11:44 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Days after former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a potential class-action lawsuit against the NFL and three teams this week alleging discrimination in his interviews and his firing in Miami, Steelers owner and president Art Rooney II acknowledged that the league still has work to do in hiring minority
Month: February 2022
1:14 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos president of football operations John Elway called allegations about him included in Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the league and three teams “false and defamatory.” The Broncos interviewed Flores for the team’s head-coaching job in 2019. Elway released a lengthy statement Thursday in response to Flores’ potential class-action lawsuit
12:29 PM GMT Injury-hit defending champions Wales have handed wing Josh Adams his first international start at outside centre, while Ireland’s Mack Hansen will make his international debut in the Six Nations opener in Dublin on Saturday. Wales are missing a total of 680 caps through injury and look particularly thin among the centres, prompting
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The clock started ticking on March 26, 2021, when the San Francisco 49ers traded with the Miami Dolphins for the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft. It sped up when the Niners used that pick on quarterback Trey Lance on April 29. And now, despite quarterback Jimmy
11:48 AM GMT Tom Curry has been named as England captain for their opening Six Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Curry takes over from the injured Courtney Lawes, while Joe Marchant has returned to the side on the left wing after completing COVID-19 isolation protocols. 2 Related Curry, 23, is the youngest
11:29 AM ET Former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko enlisted in Ukraine’s reserve army in Kyiv on Wednesday, saying that love for his country compelled him to defend it. Ukraine has been bracing for a possible military offensive after Russia assembled tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s borders in recent weeks, though Moscow says
11:03 AM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Dustin Johnson‘s bid for a third victory at the Saudi International began with the American shooting 5-under 65, leaving him 3 strokes off the lead held by Matteo Manassero after the first round Thursday. Johnson is one of a slew of high-profile players
11:06 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Chris Eubank Jr. hopes beating Liam Williams on Saturday will set up a dream fight against Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin at English Premier League team
11:30 AM ET Alabama defensive coordinator Pete Golding was arrested and charged with driving under the influence by Northport (Alabama) Police early Thursday morning. Northport Police Assistant Chief Keith Carpenter confirmed the arrest of Stephen Thomas Golding, which he said took place around 1 a.m. Golding, who goes by the first name Pete, has been
11:04 AM ET Five-star defensive lineman Lebbeus Overton, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2023 football class, is reclassifying to the 2022 class to enroll in college this spring. Overton is a 6-foot-3, 265-pound prospect out of Milton High School in Milton, Georgia. Despite the fact that signing day passed for the 2022 class, Overton