2:08 PM ET Detroit Lions running back Kerryon Johnson was excited when he heard the franchise took Georgia’s D’Andre Swift in the second round of April’s NFL draft. He saw a new running mate, someone to lessen the load off of his own carries and a player who can help keep him fresh. “He’s a
12:25 PM ET Washington Redskins coach Ron Rivera said he felt rushed in Carolina when formulating a response to protests during the national anthem. It made him change his approach this time. But one thing hasn’t changed: his support for players who choose to kneel. Rivera reiterated that stance on a Zoom conference call with
12:56 PM ET Associated Press Tennis players ranked outside the top 500 in singles or outside the top 175 in doubles are eligible for grants worth up to $1,000 from the International Tennis Federation to help deal with the suspension of competition because of the coronavirus pandemic. The ITF announced Wednesday specifics of a relief
1:42 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN In the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody in Minneapolis last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been active in the community while pushing for changing social injustice with a diverse staff in place. As the NBA’s only Latino president of basketball operations, the Wolves’ Gersson Rosas hopes
1:47 PM ET NBA team personnel are expected to be asked to submit personal medical histories to a panel of physicians who would review the individual risk of serious illness due to any spread of the coronavirus in the NBA’s bubble environment in Orlando, Florida, sources told ESPN. It is unclear what authority, if any,
12:49 PM ET In a world where you can get pretty much anything delivered to your front porch, here’s hoping that Reggie Bush answers the door one day soon to find the postal truck has shown up with a Heisman Trophy. His Heisman Trophy. Bush sent it back to the Heisman Trophy Trust 10 years
7:00 AM ET There is no baseball on the horizon, but there will be a baseball draft this week, though not in its usual form. You can watch the first round starting at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday on ESPN, with ESPN2 airing the next four rounds starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. Here are some
7:00 AM ET I’ve been on the phone almost nonstop for the past few days after mostly being on and off the phone for the past few weeks. I’ve noticed that most conversations until about dinnertime Tuesday started with hope, then began fizzling about 10 minutes in when both sides realized nobody knew anything yet.
1:22 PM BST England prop Ellis Genge has said head coach Eddie Jones and himself suffered racist abuse during the tour to South Africa in 2018. The United Kingdom, along with several countries across the world, has seen the Black Lives Matter protests in various cities, which were sparked following the death of George Floyd,
Jun 10, 2020 Associated Press Petra Kvitova will play in a tennis exhibition event next month in Berlin, and Tommy Haas will come out of retirement to join in. Organizers added Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, to play in a women’s lineup of Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens, Julia Goerges and Andrea Petkovic. Haas hasn’t played