10:43 PM IST Graeme Smith has defended himself against allegations of racial discrimination during his 11-year tenure as South Africa’s captain after Thami Tsolekile joined Makhaya Ntini and Ashwell Prince in telling his story of exclusion. In the second of a three-part interview with Marawa Sports Worldwide Tsolekile read out a prepared statement to Smith,
Month: August 2020
11:06 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers are making George Kittle the highest-paid tight end in NFL history. By a lot. The Niners and Kittle agreed to a five-year, $75 million contract on Thursday, league sources confirmed to ESPN. The deal was first reported by Barstool Sports, which reports Kittle received
11:26 AM ET Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer
10:48 AM ET New Mexico State has postponed its football season until the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Thursday. “This decision was not made lightly,” NMSU president John Floros said in a statement. “It was particularly hard for many of us who like college sports and want to see our Aggies
11:41 AM ET The Southland Conference has postponed football until the spring but will allow its members to play nonconference games this fall if they wish. Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said in a statement Thursday that he was disappointed, but “we look forward to a unique spring season of athletics that also includes NCAA
11:03 AM ET Like many Big Ten coaches, Purdue’s Jeff Brohm was disappointed and angry upon learning the league had postponed the fall football season. He channeled those emotions into crafting a detailed plan for a spring season. Brohm’s proposal outlines an eight-game season beginning Feb. 27 and finishing April 17, with postseason play wrapping
10:47 AM ET The delicate balance of player safety and pushing forward with football may have hit a tipping point at Florida State, where three wide receivers, including star Tamorrion Terry, have publicly spoken out about a lack of transparency in coronavirus testing at the school. On Wednesday night, D.J. Matthews tweeted that he had
9:00 AM ET The worst thing about the New York Rangers winning the Alexis Lafrenière draft lottery is how their fans are going to absolutely mangle his name. My father grew up in the city. His first attempt at a pronunciation was “Lufthansa.” The Canadian hamlet of Saint-Eustache produced an exquisite French Canadian moniker —
10:29 AM ET Nebraska ended speculation about breaking from the Big Ten’s plan to postpone fall football on Thursday morning. “The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a fully committed member of the Big Ten Conference,” chancellor Ronnie Green and president Ted Carter said in a statement. “It is an unparalleled athletic and academic alliance.” A joint
8:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN A unification fight between WBC super middleweight titlist David Benavidez and IBF titlist Caleb Plant is one of the best matchups that could be made in boxing. Both are undefeated and in their primes and to say they don’t get along is putting it lightly. Their personalities outside the ring