10:46 AM ET Associated Press LARAMIE, Wyo. — Fifty years after 14 black football players were kicked off the University of Wyoming football team for seeking to wear armbands to protest racism, eight of them returned to the Laramie campus to commemorate the anniversary as the school takes another step toward reconciliation. University officials planned
Month: September 2019
9:37 AM ET Throughout last year as UCF was in the midst of its second straight undefeated regular-season campaign, a question lingered each week: Did the Knights have a path to the College Football Playoff? And every time the Allstate Playoff Predictor had the same response: nope. This year could be different. Because just two
Temba Bavuma punches with a high elbow © AFP Having established himself as a red-ball player over the years, South Africa batsman Temba Bavuma said he was “surprised” by his call-up to the T20I side to play India later this week. In a post World Cup shake-up, South Africa had made a number of changes
10:43 AM ET The NFL will not place New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown on the commissioner’s exempt list at this point, making him eligible to play Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The league has opened an investigation into Brown that will include interviews with the wide receiver and
10:25 AM ET Wide receiver Torrey Smith delivered a heartfelt retirement announcement on social media Friday morning, wrapping up a career that produced 5,141 yards and two Super Bowl titles. One of the best deep threats over the past decade, Smith entered this season ranked third in yards per catch among active players. His 16.1-yard
1:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — As he held a Trojan sword in his right hand, made the two-fingered Fight On sign with his left and led the Trojan Marching Band in “Conquest,” USC quarterback Kedon Slovis had to feel it was a surreal moment. Just a week earlier, he had been a mostly anonymous
10:28 AM ET Following a recent health scare, PGA Tour player Justin Thomas is urging people to get screened for skin cancer. In an Instagram post, Thomas revealed that he’d recently had a small mole on his left leg removed. He said the mole was in the early stages of melanoma. The social media post
10:09 AM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers have signed defenseman Ivan Provorov to a six-year, $40.5 million contract. The deal on Friday with the 22-year-old restricted free agent from Russia has an average annual value of $6.75 million. Provorov has 30 goals and 97 points in his first three seasons. He holds the
9:36 AM ET BEIJING — Kobe Bryant thinks Team USA might have to get used to a new reality of losing in major events. Bryant was part of likely the second-most relevant Team USA in history. After the original Dream Team in 1992, the Bryant-led 2008 “Redeem Team” that won gold in the Beijing Olympics
9:35 AM ET Despite the Patriots opening as more than a two-touchdown favorite over the Dolphins, bettors have continued to push the line with bets on New England ahead of Sunday’s game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. After opening at Patriots minus-14.5, the line grew to as high as New England minus-20 at some