8:34 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Somerset have confirmed that Dom Bess will leave the club at the end of the 2020 season having declined a contract extension, with England’s incumbent Test spinner reportedly set to join Yorkshire. Bess made his first-class debut for Somerset in 2016 but has had to make do with limited opportunities
4:42 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s reaction from Barcelona’s bitter rivals on Lionel Messi’s shock news. Plus: Sadio Mane could have joined Manchester United … but for Louis van Gaal. Jump to: Mane rejected United over LVG
9:03 AM ET Serena Williams‘ drive to earn Grand Slam singles title No. 24, thereby equaling the all-time record held by Margaret Court, will begin next week at the fan-free US Open. The tournament will be unlike any major that she, or any other tennis pro, has ever experienced. This radical and unexpected development caused
9:18 AM ET The University of Minnesota has reached a $500,000 settlement with a woman who said she was gang raped by several Gophers football players in September 2016, according to documents obtained by the St. Paul Pioneer Press through an open records request. Minnesota officials redacted the woman’s name in the settlement documents, according
9:00 AM ET Football is back on ESPN this weekend, and it’s not just college football being played. The high school prospects are also going to be in the spotlight in the ESPN Geico High School Football Kickoff. It starts with two games Friday, including St. Paul’s (Alabama) taking on Spanish Fort (Alabama), followed by
7:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Before knowing that the coronavirus pandemic would sweep the country, Kevin Stefanski knew he needed to go meet his quarterback. The new Cleveland Browns head coach phoned his father, a front-office executive with the Detroit Pistons, to inform him he was headed to Austin, Texas, the following morning to
8:57 AM ET Justin Walters leads the UK Championship with a three-shot lead after bad weather affected the opening day of the tournament. Play was halted for over four hours at the Belfry after heavy rain caused flooding on parts of the course. 1 Related South Africa’s Walters still managed to card a bogey-free 64
8:23 AM ET Steve KimESPN Three televised shows, highlighted by unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez taking on Viktor Postol, will take place on Saturday — and all three main events carry title implications. First scheduled for China on Feb. 1, then in Fresno, California, on May 9, Ramirez-Postol will finally take place at the
8:36 AM ET The Baltimore Ravens have canceled practice Friday morning and will instead hold a “team unifying session surrounding social justice reform,” according to the team. The Ravens’ cancellation follows nine NFL teams not practicing Thursday in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Baltimore practiced Thursday but had planned to
7:12 AM ET Anthony Smith is one of the toughest fighters in the UFC, all right? Everyone knows it and, frankly, loves him for it. This is the guy who could have called it quits in a UFC title fight against Jon Jones last year — after Jones blasted him with an illegal knee in