7:07 PM ET Zinedine Zidane has denied that a training ground row with Marcelo caused the defender to be left out of the Real Madrid squad for their 4-1 La Liga win at Granada on Thursday. With the Brazilian absent from the travelling party and first-choice Ferland Mendy injured, it was left to 19-year-old left-back
Month: May 2021
6:27 PM ET Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said the disruption to his team’s preparations caused by fan protests was not to blame for his side’s poor performance in their 4-2 home defeat by Liverpool on Thursday. The Premier League match was re-arranged after fan protests 10 days ago forced a postponement and there
6:29 PM ET It has been a season to forget for Liverpool, but they are now just three wins away from making it a finale to remember. Thursday’s 4-2 victory against Manchester United means last season’s champions are now firmly in the hunt for the top-four finish that had seemed beyond them for so long.
5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tim Tebow joined Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee at the state Capitol on Thursday to announce a multimillion-dollar partnership to fight human trafficking. Tebow’s foundation is due for an infusion of $1.2 million in the upcoming Tennessee state budget. The annual spending plan, which tops $42 billion,
12:22 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — – Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage is stepping down after overseeing the track since it opened 24 years ago. The 62-year-old Gossage said Thursday that his final event will be NASCAR’s All-Star race June 13, the first at TMS. He said that will be a
3:55 PM ET Amy Bockerstette’s historic appearance at the NJCAA women’s golf national championships came to an unexpected and early end Thursday when the final round was reduced to the top 15 teams and other golfers in the top 24 because of weather conditions. Bockerstette, who’s in her third season at Paradise Valley Community College
5:01 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Missing the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in more than two decades hasn’t altered the course San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson wants to take. Wilson said there’s no need to tear down and rebuild a franchise that was a perennial contender
4:18 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Along the French Riviera in Monaco during the summer of 2019, Blake Griffin and the entire Jordan Brand roster of athletes, designers and execs gathered for their annual extravagant team trip, a longtime bonding tradition led by Michael Jordan. Some 5,500 miles away from their usual Beaverton, Oregon, product meeting
5:54 PM ET ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Thursday he wants a “thorough assessment” of College Football Playoff expansion before making any decisions about the current four-team format. During a conference call with reporters following the league’s virtual spring meetings, Phillips said he isn’t against expansion, but he doesn’t want to rush into making a
5:12 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired cornerback Mike Hughes in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Chiefs and Vikings agreed to swap late-round draft picks in the deal, the source said. Hughes was drafted by the Vikings in the first round (30th overall) of the