9:32 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers publicly condemned the person who sent racist messages to Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker and announced that they have begun an investigation into identifying the fan. Baker took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to share screenshots of direct messages he received on Instagram from
Month: September 2020
8:17 PM ET A University of Wisconsin student has sued the school, alleging she was discriminated against when it readmitted a football player after finding him responsible for violating the school’s misconduct policy by sexually assaulting her. The woman alleges the university violated her due process rights by not following a proper appeals process that
7:26 PM ET Associated Press Keeneland will hold next month’s 12-day fall meet without spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic but will allow a limited number of participants and essential personnel. The Lexington, Kentucky, track had a similar policy for a special five-day summer meet after canceling its spring card. Keeneland will conduct the season-ending
7:52 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Georgia still hasn’t decided on a new starting quarterback, and coach Kirby Smart said Tuesday he will likely wait until the season opener to reveal who earned the job. JT Daniels, a transfer from Southern Cal who was granted permission by the NCAA to play right away, is
7:02 PM ET USC football players are appealing to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ease public health restrictions, which would allow them to play a fall season. In a letter posted Tuesday on Twitter, the USC players highlight the Pac-12 Conference’s pledge to bring daily antigen testing to each campus, which provides quick results and
8:01 PM ET Daniel Cormier tested positive for COVID-19 less than six weeks before his UFC heavyweight title fight with Stipe Miocic, Cormier confirmed with ESPN on Tuesday. Cormier said one of his training partners tested positive for coronavirus on July 1, prompting the entire team to get tested. In that test, he was negative.
12:34 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers activated third baseman Justin Turner off the injured list on Tuesday morning and are expected to start him at designated hitter in their afternoon game against the San Diego Padres, part of an effort to ease Turner back into the lineup after he missed the past 14 games
5:17 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — The two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and Mariners in Seattle that was scheduled to start Tuesday night was postponed because of poor air quality caused by the West Coast wildfires. While the air quality seemed to be improving somewhat Tuesday afternoon, Giants manager Gabe Kapler
3:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton was activated by the New York Yankees on Tuesday after the designated hitter missed 32 games because of a strained left hamstring. New York made the move before a series opener against Toronto. The Yankees also activated third baseman Gio Urshela, who has recovered from
3:59 PM ET This weekend will see the start of the 2020-21 Bundesliga season and with that, a green light to start allowing fans back into the stadiums — home fans only, with plenty of caveats and regulations — for the first time since the initial shutdown in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. –