10:50 AM ET Taquarius Wair, who overcame severe injuries in a fire and is now a running back for Mesabi Range College, will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at The ESPYS. The award is given to a person in the sporting world who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination. Wair lost
Month: June 2020
11:33 AM ET The SEC will hold virtual football media days instead of its annual in-person event this year as the sport continues to feel the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference made the announcement on Wednesday. No date for the virtual media days was provided. The Big 12, Mountain West and MAC conferences
8:39 AM ET The United States team is changing the way it selects players for the 2020 Ryder Cup, due to the number of PGA Tour events that were canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. captain Steve Stricker will now have six at-large selections — up from four — when the automatic qualifiers are determined
10:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Shakur Stevenson dominated Felix Caraballo over six one-sided rounds at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday in what was the return of boxing to the city. Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) was sharp from the beginning, muting the aggression of Caraballo (13-2-2, 9 KOs), who tried to
10:33 AM ET Associated Press LAFAYETTE, La. — A Louisiana woman was surprising her husband with breakfast when a plane hit her vehicle, causing it to flip several times and catch fire, according to a lawsuit filed over the December crash. Kristie Danielle Britt is suing the owners, pilot and insurers of the plane that
2:12 PM ET UFC president Dana White made some news Tuesday morning, and while much of the focus was on the cards he announced for the highly anticipated Fight Island, he threw in a nugget that arguably dwarfs any other fight mentioned. The trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former two-division champ Daniel
9:00 AM ET The Players Coalition has gathered the signatures of more than 1,400 current and retired athletes, coaches, general managers and staff members from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball, including on a letter to the United States Congress supporting a bill to end qualified immunity, which makes it difficult to sue police
8:00 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DAY … TODAY, it is draft day. The scouting of players for the annual June draft is filled with stories,
7:44 AM ET After a long break because of the coronavirus pandemic, golf makes it return this week at the Charles Schwab Classic. The field is loaded, well, except for the biggest names — Tiger Woods is sitting this one out. When will he make his debut? We’ve had a few guesses. Still, this week,
7:00 AM ET The ingredients that make a college football head coaching job appealing or alarming are even more pronounced at the Group of 5 level. There are undoubtedly challenging Power 5 gigs, but all come with a baseline level of resources and financial clout, from the TV money alone. The Group of 5 has