10:38 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Puff Daddy and Mase topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts with their smash song “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” the last time the San Antonio Spurs missed the NBA playoffs. That’s how long it’s been — way back in the 1996-1997 season. The final buzzer sounded Thursday night with the
7:43 PM ET LAFC forward Adama Diomande has announced he is leaving the club, with the team saying later on Thursday that the two parties had agreed to mutually part ways. Diomande cited the “many family priorities in my life” as the reason for his decision, writing on Twitter, “I have decided to terminate my
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes says Europa League success can act as a springboard for a Premier League title challenge next season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is two games away from the first trophy of his United reign, starting with the semifinal clash with Sevilla in Cologne on Sunday. Fernandes admits
10:13 PM ET Both Major League Soccer and FC Dallas released statements late Thursday in support of Dallas defender Reggie Cannon, after the player was the recipient of what FCD characterized as “racist comments and death threats.” – Fans boo players who take knee in Dallas-Nashville Dallas’ statement, attributed to owners Dan and Clark Hunt
8:44 PM ET For the third time in little more than a week, Syracuse football players opted not to practice because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Syracuse.com reported that players want the school to perform more routine testing during fall camp. A Syracuse spokesman confirmed the team did not hold its scheduled practice Thursday.
8:46 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert on Thursday made it clear that the NCAA has no authority to tell the SEC, ACC or Big 12 — or any other conference or school, for that matter — that it can’t play college football this fall. “We have no authority to do that,” he said during
6:55 PM ET The Houston Texans on Thursday signed defensive tackle P.J. Hall, who was waived by the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this month after a trade with the Minnesota Vikings fell through when he failed a physical. Terms of Hall’s contract with the Texans were not disclosed. The Vikings were poised to send a
7:14 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers open up against the New Orleans Saints one month from Thursday, but have yet to go offense versus defense in practice. They’ll do so Friday, with padded practices coming Monday. How concerned is coach Bruce Arians about star quarterback Tom Brady missing an offseason and
3:41 PM ET Associated Press Reigning US Open champion Bianca Andreescu pulled out of the Grand Slam tournament Thursday, saying the coronavirus pandemic prevented her from properly preparing for competition. Andreescu joins 2019 men’s champion Rafael Nadal in skipping the US Open. A year ago at age 19, Andreescu became the first woman in the
6:18 PM ET Associated Press Robert Ryland, the first Black professional tennis player and later a coach to such stars as Arthur Ashe and Serena and Venus Williams, has died. He was 100. Ryland died Aug. 2 at his stepson’s home in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, his wife, Nancy Ingersoll, confirmed to The New