4:45 PM ET Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said he is questioning his own hiring practices in light of the social unrest following the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “I’ve hired a black scouting director, [a] farm director in the past, but the majority of people that I’ve hired,
Month: June 2020
7:50 PM ET The morning before he became the only baseball player to kneel for the national anthem, then-Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell called outfielder Delino DeShields, then a member of the Texas Rangers, to tell him about his plans. After President Donald Trump had called kneeling NFL players “sons of bitches” in 2017, Maxwell
7:30 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney on Monday defended his response to an assistant coach’s use of a racial slur during a practice three years ago. Nearly a week after assistant coach Danny Pearman apologized for using the slur, Swinney made his first public comments about what happened in a taped message posted to
8:26 PM ET In order to kick off the college football season on time, coaches throughout the country could begin working with their players again as soon as July 6, and required meetings and walk-throughs with a football could start in mid-July if a proposed six-week practice plan is approved by the NCAA later this
8:33 PM ET Kansas officials have asked the NCAA to separate infractions cases involving alleged rules violations in its men’s basketball and football programs. In its response to the NCAA Committee on Infractions’ referral to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP), the school agreed that a referral to the IARP is appropriate for the men’s
7:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Shakur Stevenson will be without lead trainer Kay Koroma on Tuesday night when he faces Felix Caraballo in the main event of Top Rank’s boxing card in Las Vegas. Despite testing negative for the coronavirus Saturday, Koroma was in contact with Mikaela Mayer, another fighter he trains and was planning
6:46 PM ET ESPN News Services New Orleans Saints All-Pro receiver Michael Thomas has joined with a nonprofit group to help relieve $2.3 million in health care debt for Louisiana residents. Thomas contributed $20,000 to the group RIP Medical Debt, which works with individual donors and organizations to purchase medical debt at steep discounts for
7:11 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN New Seattle Seahawks running back Carlos Hyde believes that an NFL team signing Colin Kaepernick would show that the league is serious about doing its part to improve issues of racial inequality. Kaepernick and Hyde were teammates with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016 when the quarterback began protesting racial
5:39 PM ET Minnesota Vikings Pro-Bowl running back Dalvin Cook no longer will participate in any team-related activities until and unless he receives what he determines to be a “reasonable” deal, a source said Monday. “He’s out,” A source told ESPN. “Without a reasonable extension, he will not be showing up for camp or beyond.”
6:23 PM ET Former Iowa defensive back Diauntae Morrow on Monday detailed an alleged 2009 altercation with strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle that he thinks underscored a program environment where he and other black players often felt “alienated.” Morrow, who played 19 games for Iowa in 2007 and 2008 before transferring, tweeted about the