4:01 PM ET Associated Press Notre Dame announced it will play South Florida on Sept. 19 as its lone nonconference game of the football season. The Fighting Irish will play as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, a move made in response to the coronavirus pandemic altering schedules of the Power Five
2:04 PM 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 Lee Selby and George Kambosos Jr’s world-title eliminator, scheduled for Oct. 3, has been cancelled and a new date is yet to be scheduled.
1:48 PM ET Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return to the ring on Sept. 25 to face Mario Cazares in an event to take place in Tijuana, Mexico, that includes his legendary father, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., in an exhibition bout against Jorge “Travieso” Arce, fight organizers announced on Wednesday. Chavez Jr. (51-4-1, 33 KOs)
2:36 PM ET East Carolina’s game against Marshall, scheduled for Sept. 12 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, ECU announced on Thursday. The Pirates and Thundering Herd hope to reschedule later in 2020. The game held special significance this year because officials at both schools had hoped to use it
1:59 PM ET Eight Nebraska football players on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Big Ten, seeking to invalidate the league’s postponement of the fall football season and to award damages. The suit, filed Thursday in Lancaster County District Court, alleges that the Big Ten is in breach of contract by not following its governing
2:08 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While a number of NFL teams chose not to practice Thursday in light of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers carried on, with coach Bruce Arians challenging them to take action. Arians held a brief team meeting before practice and told players he
2:34 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Adding another veteran to their crowded backfield, the New York Jets have acquired running back Kalen Ballage from the Miami Dolphins in a rare intra-division trade, a league source confirmed Thursday. The Dolphins, reportedly on the verge of releasing Ballage, will receive a conditional late-round pick, NFL Network
1:38 PM ET Lando Norris joked that winning on the popular game Fall Guys is “nearly” as good as winning a trophy in Formula One. The game, a fun take on the battle royale genre, has become a phenomenon in recent weeks, holding the No. 1 spot on Twitch for most of August. Contestants are
1:02 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka said she will play her semifinal match at the Western & Southern Open, now scheduled for Friday, after previously stating her intention to refuse to play Wednesday. “As you know, I pulled out of the tournament yesterday in support of racial injustice and continued police violence,” Osaka, who
12:45 PM ET Back in March, as teams were offering vague plans about compensating their arena workers after the NHL paused the regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights stepped up with a minimum of $500,000 of support from their foundation. More than that, they received a $100,000 pledge of help from one of their players