12:18 PM ET The NCAA expanded its Confederate flag policy on Friday to prohibit all its championship events from being held in the states where the flag is flown. Mississippi is the only state affected by the policy change. It is the only state flag that continues to feature the banner of the Confederacy —
11:32 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tennis authorities suspended Venezuelan referee Armando Belardi for two years and six months on Friday for not reporting approaches to him to alter match scores. Belardi was approached twice in 2018 by unidentified parties, the Tennis Integrity Unit said. The investigation found that Belardi did not alter the
7:41 AM ET Officially, the UFC has five title fights on its upcoming schedule — four of them featuring a fighter coming off a loss in his most recent fight. Now, the four matchups are easy to explain. Heavyweight Daniel Cormier lost to Stipe Miocic last year, and the two need to finish their rivalry.
10:56 AM ET The statue of former Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who was forced to integrate his franchise in the early 1960s, was removed outside of RFK Stadium on Friday morning. Events DC, which is in charge of RFK Stadium, removed the statue. Max Brown, the chairman of the Events DC board of
10:46 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Talladega, Alabama, on Sunday for the Geico 500. Denny Hamlin raced to his third victory of the season and 40th overall with his win last Sunday at Homestead, his record-tying third NASCAR Cup Series victory at the track. Who will take the checkered
6:00 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Left tackle Andrew Whitworth chuckled when describing a photograph he dug up to use as his personal, on-screen video conferencing background. “Is that Squints or what?!” an
2:14 AM ET The 152nd Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday in New York. Normally, the final race of the Triple Crown, it will be the first this year and will take place without spectators. ESPN’s Chris Fallica gives us his best bets for the Triple Crown race, along with his thoughts on the
6:59 AM ET NFL NationESPN The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams.
6:59 AM ET NFL NationESPN The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams.
7:42 AM ET THE STORM HAS finally passed. It’s just before 5 o’clock on an inky-dark morning in mid-February as Marquise and Morgan Goodwin approach Northside Hospital in their black Range Rover. For the past several days, a biblical deluge has soaked everyone and everything in Atlanta, transforming nearby parks into lakes, flooding underpasses and