2:01 PM ET Steve Stricker called himself old school. He is, after all, a big part of the U.S. Ryder Cup effort over the past decade. Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Stricker have been a constant in just about all of the U.S. team competitions for the better part of
Month: September 2021
3:10 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of school song “The Eyes of Texas,” which has racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Sept. 3 with
11:24 AM ET The Florida Panthers NHL team offered endorsement deals Wednesday morning to every female college athlete at nearby Florida Atlantic University. The Panthers established an “FLA Athlete” program this summer after the state of Florida passed a law that makes sure college athletes are allowed to make money from their names, images and
2:25 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Twin brothers Devin and Jason McCourty were named captains for the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins, respectively. The brothers will face each other Sunday in the teams’ season opener. Devin entered the league in 2010 as the Patriots’ first-round pick and has spent his entire career with
1:51 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Vikings signed Brian O’Neill to a multiyear extension that will make him the NFL’s second-highest-paid right tackle, the team announced Wednesday. A source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the five-year extension is worth $92.5 million — of which $49 million is guaranteed — and runs through the
1:33 PM ET The NFL’s high COVID-19 vaccination rates provides a “unique opportunity” to model a way out of the ongoing pandemic for the entire country, NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said Wednesday in an interview with ESPN. “We know we are going to have positive cases this season,” Sills said a day
Sep 7, 2021 AlphaTauri will keep Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda together for another season as Formula One teammates in 2022. Last year’s Italian Grand Prix winner Gasly was joined by rookie Tsunoda this season. While Tsunoda’s form has been patchy, Gasly has been one of the standout performers in the midfield once again, claiming
12:50 PM ET Michael Schumacher’s wife, Corinna, has offered a rare update on the seven-time world champion’s condition in an upcoming Netflix documentary, saying he’s “different, but he’s here”. Schumacher suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident in December 2013 and has not been seen in public since. The family have kept updates
1:40 PM ET Polish driver Robert Kubica will stand in for Kimi Raikkonen again for Alfa Romeo at Monza in Italy this weekend after the Finn continued to isolate due to testing positive for COVID-19. Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari, also missed last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort and the Swiss-based team
12:11 PM ET UFC middleweight Darren Till went into his main event bout against Derek Brunson this past weekend with a torn ACL in his right knee, his head coach confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. According to Till’s head coach, Colin Heron, Till (18-4-1) completely tore his ACL approximately nine weeks before the fight. The