11:59 AM ET Associated Press LA ROCHE-SUR-FORON, France — Paris, and victory at the Tour de France, are almost within reach for Primoz Roglic. The Slovenian rider safely negotiated the last truly mountainous stage of this year’s race on Thursday, moving a big step closer to adding what would be his first Tour win to
2:38 PM ET Washington defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike will pass on his final season with the Huskies and enter the 2021 NFL draft, the school announced Thursday. Onwuzurike was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection in 2019 and is the fourth-ranked draft-eligible defensive tackle in the country, according to ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. “I’m
3:16 PM ET The Mid-American Conference presidents will meet Saturday to review a possible fall football season as momentum builds around the league to get back on the field, sources told ESPN. The Toledo Blade, which first reported the presidents’ meeting, reported the MAC is considering a six- or eight-game fall schedule that would begin
3:52 PM ET Saturday’s Virginia–Virginia Tech game has been rescheduled for Dec. 12 in Blacksburg, the ACC announced Thursday. Virginia Tech asked to postpone the game because of coronavirus-related issues. Though Virginia Tech did not disclose testing numbers, both coach Justin Fuente and athletic director Whit Babcock said they did not have enough players to
2:57 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs found much to like in running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire‘s NFL debut last week. He rushed for 138 yards and leads the league through the first week of the season. But Edwards-Helaire has one area to improve: his running near the opposing goal line. He
1:07 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers captain Maurkice Pouncey on Thursday announced his intention to make his own choice about what name to put on the back of his helmet, becoming the second player to break from the team’s decision to wear the name of police shooting victim Antwon Rose Jr. on helmets for the
2:32 PM ET ATP and WTA jointly announced on Friday that the 2020 Kremlin Cup tournaments in Moscow have been cancelled by a mandate from health officials in the Russian capital, where there has been a surge in coronavirus infections. However, the ATP’s St. Petersburg tournament – a more prestigious event scheduled to start in
7:29 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England and West Indies Women plan to honour the Black Lives Matter movement when they begin their long-awaited T20I series next week. Heather Knight, the England captain, has been in contact with her West Indies counterpart, Stafanie Taylor, and the pair
1:30 PM ET Collin Hill will start at quarterback for South Carolina, coach Will Muschamp said Thursday. Hill, a graduate transfer from Colorado State, appeared in 18 games with 11 starts for the Rams, throwing for 3,323 yards with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He has overcome three ACL injuries in his college career. Hill
1:48 PM BST Georgian police have arrested the vice president of the country’s rugby union, Merab Beselia, over the shooting of player Ramaz Kharazishvili, who was shot in the leg at the sport’s governing body’s offices in the capital Tbilisi on Wednesday. Kharazishvili, 32, the former captain of the Georgian national Sevens team, underwent surgery