led to multiple players, including starting quarterback Davis Mills, missing the Cardinal’s season-opening loss to Oregon on Saturday. “During Pac-12 game day testing this past Saturday, there were testing protocol errors with respect to a Stanford student-athlete who
12:18 PM ET Saturday’s game between Arizona State and Cal has been canceled because the Sun Devils do not have the minimum number of scholarship players available due to the coronavirus, the Pac-12 announced Friday. Among those who tested positive for COVID-19 within the ASU program is head coach Herm Edwards, the school announced. “In
12:39 PM GMT The Autumn Nations Cup game between France and Fiji on Sunday is likely to be cancelled following a string of positive coronavirus cases within the Fiji team, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The source, who declined to be named because they are not allowed to discuss
8:36 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After one of the strangest and most unpredictable years in modern history, we’ve made it to the end of the 2020 tennis season. The coronavirus pandemic stopped the ATP and WTA seasons in March. Following months of uncertainty, tour-level competition resumed in August. The WTA was forced to cancel its