7:56 PM ET Fresh of his triumph in the UEFA Champions League with club side Chelsea, United States men’s national team attacker Christian Pulisic said it’s a case of getting “right back to work” in the CONCACAF Nations League. It was on Saturday that the Blues overcame Manchester City to claim their second UCL triumph.
Month: June 2021
8:55 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is once again giving us the social media content we didn’t know we needed this offseason. In a slow news cycle that’s been dominated by Julio Jones trade rumors, Brady first released an Instagram video Tuesday in which he’s seen throwing and running
7:05 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The four women who have beaten Serena Williams in major finals since she returned from childbirth are no longer in Paris for the French Open. Simona Halep pulled out because of injury before the tournament got underway. Angelique Kerber and Bianca Andreescu were upset in the first round. Naomi Osaka
6:54 PM ET Luke Thrower With most of the major European seasons now complete, the rumour mill has been sent into overdrive as clubs ponder their moves ahead of what will be a busy transfer window. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Mbappe, Ronaldo moves could be
5:34 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers plan to move Jeremy Chinn to safety, one year after a stellar rookie season at linebacker. It’s a move designed, in part, to help prolong Chinn’s NFL career — at 220 pounds, he’s considered undersized for a linebacker — as well as shore up the
5:51 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is in talks for what could become one of the richest contracts in NFL history. But Ravens quarterbacks coach James Urban said you couldn’t tell by watching Jackson in the first two weeks of offseason practices. “I don’t think it’ll be a distraction,”
11:11 AM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is facing disqualification after testing on a second postrace sample confirmed the presence of the the steroid betamethasone, a lawyer who represents the horse’s owner confirmed to the New York Times. Attorney Clark Brewster told the newspaper that a laboratory at UC Davis confirmed
4:38 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was suspended for two years by Churchill Downs on Wednesday after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for a steroid in two different postrace drug samples. The suspension begins immediately and lasts through the 2023 Spring Meet at the race track. Attorneys
5:51 PM ET Associated Press The chairman of horse racing’s future governing body said the failed drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit shows the need for a uniform set of rules and penalties in place of the sport’s current patchwork system. In his first public comments since being appointed chairman of the Horseracing
1:12 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge Wednesday set a 2022 trial date for a man charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told Billy Ray Turner that his trial