10:55 AM ET ACC commissioner John Swofford will retire after the 2020-21 season, the conference announced Thursday. Swofford, 71, will have served 24 years leading the ACC, the longest-tenured commissioner in league history. “It has been a privilege to be a part of the ACC for over five decades and my respect and appreciation for
11:25 AM BST The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup knockout stages, which were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will take place in September with the respective finals on Oct. 16 and 17, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) announced on Thursday. The quarterfinals of both competitions will be played on the weekend of Sept. 18-20
Jun 23, 2020 Which player do you want? “Running Back A” is an absolute fantasy football scoring machine, the second-best RB in the NFL in rushes per touchdown. His 12 rushing touchdowns in his final nine games last season led the NFL during that span and he was second in rushing yards, scoring more fantasy
9:59 AM ET Vince Carter confirmed that he has retired from the NBA, ending his 22-year career. Carter announced his retirement on the Ringer’s “Winging It With Vince Carter” podcast, saying he is “officially done playing basketball professionally.” Carter, 43, initially announced last year, when he signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks, that
9:28 AM ET Having had to scrap local and sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Golf Association on Thursday announced exemption criteria for the 120th playing of the major championship, which was rescheduled for Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York.
7:27 AM ET The reason the UFC secured a venue it calls Fight Island was to make it easier for international fighters to compete without coronavirus-related travel restrictions in the U.S. But New Zealand’s Dan Hooker didn’t get a ticket to Fight Island, he was booked for Saturday’s main event against Dustin Poirier in Las
9:05 AM ET Romain Grosjean says the difference in machinery between the ten Formula One teams on the grid makes it impossible to know who has been the best driver in the sport for the last 30 years. Speaking in the latest edition of the ESPN F1 Podcast, the Haas driver talked about missed opportunities
9:41 AM BST The Rugby World Cup held in Japan last year was the most economically successful World Cup to date, attracting some 242,000 international visitors and adding £2.3 billion to the country’s GDP, a report said on Wednesday. It was also “the biggest single-sport event ever held in Japan,” said the report, which was
10:00 AM ET Any other year, the fantasy hockey crew here at ESPN would conventionally wrap up regular-season coverage by summarizing and highlighting what went down in the previous few months, along with a look ahead to next season. This, of course, has been anything but any other year. Now, months after the NHL abruptly
7:41 AM ET The meeting between British heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce has been rescheduled for October 24 in London’s O2 Arena, promoter Frank Warren announced on Thursday. The fight was originally supposed to take place on April 11 but had been postponed to July 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the pandemic