4:45 PM ET Associated Press The annual FCS playoffs will not be held this fall, even if some schools play a regular season. The lower half of Division I college football has fallen short of the NCAA’s recent mandate that playoffs would require 50% of eligible teams participate in a regular season, The number fell
Month: August 2020
10:32 AM ET Mercedes and Formula One are at loggerheads over the terms of the commercial deal that will bind the teams to the sport beyond the 2020 season. F1 is negotiating a new deal, known as the Concorde Agreement, with its 10 teams, as the current agreement expires at the end of 2020. An
5:20 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Before his Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 108-101 on Friday night, coach Brett Brown was asked about coming to grips with having to be without Ben Simmons moving forward. “We don’t have him for tonight and you’re just numb to it,” Brown said. “You just move
3:09 PM ET Ohio State athletes released a statement Friday expressing their satisfaction and level of comfort with the way the university has handled their safety and well-being. The Buckeyes athletes wrote the letter in response to the Big Ten United group. That group, which represents more than 1,000 conference athletes, put out a statement
1:53 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are re-signing defensive end Vinny Curry to a one-year deal, according to a league source. The deal contains $1.3 million in guarantees and is worth up to $2 million, a source said. Curry, 32, is coming off a five-sack campaign — his best season since posting nine sacks
2:22 PM ET Cam Newton officially signed with the New England Patriots on July 8, but the longtime Carolina Panthers quarterback is still finding it hard to believe that he’s the top candidate to fill the void created by Tom Brady‘s free-agency departure. “I’m still … I don’t want to say in disbelief at this
1:45 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Buffalo Bills quarterback Jake Fromm insists that text messages in which he said “only elite white people” should be able to purchase guns are not indicative of his character, nor do they represent the way he was raised. “That’s not where my heart is,” Fromm said Friday, speaking to local
2:37 PM ET Carolina Panthers left tackle Russell Okung, who missed 10 games last year with a pulmonary embolism due to blood clots, is evaluating whether to retire over coronavirus concerns, a source told ESPN on Friday. Okung, who seriously considered opting out at Thursday’s deadline, is comfortable walking away from the game if he
1:26 PM ET New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker will be prosecuted in Florida on four counts of robbery with a firearm, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz announced Friday. If convicted, Baker faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in state prison. Baker originally was charged with four counts of armed
1:56 PM ET Three North Carolina defensive backs have opted out of the 2020 football season, citing concerns surrounding the coronavirus. The school confirmed Friday that D.J. Ford, Bryce Watts and Javon Terry will all sit out this season, leaving a sizable hole on the Tar Heels’ depth chart. 1 Related Ford was considered a