9:46 AM ET Ohio State expects star defensive end Chase Young to be handed a four-game suspension for accepting a loan from a family friend, sources told ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit. The Buckeyes are hopeful that an appeal of Young’s case with the NCAA will yield a reduction in the number of games, sources said. The
9:55 AM GMT It’s been a dramatic couple of weeks for Bangladesh cricket. Shakib Al Hasan was publicly blasted by BCB president Nazmul Hassan for not taking the board’s approval for a sponsorship deal before he was banned for failing to report bookie approaches. It all happened on the eve of Bangladesh’s tour of India,
12:16 PM ET Nearing halftime of the 1994 NFC Championship Game, the superstar-laden Dallas Cowboys were teetering on the verge of collapse. This was America’s Team, aiming to reach and win its third straight Super Bowl. And it was getting dominated by the San Francisco 49ers. 2 Related Clawing back from an early 21-0 deficit,
6:00 AM ET Last week was a stark reminder that some fantasy breakthroughs take longer than others. Running backs Ronald Jones and Kenyan Drake, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and tight end Mike Gesicki all posted career-high weeks in ESPN’s PPR scoring. And receiver DeVante Parker — a first-round draft pick in 2015 — has now posted
3:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Amid a renaissance start to the season for both the Los Angeles Lakers as a successful franchise and LeBron James as a dominant player, James has no plans to miss games due to load management in anticipation of a postseason run. “If I’m hurt, I don’t play. If not,
3:15 AM ET PERTH, Australia — Australian women’s tennis returned to centre stage on Saturday as team Australia, spear-headed by World No.1 Ash Barty, looked to end their 45-year Fed Cup title drought and were greeted with a record crowd. Thirteen thousand people flooded the gates on Saturday morning, smashing the record for attendance of
2:02 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Local favorite Ai Suzuki shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Japan Classic on Saturday. Suzuki had seven birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish her first two rounds at 12-under 132. Gaby Lopez shot
1:56 AM ET Associated Press PERTH, Australia — Australian Ash Barty continued her season-long extraordinary form to beat France’s Caroline Garcia 6-0, 6-0 and level the Fed Cup final at 1-1 on Saturday. The world No.1-ranked Barty beat Garcia in just 56 minutes on an outdoor hard court at Perth Arena to get Australia back
12:52 AM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard scored a career-high 60 points for Portland in the Trail Blazers’ 119-115 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 34 points and Kyrie Irving had 33 for Brooklyn to help send Portland to its fourth straight victory. Lillard set a franchise
12:08 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — The Toronto Raptors got out of New Orleans with a victory on the scoreboard, but injuries dealt them a pair of blows. Kyle Lowry suffered a small fracture in his left thumb and Serge Ibaka suffered a “pretty bad” sprained ankle, coach Nick Nurse said after Friday’s