12:40 PM ET Kathleen McNamee Two-time USWNT World Cup winner Tobin Heath has said she joined Manchester United because “it is the American team” in the Women’s Super League. Heath, 32, has spent the last seven seasons with the Portland Thorns and joined United alongside USWNT teammate Christen Press at the end of the WSL
11:15 AM ET Chelsea defender Thiago Silva said the Premier League’s “long-ball football” put him off moving to England until the latter stages of his career. The centre-back, who turned 36 on Tuesday, joined Chelsea on a free transfer this summer after eight years at Paris Saint-Germain and will make his debut against Barnsley in
2:00 PM ET MLS announced the remainder of its regular season schedule, with each team playing nine more matches and concluding on Nov. 8. The last day of the regular season — which the league is calling Decision Day and will likely have a bearing on playoff qualification and seeding — will see the 14
1:59 PM ET Cincinnati wide receiver Alec Pierce, who led the team in receiving last season, will miss several weeks with a knee injury. Coach Luke Fickell on Tuesday said Pierce recently underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his knee. Pierce recorded 652 receiving yards on only 37 receptions last season as a sophomore, scoring two
2:31 PM ET TCU sophomore Matthew Downing will start at quarterback when the team opens its season on Saturday against Iowa State. Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said during a news conference on Tuesday that Downing will start, but Patterson hasn’t finalized a plan for all the quarterbacks yet. On Monday, during the Big 12
2:20 PM ET Inconclusive COVID-19 tests that came back negative will allow five Missouri football players previously believed to be out to participate in Saturday’s game against Alabama. Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz told reporters on Tuesday that instead of the 12 players he previously said would be sidelined, that number was now seven. Drinkwitz said
2:59 PM ET The Notre Dame-Wake Forest football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed after the Irish announced 13 players are in isolation. In a statement Tuesday, Notre Dame said seven players tested positive for coronavirus out of 94 tests done Monday. Combined with testing results from last week, 13 players are in isolation,
1:37 PM ET The San Jose Sharks saw enough from Bob Boughner this past season to make him the ninth head coach in franchise history. Boughner was officially elevated from interim status on Tuesday, after having coached the team for 37 games in 2019-20 after the firing of head coach Peter DeBoer. Boughner, who had
2:14 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant, the widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff claiming deputies shared unauthorized photos of the crash that killed her husband, their 13-year-old daughter and seven other people. After the Jan. 26 crash, reports surfaced that graphic
2:16 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver says his “best guess” is that the league will not begin its next season until 2021, emphasizing that “the goal is to play a standard season.” Silver discussed the NBA’s plans for the 2020-21 season amid the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday as part of a wide-ranging interview with CNN.