12:32 PM ET A week before he’s scheduled to meet with NFL investigators, free-agent wide receiver Antonio Brown backtracked Thursday afternoon after a profanity-filled tweet earlier in the day that said he wants the league to “clear my name” and reiterated that he’ll “never play” again. Earlier Thursday, sources told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that Brown
12:32 PM ET A week before he’s scheduled to meet with NFL investigators, free-agent wide receiver Antonio Brown said in a profanity-filled tweet that he wants the league to “clear my name” but reiterated that he’ll “never play” again in the league that he said treats black players unfairly. Earlier Thursday, sources told ESPN’s Josina
1:11 PM GMT The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has been fined £70,000 after comments made by its representatives about the effect of Typhoon Hagibis at the World Cup in Japan were found to have constituted misconduct and “brought the game into disrepute”. The SRU has also been forced to issue a “meaningful” written apology to
7:20 AM ET NHL Insiders We’re a little more than one month into a 2019-20 NHL season that has included some major surprises, including the Buffalo Sabres in a playoff spot, the Edmonton Oilers leading their division, Darcy Kuemper leading all netminders in save percentage and goals-against average, and the San Jose Sharks … well,
12:12 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As they head toward an NFC West showdown with the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night, the San Francisco 49ers could be without kicker Robbie Gould. Gould suffered a quadriceps injury this week, a league source told ESPN, leaving his chances for playing on Monday up in the air.
12:12 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As they head toward an NFC West division showdown with the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night, the San Francisco 49ers could be without kicker Robbie Gould. Gould suffered a quad injury this week, leaving his chances for playing on Monday up in the air. In response to the
11:54 AM ET Florida State star defensive tackle Marvin Wilson will miss the rest of the season following hand surgery, the team announced Thursday. Seminoles interim coach Odell Haggins said in a statement that Wilson suffered the injury during Saturday’s loss to Miami and had surgery earlier this week. Wilson leads Florida State with five
11:53 AM ET ESPN staff The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Thursday sought to play down the latest controversy confronting the national federation – the removal of Mahesh Bhupathi as captain of the Davis Cup team. They suggested that the decision to replace Bhupathi with Rohit Rajpal was done not out of malice, but
7:00 AM ET It has been 78 years since Minnesota football last started a season this well. At 8-0, the 17th-ranked Golden Gophers are off to their best start since that 1941 season, when they won a national title. They’re 5-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 1961, and hold a two-game
11:45 AM ET England’s Tom Lewis and Austria’s Matthias Schwab shared a one-shot lead after both carded a seven-under-par 65 in the first round of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Thursday. Lewis sank eight birdies, including four in a row from the 15th hole, offset by a bogey on the par-three fifth while