12:49 PM ET The San Francisco 49ers have signed former first-round defensive end Dion Jordan to a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. Signed off the street last season by the Raiders on Nov. 9, as his league-mandated 10-game suspension for testing positive for Adderall ended, Jordan made an immediate impact with a sack against
Month: August 2020
12:01 PM ET Six Maryland players are opting out for this season because of COVID-19 concerns, including quarterback Josh Jackson and offensive linemen Austin Fontaine and Johnny Jordan, coach Mike Locksley told reporters on Friday. Several reserve players also announced their intent to opt out, including defensive lineman Jalen Alexander, defensive back Vincent Flythe and
7:10 AM ET Here are 10 things I like and don’t like from the NBA restart: 1. The champs’ defense: the most exciting nerd thing in the NBA Nick Nurse’s funky zones get the attention, but Toronto’s base defense is one of the best night-to-night shows in the NBA. The Raptors in full flight are
7:08 AM ET It is not uncommon for a UFC Fight Night’s main event to eclipse all that is scheduled to come before on that evening, at least in the anticipation for the fights. That is not the case for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night headliner inside the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. Now, that’s
10:19 AM ET Women’s world No. 5 Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens, ranked seventh, joined a growing list of players withdrawing from this month’s US Open due to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday. Men’s defending champion Rafael Nadal and women’s world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty have opted against travelling to New York to play the
6:00 AM ET There are not too many occasions when Pep Guardiola looks across at his opponent in the technical area and casts an envious glance, but when Manchester City face Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie on Friday, he might just do that with Zinedine Zidane. Here you
9:06 PM IST Shakib Al Hasan‘s return to international cricket is slowly starting to take shape with his mentor Nazmul Abedeen telling ESPNcricinfo that the Bangladesh allrounder is preparing to undergo a full-fledged training camp at his alma mater, the BKSP facility in Savar. Currently under a one-year suspension by the ICC for failing to
10:51 AM ET The SEC will require two tests per week and coaches will be required to wear a face mask or neck gaiter on the sideline at all times during games, the conference announced Friday as part of its initial medical protocols. Coaches and players who are not competing will be required to wear
9:02 AM ET Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen, who was put in a medically-induced coma after crashing at the finish line in the Tour of Poland’s first stage on Wednesday, is awake and in good condition, tour organizers said on Friday. Jakobsen, who rides for the Deceuninck-Quick Step team, was trying to jostle into position with
8:14 AM ET VITO MIELNICKI JR. WAS dripping sweat. On a steamy July morning in New Jersey, in the middle of the West Essex High School football field, the promising teenage boxer was about to receive his reward in the culmination of years of hard work. All those 4 a.m. alarms to get strength and