5:30 PM ET Idaho coach Paul Petrino and athletic director Terry Gawlik said they are supportive and willing to listen to players following a report that nearly three-fourths of the Vandals’ football team didn’t want to play this season due to concerns over COVID-19. According to Stadium, players had expressed concerns to Petrino, Gawlik, the
Month: August 2020
2:36 PM ET Associated Press Defending champion Rafael Nadal will skip the US Open because of the coronavirus pandemic, putting on hold his bid to equal Roger Federer‘s men’s tennis record for Grand Slam titles. Nadal explained his decision in a series of tweets sent in Spanish and English on Tuesday. “The situation is very
2:50 PM ET Steve KimESPN The proposed bout between unified lightweight champion, Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and IBF belt-holder Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) tentatively set for October 3 is officially in jeopardy. According to a report from The Athletic, Lopez is balking at the $1.25 million offer from Top Rank for the fight.
2:38 PM ET FIA president Jean Todt has praised Lewis Hamilton’s efforts to promote an anti-racism message in Formula One, but says other drivers should not feel forced into making gestures or statements they are not comfortable with. Hamilton, Formula One’s only Black driver, has been a prominent voice on matters of diversity and racism,
11:11 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Brooks Koepka will begin his quest for a third consecutive PGA Championship title at 11:11 a.m. ET on Thursday at TPC Harding Park, playing alongside the last two major champions, Shane Lowry and Gary Woodland. Tiger Woods, the other major champion from 2019, will be two groups behind them,
3:19 PM ET The NCAA has officially approved a transfer waiver for Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec, the school announced Tuesday. Jurkovec signed with Notre Dame coming out of high school. He was the No. 129 recruit overall in the 2018 class and ranked ninth among dual-threat QBs by ESPN. Jurkovec figures to be the
1:50 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger knew something was seriously wrong with his right elbow the instant he let go of the football late in the second quarter against the Seattle Seahawks last year. Speaking for the first time since he suffered the season-ending injury in Week 2, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said he
3:47 PM ET CINCINNATI — Rookie Joe Burrow and a few of his Cincinnati Bengals teammates have all the space a quarterback could ever want. As the Bengals work through the early phase of training camp, Burrow and the other three quarterbacks on the roster — Ryan Finley, Jake Dolegala and Brandon Allen — are
1:55 PM ET Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper has high hopes for the team’s receiving corps with the addition of first-round pick CeeDee Lamb. Cooper, who signed a five-year, $100 million deal to remain with the Cowboys in March, had a career-high 1,189 receiving yards in 2019. Michael Gallup had 1,107 yards as they
2:31 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection and an All-Decade selection for the 2010s, said Tuesday he had considered opting out of the 2020 season. Miller, who tested positive for coronavirus in April, would have certainly been the highest profile, most accomplished player to have opted