1:35 PM ET Steve KimESPN Jorge Linares has tested positive for the coronavirus and has been removed from his fight against Javier Fortuna on Aug. 28, according to his manager Jose De La Cruz. “He’s feeling OK,” said De La Cruz. “He’s got symptoms, he’s at the hospital, he can’t leave for 10 days. It’s
Month: August 2020
6:23 PM ET Shaun Reynolds The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Arsenal’s Maitland-Niles on transfer list to raise funds In a desperate attempt to raise cash to help
4:55 PM ET ESPN staff As 2020 NFL training camps continue, coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks happy to have football back, while Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler hasn’t quite mastered putting on his uniform. Here’s what you need to know from camps across the league: Jump to the best
6:23 PM ET Conference USA has approved a 2020 schedule that includes eight conference games and up to four nonconference games, the league’s board announced Friday. Each member can determine its non-league schedule. Conference play will kick off for some teams Sept. 12, and the league championship game is set for Dec. 5 but can
6:01 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The SEC announced each school’s additional two league football games
1:27 PM ET One week before the UFC’s heavyweight title trilogy will be decided, a new divisional contender will emerge. And that fight is now official. Derrick Lewis (265 pounds) and Aleksei Oleinik (227) both weighed in successfully Friday morning in Las Vegas. The two men will meet in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday
3:49 AM IST Danyal Rasool After squandering much of the advantage following five sessions of gritty batsmanship, breathtaking pace, sublime swing and tricky spin bowling, you could have excused Pakistan’s spin-bowling coach for being somewhat miffed at what transpired in the final session. Mushtaq Ahmed, though, ever a ray of sunshine, insisted there was no
5:16 PM ET Colorado State University, following allegations that student-athletes have been threatened and intimidated to ignore COVID-19 protocols, has hired the same firm that Iowa consulted to handle its recent racial bias probe. Husch Blackwell, a law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, started its CSU investigation on Thursday after multiple players, coaches and
4:28 PM ET Associated Press A player testing positive for COVID-19 will be dropped from the US Open, but the U.S. Tennis Association has not established how many infected participants would force the Grand Slam tournament to be called off. According to a 10½-page “Player Q&A Update” sent out this week by the USTA, “There
3:54 PM ET Ferrari and McLaren have both lodged their intention to appeal the sanctions handed to Racing Point following Renault’s successful protest of the team’s 2020 car. A look ahead to Silverstone’s second F1 race in eight days and what Pirelli’s response to the British GP drama means for the weekend’s action.Listen to the