2:17 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard has found his latest slight to motivate him going into Sunday’s big game against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Leonard said he’s been looking forward to facing Rodgers ever since he found out that the Green Bay quarterback called San Francisco’s Fred Warner
1:14 PM ET The Seattle Seahawks‘ home stadium, currently known as CenturyLink Field, has been renamed Lumen Field, the team announced Thursday. The name change is pending approval Thursday by the Washington State Public Stadium Authority, which owns the stadium. CenturyLink announced in September that the company was rebranding to Lumen Technologies. 1 Related The
11:52 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has just received the highest honor. What can be better than winning NBA Rookie of the Year? How about getting a zoo animal named after you. The Memphis Zoo announced Thursday that its newest giraffe would be named “Ja Raffe” in honor of Morant, who
10:45 AM ET The National Hockey League is not exactly known for its ingenuity. Its most successful invention in the past 15 years was “a hockey game, but outside.” They moved from 5-on-5 overtime to 4-on-4 overtime, added a shootout, realized the shootout was terrible, and the solution was 3-on-3 hockey. Again, not exactly reinventing
10:50 AM ET The most important thing that happens in boxing in 2020 might be what occurs inside the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, on Thursday night. The fabled gym founded by Freddie Roach and occupied by many boxing greats over the years, including Manny Pacquiao, will host the first three installments of
10:03 AM ET CHICAGO — Seven years after filing the paperwork, Wrigley Field is to be given federal landmark status in the National Register of Historic Places, according to sources familiar with the story. The move will give owners of the Chicago Cubs, the Ricketts family, access to federal income tax credits on the recently
9:31 AM ET A former LSU women’s tennis player has accused her former coach of lying about her knowledge of a Tigers football player physically abusing her between May 2017 and August 2018, and accused the coach of “betraying” her during an investigation. The former player, Jade Lewis, 21, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, posted
10:12 AM ET The Michigan State–Maryland game has been canceled because of COVID-19 concerns with Maryland. The game will be declared a no contest. Maryland also announced Thursday that head coach Mike Locksley tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is isolating at home. “I am gutted for our team and for our fans,” Locksley
7:00 AM ET The Ball Family Draft Night Extravaganza (heavy on the extra) began hours before the first pick, at a check-in table in the driveway of the family home in Chino Hills, California. Temperatures are taken, hand sanitizer is offered, waivers are signed, pens are separated in containers marked CLEAN and USED, and each
4:59 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has dubbed himself “The Experienced One,” a riff on his self-described “A Special One” moniker. When Mourinho arrived at Chelsea from Porto as a Champions League winner in 2004 he famously described himself as “A Special One” and the nickname has stuck throughout his coaching career. Speaking