1:42 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — The top Republican in the Connecticut Senate wants private donors to pick up the cost of UConn’s departure from the American Athletic Conference. Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano wrote on Thursday to the school’s new president, Tom Katsouleas, urging him to have the UConn Foundation pick up
Month: August 2019
1:00 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat has been added to USA Basketball’s national team roster for the FIBA World Cup, while Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons and Montrezl Harrell of the Los Angeles Clippers have withdrawn from the squad. Adebayo’s addition means the national team
7:00 AM ET We are in the midst of something special this college football season. The top two schools in every poll this year, Clemson and Alabama, return the two best quarterbacks in the country. Both quarterbacks have already won national titles and neither is even a senior yet. Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence are
12:55 PM ET Top-30 recruit MarJon Beauchamp plans to skip college and instead work out with a training program to prepare for the 2021 NBA draft. Beauchamp will begin the yearlong program at Chameleon BX following his senior year of high school. He will attend Dream City Christian (Arizona) for his final high school season.
12:43 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin detailed the challenges of his three seasons working with LeBron James as Cleveland Cavaliers general manager, saying the experience was “miserable” and questioning James’ winning instinct in Los Angeles. Griffin told Sports Illustrated for a story published Thursday that the annual challenge of building
12:43 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin detailed the challenges of his three seasons working with LeBron James as Cleveland Cavaliers general manager, saying the experience was “miserable” and questioning James’ winning instinct in Los Angeles. Griffin told Sports Illustrated for a story published Thursday that the annual challenge of building
Jul 26, 2019 Broncos and Falcons fans, the wait is over. The Hall of Fame game will kick off the preseason Thursday night in Canton, Ohio. For the other 30 teams, we’ll have to wait another week before we get a glimpse of those rookies and other new additions. Meanwhile, the New York Jets made
3:29 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” THE FIRST CALL came about 24 hours before Major League Baseball’s 4 p.m. ET July 31 trade deadline. Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow reached out to his counterpart with the Arizona
12:27 PM ET The defending national champion Clemson Tigers starts the season the way they finished last January — atop the Amway Coaches Poll. The Tigers received 59 of 65 first-place votes in the poll, released Thursday, giving them the top spot in the preseason coaches ranking for the first time in school history. No.
5:13 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper couldn’t recall all the details, but he remembered being fascinated the first time he spoke with Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez. “Obviously, as a kid growing up watching him, I just enjoyed his style of play,” Hooper said. “I can’t tell you