6:31 PM ET Multiple Division I athletic directors have signed a pledge to diversify their hiring pools. According to Jason Belzer, founder of Athletic Director U, 30 Division I athletic directors have signed the Collegiate Coaching Diversity Pledge, which was announced on Sunday. To adhere to the pledge, schools “must have a finalist pool that
5:09 PM ET NFL NationESPN The collective groan you heard on Sunday was NFL fantasy players. Two of the top running backs — the Carolina Panthers Christian McCaffrey and New York Giants Saquon Barkley — left their respective game with injuries. While McCaffrey’s status is in flux, the Giants fear Barkley will be lost to
5:03 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Playing without their two starting linebackers, the Buffalo Bills needed the offense to carry the load Sunday against the Miami Dolphins — and Josh Allen delivered. The third-year quarterback threw for 417 yards and four touchdowns, both career-highs, in what might be the best game of his career. After recording
4:49 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — One week after Tom Brady threw two interceptions in a losing debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he led four touchdown drives — two that came off turnovers — to defeat the Carolina Panthers 31-17 for his first Buccaneers win at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. Brady completed 23
5:18 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Never in Mike McCarthy’s dreams did he think his first home game as Dallas Cowboys head coach would go like this. But he won’t forget it, either. What looked like one of the worst losses of McCarthy’s career and one of the most lopsided the Cowboys have had in
12:25 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Novak Djokovic knows it isn’t model behavior when he loses his cool on the tennis court. Yet he just can’t help himself. Exactly two weeks after he was defaulted from the US Open, and a day after he was warned by the chair umpire for breaking his racket,
4:54 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com It’s only Week 2 of the NFL season, so lots of teams can get better, but don’t tell those fans clamoring for their teams to take Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence in the NFL draft. Granted, there were some bad quarterback play Sunday, so maybe some of that QB thirst was
5:04 PM ET The team that blew a 28-3 in Super Bowl LI managed to throw away another 20-point deficit, and now the winless Atlanta Falcons (0-2) find themselves on the brink of another early-season implosion. Losing a 40-39 decision to the Dallas Cowboys after jumping out to a 20-0 lead is not going to
5:14 PM ET North Carolina has been unable to secure an opponent for a game this weekend, so the Tar Heels will next play Oct. 3 against Boston College unless something changes. The school said Sunday that it had worked the phones all weekend but was unable to find a new nonconference opponent. North Carolina
1:28 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — In a stunning performance for the ages, Tour de France rookie Tadej Pogacar won cycling’s showpiece race Sunday on the eve of his 22nd birthday, becoming the second-youngest winner of the 117-year-old event that this year braved — and overcame — France’s worsening coronavirus epidemic. With a yellow