12:26 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas are among more than a dozen NFL stars who united to send a passionate video message to the league about racial inequality. The 70-second video was released on social media platforms Thursday night and includes Odell Beckham Jr., Deshaun Watson,
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9:09 PM ET Major League Baseball players will not take another pay cut and have “resoundingly rejected” the league’s plan to begin the season, according to a statement Thursday from union executive director Tony Clark. The statement came after a two-hour conference call of the association’s executive board and several other Major League Baseball Players
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10:45 PM ET Steve KimESPN The bout between WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez and mandatory challenger Viktor Postol, twice postponed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is now expected to take place this summer, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Thursday. Arum said he expected the fight to take place in
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9:29 PM ET Texas players marched with coach Tom Herman and members of the Austin Police Department to the state capitol building Thursday afternoon, joining the national protests against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Herman and his wife and other Longhorn coaches joined the players as they walked from the north
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8:51 PM ET The National Hockey League is transitioning to Phase 2 of its return-to-play plan, as teams will be allowed to reopen their training facilities in their respective cities on Monday if local regulations allow it. On a “strictly voluntary basis,” players can participate in small-group team training, with a maximum of six players
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12:03 PM ET Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. — The family of Aniah Blanchard, stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, was emotional as a police detective testified about how Blanchard was found dead last year. Auburn Police Detective Josh Mixon testified in a Lee County courtroom Wednesday that a witness said he was with Ibraheem Yazeed
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5:37 PM ET The remainder of the 2019-20 G League season has been canceled, NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced Thursday. “While canceling the remainder of our season weighs heavily on us, we recognize that it is the most appropriate action to take for our league,” said Abdur-Rahim. “I extend my sincere gratitude to
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2:46 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Kevin Durant has not logged a minute for the Brooklyn Nets, but he is having the biggest betting impact on the NBA’s restructured season. With the coronavirus pandemic extending the season nearly three months, those in
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7:37 PM ET National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts expressed concern over the NBA’s tentative timeline of opening training camps for the 2020-21 season on Nov. 10 — less than a month after the proposed end of the NBA Finals in Orlando, Florida. “I was surprised to see it,” Roberts told ESPN on
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