11:13 AM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms of the virus, the university announced in a release Wednesday. The positive test is expected to keep Saban from coaching in Saturday’s game against Auburn. Saban previously tested positive for COVID-19 last month but was able to coach the
7:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Every year, two Hall of Famers are born. OK, it’s not quite that precise, but as an average, it works out: 20 future baseball Hall of Famers (from the Negro Leagues and
10:02 AM ET The NWHL plans to hold its entire season — including the Isobel Cup playoffs — during a two-week span from Jan. 23 to Feb. 5 while in a bubble in Lake Placid, New York, the league announced Wednesday. The NWHL’s six teams will each play five games, facing each team in the
8:33 AM ET Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany — Tennis great Boris Becker said Wednesday he is stepping down from a position overseeing youth development and the Davis Cup team at the German Tennis Federation. The six-time major winner said he no longer had enough time to do the job that he started in 2017. Becker
10:29 AM ET This year’s championships have been decided in favour of Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, but there is still plenty to play for at the final three races, including a number of seats on the 2021 grid. In this week’s rankings, we focus on the future as much as looking at recent performances. This
10:25 AM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Brandon Allen will take over for the injured Joe Burrow as the team’s starter, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Allen, who has spent the entire season on the practice squad, will be making his fourth career NFL start on Sunday against the New York Giants. The
9:18 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars are making a quarterback change as they try to snap a franchise-record-tying nine-game losing streak, as coach Doug Marrone is going with Mike Glennon over rookie Jake Luton and second-year player Gardner Minshew against the Cleveland Browns, he announced Wednesday. This will be Glennon’s first start since
8:50 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Andre Ward has mixed feelings. On one hand, the retired two-division champion is excited. On the other hand, he’s concerned. When Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. enter the ring for their eight-round exhibition bout Saturday, Ward will certainly be tuned in to witness hands get thrown between two of
9:39 AM ET Vanderbilt football, which finds itself in need of a place-kicker, could turn to women’s soccer player Sarah Fuller. Appearing on 102.5 The Game in Nashville on Wednesday, coach Derek Mason confirmed that Fuller “is an option for us.” The Vanderbilt Hustler first reported that Fuller practiced with the football team Tuesday with
7:53 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Curtis Blaydes has won four fights in a row, two of them by knockout and the other two by thoroughly dominant beatdown. During an MMA career that spans 17 pro bouts over 6½ years, he has been bettered by only one opponent. Blaydes is No. 3 among heavyweights in the