A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying the legal window for such claims had passed.
Joel Klatt gives you his Top 10 rankings after Week 3 including the six teams who barely missed the cut. He explains why Cincinnati may be the best team in Ohio, and highlights how Penn State's defense was able to secure the win against Auburn at home. Klatt's top ten list consisted of Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Oklahoma, Iowa, Penn State, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Clemson, and Texas A&M rounding out the group.
Penn State head coach James Franklin talks with Joel Klatt about his team's 3-0 start including a white out win over Auburn at home. He also talks about how safety Jaquan Brisker has stepped up on defense and become a leader on the team.
Joel Klatt believes Fresno State QB Jake Haener's performance against UCLA was the best performance by a QB in Week 3. Joel takes you into his film room to go over examples of Haener's great QB play and why it was so special.
The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-1, with help from Austin Meadows' three-run homer in the third inning. It was his 26th home run on the season.
JaVale McGee talks about joining the Phoenix Suns and playing with Chris Paul: 'He’s extremely unselfish. He’ll definitely lead us to the Finals again.'
The Dallas Cowboys are hosting the Philadelphia Eagles for Monday Night Football, but who will be the running back? Ezekiel Elliott is the starter, but Tony Pollard has more rushing yards in the first two games in fewer attempts. Jerry Jones has no problem with his backfield situation, saying quote: 'I see it as a great asset to this team..both players are outstanding in the backfield..we really have an outstanding situation here.' Marcellus Wiley explains why he has lost faith in Zeke.
Marcellus Wiley and Emmanuel Acho discuss which team they're more confident in: the Los Angeles Rams or Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Hear why Wiley believes Tom Brady and the Bucs are better than last year and surpass the Rams as a team.
Emmanuel Acho and Marcellus Wiley discuss Matt Nagy's decision to start Justin Fields in Week 3 after Andy Dalton suffered a knee injury. Hear why Acho believes Justin Fields starting is good for the Chicago Bears, but bad for Matt Nagy.
Clinton Portis joined Club Shay Shay and told Shannon Sharpe he wishes he would’ve bet on himself more instead of listening to others' advice. 'We're not dumb a** athletes. We just didn't have the LeBron James & Jay-Z blueprints in the 2000’s. Jay-Z was doing the same thing I was doing.'
Colin Cowherd discusses why the Dallas Cowboys need to move off Ezekiel Elliot for Tony Pollard. Colin explains, 'He looks, if not washed, clearly the second best running back.'
Katie Ledecky, one of the most decorated swimmers in history, will join the University of Florida as a volunteer swimming coach, the school announced Wednesday.
Augustus, laden with championship rings and now an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks, first realized her true strength fighting for L.G.B.T.Q. rights.
Michaela Onyenwere, second from right, had a breakout rookie season for the Liberty, who are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2017.
The Storm excited fans on Friday with a 94-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury.
A section of Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, designed to allow safe standing.
San Jose State University has reached a settlement to pay $1.6 million to student-athletes who said that they had been sexually harassed by an athletic trainer.
American fans storm the 18th fairway after the U.S. team’s win at the 1999 Ryder Cup in Brookline, Mass., one of the greatest comebacks in the event’s history.
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun are heading into the playoffs with the W.N.B.A.’s best record and a 14-game winning streak that stretches to the first week of July.
The 18th hole at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin is a good example of a common trait in a Pete Dye-designed course: A daring shot toward a hazard is often rewarded with an easier scoring chance. “Pete understood exactly how talented the pros were, and he really did design for them,” said Tom Doak, a former associate.
Seth Waugh, the chief executive of the P.G.A. of America, has described the Ryder Cup as a combination of the Super Bowl and a Rolling Stones concert.
Police officers patrolling the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, after the New Zealand team pulled out of a cricket tour over security concerns.
After missing 11 games last season with an ankle injury, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, left, is back managing the 49ers’ offense when his backup, Trey Lance, isn’t running gadget plays.
Don Garber, left, commissioner of Major League Soccer, with Mikel Arriola, right, the LIGA MX president, at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles in June.
Outside Avista Stadium, home of the Spokane Indians.
“I love the game. I love to play. I guess I’m too stupid to quit,” Anthony Gose said of his comeback as a pitcher.
The 2020 United States Ryder Cup golf team. Top row, from left: Daniel Berger, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Tony Finau and Dustin Johnson. Bottom row, from left: Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
The AAC extended the contract of commissioner Mike Aresco for three years through June 2025.
Through a new partnership announced Monday, teams from the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference will play home-and-home series through 2026.
Day’Ron Sharpe, a Nets rookie, explores the balcony of a potential apartment for himself in Brooklyn.
Utah played Mississippi Valley State early in the 2018-19 season. Their conferences, the Pac-12 and the Southwestern Athletic, have reached a scheduling agreement for the season that begins in 2022.
Lamar Jackson somersaulted into the end zone for a touchdown on Sunday night.
Manny Pacquiao training at a gym in Los Angeles in 2019.
ESPN has the quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning. CBS has the slime and SpongeBob allure of Nickelodeon. A boxing upstart even got Trump. For viewers, it’s ever more options beyond just watching the game.
Betting notes and trends heading into the biggest games of the weekend.
The Knight Commission released a proposal to require the NCAA, the College Football Playoff and Division I conferences to restructure how they distribute more than $3 billion in annual revenue.
BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF have been accepted as members of the Big 12 after a vote of the conference's presidents and chancellors. The Big 12 is looking to bolster itself ahead of the planned departures of Oklahoma and Texas.
After a summer marked by monumental change and feuding factions, the NCAA is promising change. Again. Can the NCAA and its varied members find common ground?
Gable Steveson, who captured a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics, has signed a multiyear deal with WWE, Steveson told ESPN.
Betting notes and trends heading into the biggest games of the weekend.
Team USA wrestler Gable Steveson used his Olympic debut to put the world on notice. But to the 275-pound star, his success was anything but shocking. The charismatic, back-flipping superstar who just signed a multiyear deal with WWE was born for this.
A group of former students filed a lawsuit alleging that the University of Michigan is illegally limiting their attempts to share accounts of the abuse perpetrated by then team doctor Robert Anderson.
The Women's College World Series will expand to a nine-day event beginning in 2022, the NCAA announced on Wednesday.
The NHL's Florida Panthers have offered NIL endorsement deals to every female college athlete at nearby Florida Atlantic University, the team announced Wednesday.
Dozens of states considered legislation that would restrict transgender athletes' ability to play sports in 2021, but high school associations dictate policy in most parts of the country.
Hockey is returning to the University of Alaska Anchorage in time for the 2022-23 season after donors, including the NHL's newest team, the Seattle Kraken, raised more than $3 million after the program was eliminated.
College volleyball returns this weekend, but before the first serve, we check in on five pressing questions ahead of the season.