5:57 PM ET IRVING, Texas — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark reiterated on Thursday that league leaders will continue to vet “every option possible to further enhance this conference” but also said the Big 12 does not have to expand. The comment comes a day after Yormark said the Big 12 would be interested in
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8:36 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has started his season with a bang, finishing a perfect first drive with a 26-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Gabe Davis to take a 7-0 lead on the Los Angeles Rams. On third-and-1 from the Rams’ 26-yard line, Allen, on the
8:40 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC 279 news conference was canceled Thursday at MGM Grand Garden Arena after several altercations broke out backstage among fighters on the card and their teams. UFC president Dana White attempted to keep the news conference going by bringing up the six fighters separately in twos, per fight.
7:42 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Xiyu “Janet” Lin of China opened with five birdies in six holes, birdied all but one of the par 5s and had an 8-under 64 on Thursday for a one-shot lead over Nasa Hataoka in the Kroger Queen City Championship. The LPGA Tour returned to Cincinnati for the
The Tour of Britain has cancelled its final three stages as a mark of respect after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The eight-stage race was due to travel to Gloucester on Friday, Dorset on Saturday before ending on the Isle of Wight on Sunday. Britain’s Tom Pidcock, who was second in the general classification,
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Her son King Charles III said
4:08 PM ET Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil — Norris Cole made sure USA Basketball will play for a medal at the AmeriCup. Cole — a two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat — scored a game-high 20 points, capping it off by making the game-winning runner with 1.4 seconds remaining, and the U.S. rallied past
2:38 PM ET Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, the twins who led Team USA to Olympic gold in 2018, will join former NHL goaltending great Ryan Miller in the 2022 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class. The class also includes Steve Cash, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist and five-time world champion, and the late Jim
2:43 PM ET Associated Press MILAN — Greece got another win, and a small scare as well. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 points in 19 minutes before leaving midway through the third quarter with an ankle issue in Greece’s 90-69 win over Estonia in the Group C finale for both teams at the EuroBasket tournament Thursday.
2:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — NASCAR is returning to one of its original venues that it left more than a quarter-century ago _ North Wilkesboro Speedway. Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina native Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined the stock car body and the track’s owner on Thursday to announce that the track
4:26 PM ET A tribute to Queen Elizabeth II is shown during Arsenal’s Europa League match at FC Zurich. Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images The football world is paying its respects following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. English Football League (EFL) fixtures scheduled for Friday have been postponed while tributes were paid before and during
12:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish will miss the group stage matches in Glasgow, Scotland, next week because he got COVID-19, and Bob Bryan will fill in as acting captain. “I’m gutted to not be able to be there after putting a ton of work into this
Virat Kohli hit his first international century since November 2019 with a maiden T20 ton for India to lead the team’s 101-run thrashing of Afghanistan in the Asia Cup on Thursday. The star batsman stood unbeaten on 122 off 61 deliveries to power India to 212-2 in Dubai after being put into bat first in
7:00 AM ET play 3:12 Jeff Passan and Buster Olney break down Week 22 of the MLB Power Rankings and how the Mets are viewing Max Scherzer’s injury. The battle for the American League East division, which was once thought to be a lock, is heating up. With less than four weeks to go in
Belgium’s Jordi Meeus won stage five of the Tour of Britain after edging out Stanisław Aniolkowski in a close sprint finish in Nottinghamshire. It was the Bora-Hansgrohe rider’s seventh career win and his team’s first stage victory at the race. Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock followed closely to take third place and gain four seconds on
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Remco Evenepoel sprinted to victory on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana to extend his overall race lead. The Belgian accelerated past Spain’s Enric Mas after they caught Dutch rider Robert Gesink 400m from the mountain-top finish on the Alto de Piornal. Australia’s Jay Vine had to abandon and was taken away in an
10:49 AM ET Chelsea have announced Graham Potter as their new manager, replacing Thomas Tuchel, who was sacked on Wednesday. Potter, who joins from Brighton & Hove Albion, becomes the 30th manager in Chelsea’s history — the first managerial appointment under new American owner Todd Boehly, who sacked Tuchel after 100 games in charge. –