5:34 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara returned to practice Wednesday after what a source described as an unexcused four-day absence that was believed to be contract-related. And though a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that Kamara was also receiving treatment on his back during that missed time, he
5:15 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Preakness Stakes will be run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Oct. 3 without fans, making it a spectator-free sweep of the three Triple Crown races this year because of the global pandemic. The Maryland Jockey Club and Stronach Group that owns and manages Pimlico made the
3:36 PM ET ATLANTA — The 30 players who are competing in the Tour Championship at East Lake this week are playing for $45 million in FedEx Cup bonus money, with $15 million going to the winner. And PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that he anticipates no reduction in purses going forward as
5:34 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former two-time world champion Jose Pedraza will face Javier Molina in a 10-round junior welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Sept. 19. The bout originally was scheduled for May 9 in Fresno, California, on the Jose Ramirez-Viktor Postol undercard, but that event was canceled
4:45 PM ET If Tyron Woodley beats Colby Covington in their UFC Fight Night main event on Sept. 19, Jorge Masvidal will find more than a little satisfaction in the outcome. Turns out Masvidal has been helping Woodley train in St. Louis for three weeks in advance of the welterweight bout. “Masvidal hit me up,”
3:05 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 157 for 3 (Cockbain 84*) beat Birmingham Bears 100 (Smith 5-16) by 57 runs Gloucestershire brushed Birmingham Bears aside by 57 runs in a truncated Central Group thrash in the Vitality Blast at Edgbaston. In a game shortened to 12 overs per side by rain, Gloucestershire piled up
3:43 PM ET Georgia quarterback Jamie Newman, who was the expected starter, has decided to opt out this season over COVID-19 concerns and to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft, sources told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach on Wednesday. Newman, who came to Georgia as a graduate transfer from Wake Forest in January, started 16 games for
2:35 PM ET Iowa State, which announced a plan on Monday to allow 25,000 fans to attend its Sept. 12 home opener against Louisiana, has reversed course and will no longer allow fans. The school cited feedback from the community in announcing its decision. Athletic director Jamie Pollard said on Wednesday that Dr. Wendy Wintersteen
11:34 AM ET Tisha Thompson DANIEL SNYDER ENDURED decades of protests, lawsuits and emotional appeals over the nickname of his Washington NFL team. “We’ll never change the name,” he told USA Today in 2013. “It’s that simple. NEVER — you can use caps.” Then, in a blinding rush this summer, the name long criticized by
2:10 PM ET CINCINNATI — After Bengals running back Joe Mixon officially signed his four-year contract extension worth $48 million, he had high praise for rookie quarterback Joe Burrow. Mixon feels so good about the team’s future under Burrow that he hopes to finish his career in Cincinnati with the top pick in the 2020