11:03 AM ET Five game officials have opted out of the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL announced Friday, and a source told ESPN that two replay officials also have opted out. The voluntary decisions, in conjunction with an agreement reached last week between the league and the NFL Referees Association, puts
Month: August 2020
Aug 13, 2020 Daniel Ricciardo has revealed he and Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul have a bet which involves the latter getting a tattoo if they score a podium this year. Ricciardo will leave Renault at the end of 2020, his second season with the team, for McLaren. He is yet to score a podium for
10:41 AM ET Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff cast fresh doubt on his future on Friday while signalling that the champions were now prepared to sign a new deal with commercial rights holders Liberty Media. The Austrian had said at Silverstone last week that Mercedes were not ready to sign a new ‘Concorde Agreement’
10:19 AM ET The ATP on Friday issued a revised provisional calendar for the rest of 2020, highlighted by the Italian Open changing dates to take the place of the canceled Madrid Open. Play in Rome will now begin a week earlier than planned, on Sept. 14, the day after the US Open men’s final.
10:46 AM ET Tiger Woods has entered next week’s Northern Trust, the first of three FedEx Cup playoff events that will conclude the PGA Tour’s 2019-20 season. Although his commitment was expected, Woods waited until Friday’s last day to announce his intentions to play at TPC Boston in the second year of a system that
9:59 AM ET Renault’s next move in Formula One’s copying controversy will call for rivals Racing Point to be disqualified from every race at which its car was protested. An investigation into the design process of Racing Point’s brake ducts was put in motion when Renault protested their legality at the Styrian Grand Prix, claiming
10:00 AM ET A week ago, the Big Ten finally released its long-awaited schedule. The SEC revealed its crossover games, lighting up social media with complaints about soft draws for Alabama and memes mocking Missouri and Arkansas. Yes, UConn already had canceled its season, and there were whispers that the Mid-American Conference would soon follow.
8:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN The fight schedule rolls on this weekend, and the stakes are high with three world title fights, a title eliminator and the return of some of the sport’s big names for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to the action in early March. The action kicks
9:53 AM ET UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick is in the hospital after being shot while visiting his home in Gadsden, Alabama, on Thursday. Merrick, 19, was Gadsden City’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. ESPN rated Merrick as a three-star prospect coming out of Gadsden High
9:43 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Cam Newton has made a positive first impression on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. “Cam’s a hardworking kid. He really is,” Belichick said Friday morning. Newton’s introduction to the Patriots’ system since officially signing July 8 — and his status as the leading candidate to replace Tom