2:22 PM ET Associated Press Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a pilot struggled to open a crashed airplane’s wing emergency exit as the aircraft began to burn and fill with smoke before the retired race car driver and his family managed to escape from the main door, according to new details about the 2019 accident released
Month: July 2020
4:44 AM BST ESPN staff New Zealand Rugby hopes to set up a new competition involving “eight to ten” teams after it unveiled the major findings of its Aratipu review on Friday, with the establishment of a Pacific Island outfit a key objective. NZ Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson said the board had ratified a
1:49 AM IST West Indies 32 for 1 (Brathwaite 6*, Joseph 14*) trail England 469 for 9 dec. (Stokes 176, Sibley 120, Chase 5-172) by 437 runs Ben Stokes and Dom Sibley picked up where they left off on the opening day to guide England into a commanding position at the end of the second
3:29 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals have signed offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum to a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Beachum, 31, spent the past three seasons with the New York Jets, starting 45 out of 48 games. He missed three games last season because of a sprained ankle. He
2:54 PM ET Southeastern Conference athletes who choose not to play fall sports because of health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19 will have their scholarships honored, the league announced Friday. SEC presidents and chancellors unanimously approved the decision, which had been recommended by the league’s athletic directors. The Big Ten and Pac-12 both previously announced
1:56 PM ET Associated Press Colonial Athletic Association football became the latest domino to tumble in college football, announcing on Friday it will not have a conference schedule this fall because of concerns over the global coronavirus pandemic. The 12 members of the conference, however, are allowed to pursue independent schedules. The latter scenario is
12:40 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons said Friday he’s willing to bet on himself and play on the franchise player tender in the 2020 season and that if the team had wanted to sign him to a long-term deal, “they would’ve.” Simmons is the fifth player Broncos president of football
12:46 PM ET The Players Coalition is calling on Congress to pass a bill addressing education inequality that has been highlighted and expanded by the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter, the players write that without Congressional action, education inequality for prekindergarten through high school students is “likely to be compounded in the coming year and
2:17 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League reportedly will change their name. The team would not confirm the two reports. TSN and Postmedia say the team will make a switch following this week’s decision to do the same by Washington’s NFL team. A spokeswoman for the
1:53 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green has signed the $18.2 million franchise-tag tender for the 2020 season and will report to training camp, the team announced Friday. The Bengals used their franchise tag on Green on March 16, and the sides failed to reach agreement on a long-term contract by Wednesday’s deadline.