12:03 PM ET Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. — The family of Aniah Blanchard, stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, was emotional as a police detective testified about how Blanchard was found dead last year. Auburn Police Detective Josh Mixon testified in a Lee County courtroom Wednesday that a witness said he was with Ibraheem Yazeed
Month: June 2020
5:37 PM ET The remainder of the 2019-20 G League season has been canceled, NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced Thursday. “While canceling the remainder of our season weighs heavily on us, we recognize that it is the most appropriate action to take for our league,” said Abdur-Rahim. “I extend my sincere gratitude to
2:46 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Kevin Durant has not logged a minute for the Brooklyn Nets, but he is having the biggest betting impact on the NBA’s restructured season. With the coronavirus pandemic extending the season nearly three months, those in
7:37 PM ET National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts expressed concern over the NBA’s tentative timeline of opening training camps for the 2020-21 season on Nov. 10 — less than a month after the proposed end of the NBA Finals in Orlando, Florida. “I was surprised to see it,” Roberts told ESPN on
1:58 PM ET The NBA’s board of governors has voted to approve the league’s 22-team format to restart the 2019-20 season in Orlando, Florida, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Under the plan from commissioner Adam Silver and the league’s advisory/finance committee, 13 Western Conference teams and nine Eastern Conference teams would play eight regular-season
5:31 PM ET The vast majority of college athletic directors who responded to a poll do not believe the NCAA is capable of policing a potential future market for college athletes making money from endorsement deals. There is a growing consensus among college sports stakeholders that an independent oversight board will need to be created
6:11 PM ET Notre Dame football players will begin moving into an on-campus hotel on Monday, where they will live all summer and be quarantined upon arrival for up to a week, and will each take COVID-19 tests before starting voluntary workouts on June 22. Athletic department officials informed players and their families on Thursday
6:25 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity has been given a one-year contract extension. The announcement came in a rare online video spring meeting of the University of Georgia athletic association’s board of directors on Thursday. The 65-year-old McGarity was named Georgia’s AD in 2010. His extension came in
5:57 PM ET Former Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Santana Dotson met George Floyd only once, but it was an interaction he never forgot and forged a bond that would never be broken. For the two would always be Yates High School football alums. Dotson, a 1987 Yates graduate, was the reigning 1992 NFL Defensive
4:22 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR is set to run its All-Star race on a Wednesday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway and added one more weeknight Cup Series race as part of its latest revised schedule through July. NASCAR has revamped its schedule in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and announced even more changes