4:51 PM ET Roger Federer‘s decision to forgo playing tournament tennis for the remainder of 2020 immediately raises the possibility that the all-time leading men’s Grand Slam singles champion will not improve on that 20 title count. But hold the sympathy cards and floral arrangements. We were at this same juncture in 2016, for similar
Month: June 2020
4:19 PM ET The Memorial Tournament will require fans to wear masks when next month it becomes the first PGA Tour event to allow spectators. The tournament was given approval last week by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to allow a limited number of spectators at Muirfield Village Golf Golf in Dublin, Ohio, a number that
4:07 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella once threatened to bench any player who protested during the national anthem. But as he’s watched protests against racial injustice grow around the globe, he said his stance has changed. Tortorella told The Athletic on Wednesday that he would no longer punish a player that protested
4:22 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Like many other professional athletes, Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill has taken to social media to show that he’s taking a stand against police brutality and social injustice. Things
3:33 PM ET Justin Coleman was in college at Tennessee when he came home to Brunswick, Georgia, and while hanging out with friends got into a conversation with one of his closer family friends, Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery, his football and track teammate, had just graduated from Brunswick High and said he felt lost. “I just
4:16 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — In the wake of ongoing conversations surrounding racism and police brutality, Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting cornerback Carlton Davis gave an account Wednesday of an encounter with law enforcement that he says, to this day, has made him fearful of police. When Davis, who is African-American, was 14 or 15
3:34 PM ET A Youngstown, Ohio, home in which Las Vegas Raiders third-round draft pick Lynn Bowden Jr. was staying was raided by Drug Enforcement Agency agents, U.S. Marshals and local police, according to a statement from the DEA on Wednesday morning. Handguns and loaded assault weapons were recovered from the house. Although Bowden was
3:54 PM ET Los Angeles Chargers running back Justin Jackson said Wednesday he thinks that Colin Kaepernick should feel “very vindicated” about kneeling during the national anthem before games in 2016 and that whether players kneel or don’t kneel before games in the 2020 season and beyond will be in the context of a bigger
2:52 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have moved the statue of former owner Jerry Richardson from outside the North Gate of Bank of America Stadium to an undisclosed site for what the team called safety concerns amid the racial unrest in the country. There have been rumblings on social media that the
6:00 AM ET Are the Philadelphia Eagles better, worse or the same on offense compared to a year ago? That’s a question that requires more than a blanket answer given all the moving parts. They parted with a future Hall of Famer in left tackle Jason Peters, assembled a track team at wide receiver and