4:47 PM ET Associated Press HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Christopher Bell is returning to Joe Gibbs Racing and will drive the No. 20 Toyota in the Cup Series in 2021. Bell will replace Erik Jones, whose contract with JGR expires at the end of this season. Jones has two wins in 133 Cup Series starts. Bell
Month: August 2020
5:51 PM ET The Mountain West is postponing its fall sports season because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, sources told ESPN. League presidents met Monday afternoon to finalize the decision. Stadium first reported the move. The Mountain West is the second FBS conference to postpone football and other fall sports, joining the Mid-American Conference,
4:55 PM 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
4:02 PM ET Steve KimESPN Amateur standout Duke Ragan has signed a multiyear promotional deal with Top Rank and will make his professional boxing debut on Aug. 22 in Las Vegas. Ragan will be co-promoted by Antonio Leonard Promotions. “This opportunity means the world to me,” said Ragan, a featherweight. “Since I didn’t go to
4:30 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee offensive lineman Trey Smith, who fought back from blood clots in his lungs to earn first-team All-SEC honors a year ago, said the voices of those players wanting to play should be strongly taken into account before any decision is made to cancel the 2020 college football season.
4:19 PM ET Yannick Ngakoue is searching for new representation after parting ways with his current agent, a league source confirmed on Monday afternoon. Ngkaoue has yet to sign his non-exclusive franchise tag tender with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has not been at training camp. Ngakoue has been adamant that he no longer wants to
Aug 9, 2020 A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Pre-camp tune-up: Le’Veon Bell means business. After the worst statistical season of his pro career, the veteran running back is so determined to prove it was an aberration that he arrived in New Jersey three weeks ago and started working out
3:45 PM ET Nebraska football coach Scott Frost said Monday that the Cornhuskers are prepared to play this upcoming season — even if it’s outside the Big Ten. “We’re a proud member of the Big Ten,” Frost said during a Zoom teleconference with reporters. “We want to play a Big Ten schedule. I think the
3:13 PM ET The Pac-12 CEO group, made up of one president or chancellor from each of the conference’s 12 universities, will meet Tuesday and is expected to discuss and vote on how to proceed with the 2020 football season, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The growing sense around the conference is that it is
3:03 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban, along with two of his star players, pushed back Monday on the narrative that players are more at risk of contracting the coronavirus if the college football season is played this fall. “I want to play, but I want to play for the players’ sake, the value they