12:31 AM ET Manchester City would clearly love to bring Lionel Messi to the Etihad as part of their short-term quest to win the Champions League in the next three or four years. But the club are also looking to South America in their long-term planning. They have recently brought in two teenage attacking right-backs
7:46 PM ET Dabo Swinney said Thursday he’d be thrilled to see the Big Ten and Pac-12 get back on the field sooner rather than later, an option that seems to have at least some traction in recent days, but the Clemson coach doesn’t want to see the College Football Playoff wait on those leagues
8:09 PM ET The Football Oversight Committee on Thursday agreed to recommend a spring season model to the Division I Council that will give conferences that push their seasons to spring of 2021 15 practices in 29 days, and an eight-game season that must end by April 17th. Any other conferences that have postponed their
6:50 PM ET Steve KimESPN Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will face mandatory IBF world title challenger Kubrat Pulev on Dec. 12 at the O2 Arena in London if everything goes according to plan, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said Thursday. “We’re still looking at alternative options with team Pulev,” Hearn told ESPN, “but we
7:10 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers, with their season on the line entering a pivotal Game 6 on Thursday, got an extra boost with the return of Oskar Lindblom to the lineup — the forward’s first game action since being diagnosed and treated for Ewing’s sarcoma. He’s in. Welcome back, @oskarlindblom. pic.twitter.com/SeMbnLKzur — Philadelphia Flyers
7:20 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Players can ride in carts during practice rounds and caddies can use them during the tournament to cope with the extreme heat expected for the ANA Inspiration next week in the California desert. The LPGA announced the decision on its website Thursday. Traditionally the first major
6:32 PM ET If Oscar De La Hoya follows through on his desire to return to the ring, fellow boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez would be more than ready to face him in an exhibition that would put the final touch on the Mexican champion’s long, storied career. “It would be the last exhibition I
7:03 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Center Ryan Kelly didn’t tell many people outside of those close to him that he never wanted to play for any team other than the Colts. A place like Seattle was too far for his family to travel to watch him play. Indianapolis is perfect because it’s just a two-hour
6:00 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHWELL, England — Jump racing was suspended at a British racecourse on Thursday following the death of eight horses at the venue since July 1. The British Horseracing Authority already was working with the owners of Southwell racecourse to look into the circumstances behind six equine fatalities there from July
5:37 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said he wants to play next season, when he will turn 44 — and he wants to do it in Boston. Chara said Thursday that he still was raw from the Bruins’ playoff elimination when he said Monday night, “I’m going to be open-minded”