11:43 PM ET Two first-half goals six minutes apart by Nani led Orlando City to a 3-1 victory over Minnesota in a semifinal of the MLS is Back Tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando on Thursday. Orlando will play the Portland Timbers in the final on Tuesday, with the winner
Month: August 2020
12:39 AM ET The Big Sky Conference is moving forward with plans to play an eight-game conference schedule in the spring due to conditions from the coronavirus pandemic, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN, a move that would likely result in the cancellation of the 2020 FCS playoffs. Six other FCS football conferences have already canceled
11:10 PM ET Former Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Caldwell said he is “feeling great, actually,” a little over a year after stepping away from an assistant head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins because of a health scare. Speaking extensively and publicly for the first time Thursday night on the podcast/YouTube show
10:40 PM ET Football players from the Mountain West Conference on Thursday became the latest group to unite and publicize a list of conditions to ensure their health and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mountain West players followed similar groups from the Pac-12 and Big Ten in outlining their demands for the league. They
10:05 PM ET ESPN News Services PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, who has a deep history in golf, experienced a first at San Francisco’s Harding Park golf course on Thursday. The Tour’s top executive was struck by an errant tee shot by Matthew Fitzpatrick. “One hop off the shoulder,” Monahan said. Monahan, who is serving
10:35 PM ET The question hung in the air all week: What would the 2020 PGA Championship, the first major in 13 months and first without fans, look and feel like? On Thursday, we got the answer. “It’s just different,” Tiger Woods said. “That’s probably the only way to say it.” Different, but still intriguing.
8:44 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Erik Jones won’t return to Joe Gibbs Racing next season, ending his time with one of NASCAR’s top teams after three Cup seasons but several years in Gibbs’ driver development program. “We appreciate all Erik has done for Joe Gibbs Racing over the past several years,” Joe
3:24 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler will not play in Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks because of a sore right foot. It is the second straight game Butler has missed. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said prior to Thursday’s game that Butler has had both an MRI and an X-ray on the
2:02 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is out for Thursday’s game against the Houston Rockets because of his right groin, the team announced. James, 35, missed 27 games last season because of a groin injury suffered Christmas Day. This season, he sat out games in December and
6:01 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Utah Jazz will be without three starters when they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the first night of an important back-to-back for the team. Mike Conley (right knee soreness), Rudy Gobert (rest) and Donovan Mitchell (left peroneal strain) will all