11:06 AM ET ESPN 300 running back Jaydon Blue, one of the top-ranked running backs in the 2022 class, said he will sit out his senior season of high school in 2021 to prepare for college. Blue is the No. 82 ranked recruit overall in the ESPN 300 out of Klein Cain High School in
7:00 AM ET “Dad, you’re trending.” Hunter Wendelstedt started to get nervous. The night before, Wendelstedt — an MLB umpire since 1998 — had manned second base during a Sunday night matchup between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. He cycled through the game in his mind, replaying all the calls he had made. “I
7:00 AM ET The first tailgater arrived at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. “By noon, I saw about 20 or 30 tents set up,” Carolina Hurricanes GM and president Don Waddell said. When the gates opened for an 8 p.m. puck drop? You can only imagine the level of
10:05 AM ET Two 6-foot-9 Florida twins ranked among the top 15 high school juniors in the country — Matt and Ryan Bewley — are signing two-year deals with the Overtime Elite professional league, sources told ESPN, marking the first prep underclassmen to sign contracts with an American professional basketball league. Matt, who is ranked
5:14 AM ET The Metropolitan Police has arrested a total of eight men following an investigation into online racist abuse directed at an unnamed Tottenham player, it was announced on Friday. The investigation was launched after a Spurs player was racially abused on social media following their 3-1 defeat to Manchester United in April. –
8:34 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Ronald Koeman has said he still doesn’t know if he will be Barcelona coach next season and bemoaned a lack of support from the club in recent weeks as the team’s title hopes fell apart. Koeman, 58, still has one year to run on his contract at Camp
6:10 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have given Lionel Messi permission to miss this weekend’s game against Eibar and to have some extra time off before this summer’s Copa America. Barca wrap up their season against already-relegated Eibar on Saturday with nothing to play for after one win in their last five games
8:13 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Harry Maguire is unlikely to be fit for the Europa League final. Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Harry Maguire is set to miss the Europa League final through injury. Maguire was pictured on Thursday without crutches or a protective boot
10:20 AM ET Thomas Tuchel has warned Chelsea not to put themselves under extra pressure in next weekend’s Champions League final by missing out on a top four Premier League finish. Chelsea travel to Aston Villa knowing victory will seal third place and entry into Europe’s premier competition for the 2021-22 campaign. Anything less could
9:16 AM ET Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo is to leave at the end of the season, the club said on Friday. The 47-year-old has been in charge since 2017, guiding Wolves back to the Premier League in his first season at the helm and then enjoying consecutive seventh-placed finishes. – Stream FC Daily