6:00 AM ET Usain Bolt said he didn’t want any special help when trying to become a footballer. Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images Olympic and world record holder Usain Bolt has said he didn’t get a fair chance at his trial with the Central Coast Mariners in 2018. Despite scoring twice in friendlies,
Month: August 2020
7:55 AM ET Champions Liverpool dominated the Premier League’s nominations for Player of the Season award with Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Trent Alexander-Arnold among the seven nominees. Manchester City‘s Kevin De Bruyne, Southampton‘s Danny Ings, Burnley‘s Nick Pope and Leicester’s Jamie Vardy were also nominated. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– ESPN Insider Notebook:
7:19 AM ET Bayern Munich will start their bid for a ninth consecutive Bundesliga title against Schalke 04 on Sept. 18 as the 2020-21 season’s opening game. Runners-up Borussia Dortmund will host Borussia Monchengladbach, who finished fourth last term, on the same date. – Watch Bundesliga live on ESPN– ESPN Insider Notebook: Mbappe, Neymar over
6:52 AM ET Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is set to hand Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta a major boost by signing a new £250,000-a-week deal tying him to the club until 2023, sources have told ESPN. Talks have progressed well in recent days and although there are still some minor issues to be addressed, sources have told ESPN
7:47 AM ET United States youth international Konrad de la Fuente has been handed his first call up to Barcelona‘s matchday squad for Saturday’s Champions League match against Napoli. Barca have been forced to turn to youth for the crunch European tie with six first team players ruled out of the clash. – Stream FC
5:57 AM ET Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic and Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford are both up for the Premier League’s Young Player of the Year award with just one of Liverpool‘s title-winning contingent making the shortlist. Trent Alexander-Arnold makes the eight-player list alongside United’s Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood, Chelsea‘s Mason Mount, Aston Villa‘s Jack Grealish and
3:24 PM ET In the best of times, the top-level FBS athletic director has a difficult job. He or she is not only the CEO of a business with a nine-figure budget, but also the person who oversees the dreams of hundreds of student-athletes, 18-to-22-year-olds who aspire to a college diploma and/or a professional career.
8:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors Athletic directors Scott Stricklin and David Coburn had discussed for months their intentions to keep the Florida-Florida State rivalry game on the schedule. No matter what. Then, on July 29, Coburn’s phone rang. It was Stricklin, the Florida AD, calling from Gainesville. There would be no Florida-Florida State game in
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger grinned and laughed as the reporter listed off elements of the Pittsburgh Steelers that should put them in contention for a title this season. An elite defense. A veteran, All-Pro line. Playmakers all over the place. A franchise quarterback. And yet, as the reporter noted, the Steelers are
7:30 AM ET Which players are opting out of the 2020 NFL season because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic? Now that the deadline has passed for players to notify their teams whether or not they are playing, we know that there are some significant players who won’t be taking the field this season. There