11:41 AM ET Kansas City Chiefs starting cornerback Bashaud Breeland is expected to be suspended for the first four games of the season for a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The Chiefs have little experience at cornerback other than Breeland and the other starter, Charvarius
7:00 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com When the minor league baseball season was canceled on June 30, hundreds of players were left scrambling. Unlike their major league counterparts, minor leaguers aren’t unionized or protected by federal minimum wage law. Most of them earn low pay during the season — players in Class A made, on average,
7:30 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” The first time anybody talked about “The Curse of the Bambino,” according to newspaper databases, was in 1989, when buzz started to build about an upcoming book of that title by Boston
9:45 AM ET Love/Hate is Matthew Berry’s definitive preseason column on which players to draft in fantasy football in 2020, from the top players in the rankings to endgame sleepers of an ESPN fantasy football salary cap draft. Still need a league? Sign up for free today! You should know right off the bat there
10:08 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn’t ruling anything out on naming a starting quarterback, including the possibility of a platoon involving Cam Newton. Asked Wednesday morning before practice if it might be a benefit to pair two signal-callers with varied skill sets, Belichick said, “It might. I always
10:50 AM ET Two former LSU students say they were raped by former Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice in 2016 when he was a freshman at the school, according to a report in USA Today. Guice was released by the NFL team on Aug. 7, just two hours after he was arrested on
9:00 AM ET Tanner Pearson had a theory. He watched the St. Louis Blues tie a crucial game in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs against his Vancouver Canucks with six seconds remaining in regulation. Under normal circumstances, this would have been emotionally crushing for a young road team, as the Blues would have ridden an
6:59 AM ET Fare thee well, Chicago Blackhawks. We’ll always have your qualification round upset of the Edmonton Oilers. Hence, the Vegas Golden Knights are the first team to advance to the conference semifinals. Four other teams have a chance to join them on Wednesday, with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche and
8:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It’s playoff time on the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed will defend his title at The Northern Trust in the first event of the FedExCup playoffs. Ultra long shot Jim Herman (500-1) punched his ticket to the playoffs last week with his win at Wyndham. Tiger Woods will also be
9:33 AM ET UFC president Dana White said he’s open to Jon Jones‘ first fight at heavyweight being for the title, but that wouldn’t happen before Francis Ngannou gets his shot at champion Stipe Miocic. “[Jones is] the longtime light heavyweight champion. In my opinion he’s the greatest of all time, and if he wants