11:41 AM ET The Southland Conference has postponed football until the spring but will allow its members to play nonconference games this fall if they wish. Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said in a statement Thursday that he was disappointed, but “we look forward to a unique spring season of athletics that also includes NCAA
11:03 AM ET Like many Big Ten coaches, Purdue’s Jeff Brohm was disappointed and angry upon learning the league had postponed the fall football season. He channeled those emotions into crafting a detailed plan for a spring season. Brohm’s proposal outlines an eight-game season beginning Feb. 27 and finishing April 17, with postseason play wrapping
10:47 AM ET The delicate balance of player safety and pushing forward with football may have hit a tipping point at Florida State, where three wide receivers, including star Tamorrion Terry, have publicly spoken out about a lack of transparency in coronavirus testing at the school. On Wednesday night, D.J. Matthews tweeted that he had
9:00 AM ET The worst thing about the New York Rangers winning the Alexis Lafrenière draft lottery is how their fans are going to absolutely mangle his name. My father grew up in the city. His first attempt at a pronunciation was “Lufthansa.” The Canadian hamlet of Saint-Eustache produced an exquisite French Canadian moniker —
10:29 AM ET Nebraska ended speculation about breaking from the Big Ten’s plan to postpone fall football on Thursday morning. “The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a fully committed member of the Big Ten Conference,” chancellor Ronnie Green and president Ted Carter said in a statement. “It is an unparalleled athletic and academic alliance.” A joint
8:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN A unification fight between WBC super middleweight titlist David Benavidez and IBF titlist Caleb Plant is one of the best matchups that could be made in boxing. Both are undefeated and in their primes and to say they don’t get along is putting it lightly. Their personalities outside the ring
9:34 AM ET The Miami Dolphins will wear patches during the 2020 season to honor their late coach Don Shula. Those patches will feature the number 347 — a reference to his career wins, the most in NFL history. Coaches and team personnel will also wear a pin with the patch design to honor Shula,
6:00 AM ET On an otherwise underachieving and underwhelming Cleveland Browns offense last season, Nick Chubb was a revelation. Despite all the erratic play around him, the second-year running back out of the University of Georgia was a consistent force. While shouldering an offense that ranked just 20th in efficiency, Chubb came within 47 yards
6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN As 2020 NFL training camps move from strength and conditioning work to padded practice over the next week, the competition for starting jobs will heat up across the league. There will be a maximum of 14 padded practices per team and, with no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic,
12:41 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Bell bottoms were in style and Nixon was in the White House the last time the Chicago Cubs started a season this hot. Their rookie manager isn’t taking any credit for the fast start. “I mean, I’ve got a good team,” David Ross said. “That’s what it is.