3:41 PM ET NHL players and teams made strong statements against racial inequality over the weekend, using social media to address the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed. Floyd died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. He was
Month: June 2020
4:19 PM ET Clemson receiver Justyn Ross will miss the entirety of the 2020 season and his career could be in jeopardy after he was diagnosed with what coach Dabo Swinney called a “congenital fusion” in his spine. Ross, who blossomed as a freshman during Clemson’s run to a national championship, was expected to be
3:50 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Josh Dobbs was nervous and awestruck at the same time while he was watching the historic SpaceX Crew Dragon launch on Saturday morning. The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback had spent a month at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, participating in an NFLPA externship, so he knew how
2:52 PM ET USC has revoked season-ticket and Trojan Athletic Fund membership privileges from a self-described football booster who posted a series of tweets calling for protesters to be shot. “Last night we were made aware of abhorrent and blatantly racist tweets from an individual who identified as a USC Football Booster,” USC athletic director
11:52 AM ET ESPN News Services The Washington Nationals changed course and told their minor leaguers on Monday they will receive their full weekly stipends of $400 through June after reliever Sean Doolittle tweeted that the team’s major league players would cover a planned cut in those payments. Doolittle wrote on Twitter that Nationals major
2:29 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted a statement to his Twitter account saying “the senseless murders that we have witnessed are wrong and cannot continue in our country.” “All I can think about is how I grew up in a locker room where people from every race, every background, and every
1:30 PM ET Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck said the protesting and rioting in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd “hurts my heart and breaks my soul,” while noting “this is a time to listen” to the thoughts and feelings of his players. Fleck discussed a variety of topics related to the protests during an
2:08 PM ET Former Auburn coach and athletic director Pat Dye, who was hospitalized last month for kidney-related issues, died Monday according to a family member. He was 80. Dye had tested positive for coronavirus but was asymptomatic, his son, Pat Dye Jr., an NFL agent, told ESPN last month. Dye guided the Tigers to
1:06 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Bouts between British boxers have garnered international attention in recent years, and Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua is now the sport’s most sought after
12:02 PM ET Major League Baseball players joined the wave of athletes, coaches and executives speaking out about their grief and anger over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. Chauvin, fired last Tuesday,