12:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Longtime boxing referee Eddie Cotton died Friday morning after being hospitalized due to the coronavirus, the International Boxing Federation announced. He was 72. According to his wife, Ruby, Cotton was hospitalized two weeks ago with pneumonia. He was then diagnosed with COVID-19 at the hospital. The resident of Paterson, New
12:23 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets and Dustin Byfuglien have mutually agreed to terminate the defenseman’s contract, the NHL and NHLPA announced on Friday. The move also resolves Byfuglien’s grievance against the club. The 35-year-old Byfuglien is now an unrestricted free agent. Byfuglien was suspended by the Jets after failing to report to training camp
12:18 PM ET Ted Leonsis — the CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Mystics and NHL’s Capitals — said he’s committed to paying his 1,500 part-time employees through April. “I felt that it was the right thing to do, to pay our part-time employees that signed up to
12:30 PM ET Top high school basketball recruit Isaiah Todd signed Friday to play in the G League next season, and sources told ESPN’s Jonathan Givony he will become the second top recruit to bypass college and join the NBA’s professional pathway program. Todd is ranked by ESPN as the No. 13 recruit in the
12:13 PM ET Longtime coach Perry Fewell has joined the NFL league office for a job that will include supervision of the officiating department, sources told ESPN on Friday. Fewell served as the Carolina Panthers‘ interim head coach in 2019. He has no experience as an official but follows a long line of prominent coaches
11:58 AM ET The NFL will hold a virtual mock draft Monday, giving teams a chance at a trial run before the actual draft kicks off under unprecedented circumstances later in the week. The exercise could give general managers the opportunity to redraft some NFL legends. According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, teams may choose from
12:06 PM ET The NCAA Eligibility Center is waiving the standardized test score requirement for incoming freshman student-athletes in both Division I and Division II for the 2020-21 academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the governing body announced Friday. Students who expect to graduate from high school in time to enroll in a Division
11:10 AM ET With the PGA Tour aiming to return to action — without fans — at Colonial Country Club on June 11, the tournament director of the Charles Schwab Challenge feels the pressure “to make sure we do it right.” The PGA Tour on Thursday announced it would try to resume its season at
11:41 AM ET Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn has started having conversations about potentially trading the No. 3 pick in next week’s NFL draft. While he declined to say whether the club has offers on the table from other teams, he made it clear Friday he is open to moving down from the pick.
11:17 AM BST Three-time World Player of the Year Dan Carter announced he was leaving Japanese Top League side Kobelco Steelers in an Instagram post on Friday. Carter, who won the Top League in his first season with Kobe last year, signed a two-year contract with the club in 2018 but, with Japan’s domestic season