1:22 PM ET Manchester City will play the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie against Real Madrid at the Etihad after UEFA cleared the game to take place in England, the governing body confirmed on Thursday. UEFA had been concerned about the viability of playing round-of-16 games in different countries, before the winners
Month: July 2020
9:52 AM ET United States goalkeeper Zack Steffen will go into the new season with Manchester City, sources have told ESPN. The 25-year-old spent the 2019-20 season with Fortuna Dusseldorf but missed the second half of the season with a patellar tendon problem. – What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top leagues In
10:15 AM ET Philadelphia Union players came out for Thursday’s MLS is Back Tournament match in Orlando, Florida, against New York City FC with the names of Black victims of police brutality on the backs of each of their jerseys. The team shirts also bore the message: “One name, too many” at the bottom in
12:09 PM ET Nashville SC have become the second team after FC Dallas to be withdrawn from the MLS is Back Tournament due to a number of positive coronavirus tests, the club and the league announced on Thursday. – Stream MLS is Back on ESPN networks, app | FC Daily on ESPN+– The Undefeated: How
3:01 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — A horse named for Dr. Anthony Fauci won his first race at Keeneland on Thursday. The 2-year-old colt won by 1 length as the heavy favorite against 11 rivals in the $70,000 race. Fauci ran 5 ½ furlongs on turf in 58.65 seconds under jockey Tyler Gaffalione
11:34 AM ET ESPN News Services The New Jersey Devils hired veteran coach Lindy Ruff on Thursday to take over one of the NHL’s youngest teams and removed the interim tag from Tom Fitzgerald‘s title as general manager. Ruff, who had been an assistant with the New York Rangers since 2017, replaces interim coach Alain
12:34 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets have signed forward Michael Beasley as a substitute player for the restart of the NBA season. The Nets had vacant substitute roster spots after Spencer Dinwiddie, DeAndre Jordan and Taurean Prince tested positive for the coronavirus. Jamal Crawford will fill one of the other two vacant spots, a source
3:05 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks‘ G League affiliate became the first team in the league to hire a woman as general manager with the promotion of Tori Miller to the post on Thursday. Congratulations, Tori! 👏 https://t.co/kXfulNw06T — Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 9, 2020 Miller spent time as a basketball operations intern for the
3:18 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The Big Ten decided on Thursday that a conference-only season for all
1:29 PM ET Lewis Hamilton says the threat of “potential consequences” prompted him to opt against wearing a Colin Kaepernick tribute helmet at the 2017 U.S. Grand Prix. The reaction to Fernando Alonso’s sensational return to Formula One, set to take place in 2021 with Renault. Haas driver Kevin Magnussen also joins the show to