11:14 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Some key unknowns in the England side will pose fresh challenges for West Indies when their long-awaited Test series begins on Wednesday, Kemar Roach says. Roach, who will again be crucial to West Indies’ vaunted pace attack when the sides open
Month: July 2020
12:27 PM ET Associated Press Coastal Carolina already had one of the smaller athletic budgets in the FBS, and that was before a 15% spending cut was ordered because of projected declines in state funding and student fees stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Facing the prospect of having to pay for testing of returning athletes
Jul 4, 2020 Alexander Volkanovski found out he’s a part of the new main event for UFC 251 upon landing in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. A source confirmed to ESPN that Gilbert Burns would not compete against welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the original main event on July 11. As a result, Volkanovski’s fight against
8:48 PM IST Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s white-ball captain, has not hit a single ball in more than three months and only plans to return to the nets when “serious cricket,” is ready to resume, which he can’t see that happening “for a while.” The game has not been on de Kock’s agenda since
9:05 AM ET Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen were among the six drivers who declined to take a knee ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Ahead of the race, the opening event of the 2020 season, drivers displayed T-shirts carrying the message “End Racism,” which was also written on the start-finish
6:00 AM ET Here are some quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and the NFL: 1. Newton’s link to Moss: It’s hard to find a better Patriots-specific comparison for the signing of quarterback Cam Newton than when the team acquired receiver Randy Moss in 2007. Both were superstar players with a flair
11:32 PM ET Felix Hernandez is opting out of the 2020 season, his agent announced on Saturday. The longtime Seattle Mariner signed a minor league deal with the Braves in January and was competing for a spot in the rotation. Hernandez, 34, is coming off his worst season in the majors. He went 1-8 with
11:08 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka cricketer Kusal Mendis has been arrested after the vehicle he was driving hit and killed a 64-year-old cyclist at around 5am on Sunday. The police media unit confirmed the accident had occurred in Panadura, just south of Colombo, and that the victim had been a local resident
11:36 PM ET Isaiah Brevard, a wide receiver from Southaven, Mississippi, and the No. 61 overall player in the ESPN 2021 300, has committed to Oregon, he announced on social media Saturday. Brevard, who is ranked No. 7 among wide receivers in the 2021 class, released a video on Twitter that featured him donning an
9:46 PM ET Oklahoma had a few extra fireworks Saturday when ESPN 300 quarterback Caleb Williams committed to the Sooners. Williams is the No. 15 prospect overall and chose Oklahoma over LSU and Maryland. He’s a 6-foot-2, 210-pound prospect out of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., and had nearly every major program after