7:30 AM ET The college football season is kicking into high gear, the NFL season starts Sept. 9, and the baseball pennant races are heating up. For the first time since 2019, nearly all stadiums will be fully open to fans. In the so-called Before Times, sitting shoulder to shoulder inside a stadium with tens
Month: September 2021
1:46 PM ET Mets acting general manager Zack Scott has been placed on administrative leave two days after he was arrested on a DWI charge in New York, the team announced Thursday. Scott will be on leave “until further notice,” the Mets said, adding that team president Sandy Alderson will assume the general manager’s responsibilities.
1:28 PM ET Bryson Warren, the No. 14 basketball prospect in ESPN’s Class of 2023, has signed with Overtime Elite, the league told ESPN on Thursday. Warren is the eighth five-star recruit to sign with the upstart league. Considered one of the top guard prospects in the class, Warren shunned offers from Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas,
12:03 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps Unvaccinated NBA players will have lockers as far away as possible from their vaccinated teammates and will have to eat, fly and ride buses in different sections as part
Report Chris Woakes leads England’s charge with ball, India under-par despite rapid fifty from Shardul Thakur England 53 for 3 (Malan 26*, Bumrah 2-15) trail India 191 (Thakur 57, Kohli 50, Woakes 4-55, Robinson 3-38) by 138 runs India were bowled out cheaply on the first day for the second Test in a row but
1:05 PM ET Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills won’t renew their lease with the state and county without an agreement in place for a proposed new $1.4 billion stadium to be partially publicly funded, leaving the team’s future uncertain beyond July 2023. “No, we absolutely will not,” Pegula Sports and Entertainment
1:22 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now 100% vaccinated against COVID-19, coach Bruce Arians announced Thursday, making them the second NFL team to reach that threshold. “We’re 100% vaccinated — our entire organization — all the players, all the coaches, everybody,” said Arians, who has been a huge proponent of
12:51 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Former Alabama football player and assistant coach Jim Fuller, who worked as both athletic director and head coach for Jacksonville State, has died after suffering from complications due to COVID-19. He was 76. Fuller died Wednesday night at his home in Texas, Jacksonville State athletic director Greg
1:26 PM ET Illinois starting quarterback Brandon Peters has returned to practice after leaving last week’s season-opening win against Nebraska with left shoulder injury. Peters, who suffered the injury to his non-throwing shoulder in the first quarter, has been throwing passes this week. Illinois coach Bret Bielema said the sixth-year senior should return “sooner than
11:19 AM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Flyers have signed leading goal scorer Joel Farabee to a six-year, $30 million contract extension, general manager Chuck Fletcher announced Thursday. Farabee, 21, led the Flyers with 20 goals last season while also chipping in 18 assists in 55 games. He is set to make $925,000 in