1:26 PM ET ESPN News Services College football players and some other athletes in revenue-producing sports at private universities are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday that would allow those players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo
1:38 PM ET Georgia quarterback JT Daniels is dealing with a lat muscle injury ahead of Saturday’s top-10 showdown against No. 8 Arkansas at Sanford Stadium, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said during a teleconference on Wednesday. Daniels, who ranks eighth in the FBS in total QBR (87.6) through four games, is expected to start for
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Quarterback Kyler Murray took the snap from shotgun, deep in Arizona Cardinals‘ territory in the second quarter of Week 1 against the Tennessee Titans. The Titans brought five against the Cardinals’ five offensive linemen, and it didn’t take long for Tennessee outside linebacker Harold Landry III to beat Arizona
6:50 AM ET Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka will be sidelined for three months after suffering a significant injury to his medial knee ligament against Tottenham at the weekend, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. Xhaka had to be taken off after 82 minutes in Arsenal’s 3-1 win against Spurs on Sunday following a challenge
8:17 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos’ legal counsel sent a letter to the IBF on Tuesday requesting that the organization find Triller in default of its obligation to honor signed contracts to deliver the lightweight title fight with Teofimo Lopez on Oct. 4 at New York’s Hulu Theater at MSG. In the letter, a
8:50 AM ET Manny Pacquiao, boxing’s only eight-division champion, announced his retirement from boxing in a Facebook post Tuesday night. “It is difficult for me to accept that my time as a boxer is over,” Pacquiao said. “Today, I am announcing my retirement. I never thought that this day would come. As I hang up
8:00 AM ET WHEN SHOHEI OHTANI stands on the mound and stares into his catcher for a sign, his mouth is slightly open and his chin is raised just a little, giving off the impression he’s every bit as curious as we are to discover what might come next. He comes set neck-high and stares
10:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement at age 42 to end a 26-year boxing career that saw him win world titles in an
8:38 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona‘s financial crisis has been laid bare after LaLiga cut another €300 million from their spending limit, with six clubs in the Spanish top-flight now permitted to spend more than them. The bar for operating costs for Barca for the 2021-22 season has been reduced to €97m, which
11:00 AM ET Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic and Borussia Dortmund‘s Gio Reyna have been left off the United States men’s national team roster for three upcoming World Cup qualifiers due to injury, the U.S. Soccer Federation said on Wednesday. Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie has earned a recall after being suspended for two qualifiers last month by