1:38 PM ET CHICAGO — Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany thinks the College Football Playoff selection committee must remember its mission to value conference championships and schedule strength in determining the four participating teams. The Big Ten champion has missed the CFP in each of the past three years, and the league has been left
8:00 AM ET Among this weekend’s most interesting matchups are a clash of the NL East’s top two teams, a showdown of exciting shortstops in Chicago and a host of games involving teams with deadline decisions that could be determined by their play on the field. Here’s what we’re most excited to see: The Braves
1:26 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The eyes of a nation were upon him, despite Rory McIlroy‘s contention that he was just part of the show, not the center of attention, treating it like any of the other Opens played over the past dozen years. A raucous, packed grandstand of spectators greeted him as
1:20 PM ET MIAMI — Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton is being released from the hospital two weeks after a July 4 highway crash that led to his left arm being amputated, his agent Malki Kawa said. Jackson Memorial Hospital confirmed he will be discharged Thursday afternoon or evening. Norton underwent at least six
3:13 PM ET Associated Press CANTON, Miss. — The NCAA and former Mississippi State University football coach Jackie Sherrill have settled a lawsuit in which Sherrill accused the college sports governing body of damaging his reputation. Sherrill also said the NCAA hurt his future coaching opportunities by publicly naming him in allegations of recruitment violations
1:30 PM ET HOOVER, Ala. — Alabama’s failure to give Clemson its proper credit at SEC media days on Wednesday was no accident. If you’ve followed Nick Saban’s time at Alabama and what happens in the aftermath of those few losses the Crimson Tide have had to endure, then you weren’t surprised when Saban questioned
12:56 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Former Open champion David Duval made a 14 on his way to a score of 91 that also saw him make a triple bogey and a quadruple bogey during the first round at Royal Portrush. Included in the 14 was a two-stroke penalty for playing the wrong ball
2:19 PM ET Two horses suffered fatal injuries Thursday morning after colliding in an accident during training hours at Del Mar racetrack in California, a spokesman for the track confirmed on Thursday. The accident occurred around 6:30 a.m. P.T. when Charge a Bunch, an unraced 2-year-old colt trained by Carla Gaines, threw rider Giovanni Franco
1:47 AM BST Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Andy Withers Close ESPN
1:44 AM ET Why? What if? Those are the questions I ask myself every day. What if my dad didn’t bring me to the United Kingdom? What if my gym never opened in the Erdington neighborhood of Birmingham, England? It’s just mad — it’s a crazy thing. Why was I the one who made it