12:26 PM ET Aaron Wan-Bissaka was originally disqualified from driving last year for speeding. Getty Images Manchester United right back Aaron Wan-Bissaka has pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and without a licence and insurance, British media reported on Wednesday. Wan-Bissaka, 23, appeared at the Manchester Magistrates’ Court and entered his guilty pleas during a brief
Month: September 2021
8:16 AM ET Associated Press Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was refused bail Wednesday and will remain in custody ahead of a trial scheduled to start on Sept. 10 after being charged with four counts of rape and one sexual assault. The 27-year-old Mendy has been in custody at a prison in Liverpool, northwest England,
8:03 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo said former manager Sir Alex Ferguson was the “main key” in his return to Manchester United. United announced they had agreed a deal with Ronaldo on Friday despite the Portugal international having been close to finalising a move to Manchester City, according to ESPN sources. – How Ronaldo outperformed Man
1:04 PM ET United States men’s national team star Christian Pulisic did not travel with the team to El Salvador on Wednesday and will miss the Americans’ opening World Cup qualifier. Pulisic, the top American player, is recovering after testing positive for COVID-19. He has said he is fully vaccinated. – Stream ESPN FC Daily
2:01 PM ET Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State named football alumnus and deputy athletic director Alan Haller as its 20th athletic director on Wednesday. Haller served as deputy athletic director since 2019, having been with the athletic department since 2010. He was a lieutenant for the university police department for 13 years. He
1:56 PM ET The Florida State Seminoles will honor late coach Bobby Bowden this season with various tributes, including on-field logos and his famous signature on the back of the football team’s helmets, the school announced Wednesday. Bowden, who coached for 34 years at Florida State and won 315 games with the Seminoles, died last
1:48 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Atlanta Falcons guard Josh Andrews will be placed on injured reserve with a broken hand, a source confirmed to ESPN, leaving the franchise without one of its five starting offensive linemen for at least the first part of the 2021 season. Andrews had been in a competition with
2:05 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — In a surprise move, the New York Jets released starting cornerback Bless Austin, their most experienced player at a position filled with rookies. The Jets made the move Wednesday, one day after keeping eight cornerbacks on their initial 53-man roster. They tried to trade Austin, who started 10
1:07 PM ET The Chicago Bears are signing wide receiver Breshad Perriman to a one-year deal, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Perriman joins the Bears after he was released Monday by the Detroit Lions, who had given him $2 million guaranteed when they signed him in March. But Perriman dealt
12:21 PM ET The New Orleans Saints will “host” the Green Bay Packers at Jacksonville’s TIAA Bank Field on Sunday, Sept. 12, while the city of New Orleans continues to recover from Hurricane Ida. The NFL announced Jacksonville as the alternate site for the game, which will still kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET as