2:38 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Big Ten is taking a “decentralized decision-making process” toward handling COVID-19 issues heading into the fall athletics season, and will soon determine how outbreaks will impact competition. Commissioner Kevin Warren on Thursday said league presidents and chancellors last month agreed that each institution would determine its policies for dealing
3:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Terry Bowden, son of Hall of Fame college football coach Bobby Bowden, said Thursday his father is suffering from pancreatic cancer and is “doing as good as expected” given the family’s recent announcement that his condition is terminal. “The news came out [Wednesday], but we’ve known for about 10
2:31 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers traded defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere and two draft picks to the Arizona Coyotes and received nothing in return. The Flyers sent a second-round pick in 2022 and a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NHL draft, previously acquired from the Montreal Canadiens, to the Coyotes on Thursday. Once considered a top
1:19 PM ET CINCINNATI — Two Cincinnati Bengals legends will finally get the recognition many fans believe they deserve. Former quarterback Ken Anderson and former cornerback Ken Riley will be inducted into the team’s inaugural Ring of Honor, the team announced Thursday morning. Anderson and Riley will join team founder Paul Brown and former offensive
1:58 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence will open training camp on the physically unable to perform list because of offseason back surgery, the third of his career. “It’s more of a cleanup, so there’s no high concern,” coach Mike McCarthy said before the Cowboys’ first training camp practice. “He
2:26 PM ET The NFL has added an additional COVID-19 vaccination incentive for players, threatening forfeits and the loss of game checks if an outbreak among unvaccinated players causes an unresolvable disruption in the regular-season schedule. Commissioner Roger Goodell informed clubs of the new policy Thursday in a memo. The league has encouraged vaccination for
1:52 PM ET HOOVER, Ala. — Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman drew a line in the sand Thursday when it comes to his players entering the transfer portal. “Once you go to the transfer portal at the University of Arkansas, you sure ain’t transferring back in,” he said. Speaking at SEC media days, Pittman compared
12:20 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Coming off a 2-4 season in 2020, coaching changes and offseason questions about Jim Harbaugh’s future, Michigan linebacker Josh Ross says the culture of the football program is at the highest level he has seen since joining the Wolverines. The senior linebacker said that, in the past, there was negativity
10:25 AM ET Miami Hurricanes safety Avantae Williams has been suspended by the team after he was arrested Wednesday on domestic violence charges, a university spokesperson told multiple outlets. Williams, 20, is facing three counts of aggravated battery of a pregnant person, according to Miami-Dade County records. He is being held on $10,000 bond, according
6:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar De La Hoya’s comeback fight at 48 is now exactly that — a fight. The Hall of Fame boxer’s Sept. 11 return against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, originally planned as a boxing exhibition, now will be a sanctioned fight, Triller Fight Club founder Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN on