2:20 PM ET The Navy-Notre Dame rivalry, which has continued annually through the Great Depression, World War II and sundry conference realignments since 1927, could not withstand the changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The Fighting Irish and the Midshipmen, who had been scheduled to play on Labor Day weekend, will not play in 2020.
Month: August 2020
2:51 PM ET Florida State Seminoles defensive tackle Marvin Wilson was one of the most outspoken voices on social justice issues during the offseason. But he said Thursday that he’s not been a part of any conversations like the ones that led to open letters from Big Ten and Pac-12 players demanding reforms and new
1:27 PM ET Maryland Terrapins coach Mike Locksley can remember sitting at the NFL’s Quarterback Coaching Summit last June at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where leaders from the league’s football operations department and the Black College Football Hall of Fame brought together dozens of people of color with higher coaching aspirations. Locksley, who had just
2:01 PM ET Penn State linebacker and potential top10 pick Micah Parsons has decided to opt out of the coming season and begin preparations for the 2021 NFL draft, he announced on Thursday. Parsons becomes the third high-profile prospect to opt out of the college football season in the last week, following in the footsteps
1:30 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR driver Spencer Davis says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss Friday night’s Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Davis said he tested positive Thursday and his team’s entry has pulled out of the Michigan race. “I support the protocols in place by the CDC
1:53 PM ET Miami got a commitment from five-star defensive tackle Leonard Taylor on Thursday. Taylor, the No. 5 ranked prospect overall, chose the Hurricanes of Florida, and is now the highest ranked commit in Miami’s 2021 class. Taylor is a 6-foot-4, 265-pound tackle out of Miami Palmetto High School in Miami, and is the
8:00 AM ET When Carter Stewart calls his parents from his apartment in Japan, it often feels as if he’s reaching out from a totally different universe. The right-hander already was charting new territory after making an unprecedented major league gamble last year. Now, with the world in turmoil, that gamble has taken an unexpected
12:02 PM ET Few could have imagined the red-hot start that both the Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns have gotten off to in the NBA bubble with 3-0 records. For Pacers forward T.J. Warren, the setting in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, suits him perfectly: all basketball, all the time. Never mind the fact that he’s
6:35 AM ET The NBA bubble is in full swing. The race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference looks loaded, and Toronto Raptors are reminding people not to sleep on the defending champs. Now that we are one week into this grand experiment in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, let’s take a look
12:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Past US Open champions Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray received wild-card invitations for the Grand Slam tournament Thursday. The U.S. Tennis Association gave all of its other wild cards for singles play to Americans. 2 Related Clijsters is a four-time major champion and former No. 1 who