10:00 AM ET Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is urging New Mexico and New Mexico State to postpone fall sports, including football, because of the coronavirus. Lujan Grisham on Tuesday wrote a letter to regents, board members and administrators at both schools, noting the rise in coronavirus cases among younger people and the unknown long-term effects
9:47 AM ET Russell Westbrook has cleared the NBA’s quarantine protocol and will practice with the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, a source told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Westbrook announced last week that he had tested positive for COVID-19 before the Rockets’ departure for Orlando, Florida, writing on social media July 13 that he was “feeling well”
8:44 AM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Women’s British Open is keeping its title sponsor and getting a slightly different name. The R&A announced Wednesday that AIG, a New York-based finance and insurance group, has extended its title sponsorship of the women’s major by two years through 2025. And now that the
6:00 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Is the Vikings’ offense better, worse or the same? That’s the question facing the Minnesota Vikings after they claimed an overtime victory against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC wild-card round, which in turn helped extend Kirk Cousins’ time in Minnesota through the 2022 season. &• Vikes’ offense: better,
9:30 AM ET West Virginia and defensive coordinator Vic Koenning have mutually agreed to separate, the school announced Wednesday, a month after an investigation opened into Koenning over allegations of mistreatment. Safety Kerry Martin Jr. detailed the mistreatment that he received from Koenning in a long social media post June 23, alleging that Koenning called
Rugby Australia boss Rob Clarke has taken another shot at sections of Australia’s rugby league media amid the contract tug-o-war for Joseph Suaalii, as the code attempts to keep the talented multi-sport athlete in the 15-man game. News that Suaalii had changed his mind and rejected a three-year deal from South Sydney in order to
7:00 AM ET Opening Day of the 2020 MLB season is just days away with baseball adapting a 60-game schedule as the sport tries to return amid the coronavirus pandemic. With specific adjustments to make play possible this year and some rule changes that were already in the works for this season, the sport figures
10:33 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday for the Super Start Batteries 400 Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Austin Dillon held on for his first Cup series victory of the season on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas. Who will take the checkered flag under the
7:29 AM ET MIKE BROWN WAS sitting at a desk in Jorge Masvidal‘s Las Vegas hotel room. It was July 5, hours before Brown was scheduled to accompany Masvidal on a flight to “Fight Island” for UFC 251. While Brown, one of American Top Team’s head MMA coaches, was on his laptop, Masvidal’s manager, Abe
7:05 AM ET Temple football was a laughingstock when Bill Bradshaw took over as the Owls’ athletic director in 2002. Recruiting was a mess. The coaching staff was forced to bring in a host of junior college transfers, which led to a precipitous decline in academic performance rates. The previous five coaches had all been