London Irish chief executive Brian Facer is to leave in the new year for the same role at British Cycling. Facer, 50, will succeed Julie Harrington in January, having been with London Irish since October 2017. Despite relegation from the Premiership in his first season, the former Northampton Saints commercial director oversaw promotion a year
Month: November 2020
Britain’s Alex Dowsett will attempt to regain cycling’s hour record in December. Dowsett, 32, held the record for riding the furthest in one hour in 2015. The Israel Start-Up Nation rider will try to beat the current record of 55.039km set by Belgian Victor Campenaerts in Mexico in 2019. “It’s going to be a very
9:34 AM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Defensive back Daraun McKinney became the fourth Iowa football player in two weeks to leave the program with the intention of transferring. Coach Kirk Ferentz announced McKinney’s departure on Tuesday. Running back Shadrick Byrd, linebacker Yahweh Jeudy and receiver Calvin Lockett also have left the team
9:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Kell Brook has insisted he has not been distracted or concerned by weight issues ahead of facing Terence Crawford on Saturday. There were doubts
9:28 AM ET It will be hard for Dana White’s Contender Series to top last week. In the eighth episode of the show’s fourth season, all four fights ended in KO/TKOs and every winner won a UFC contract. The athletes on Tuesday’s edition of DWCS will attempt to continue that run. With just one episode
8:30 AM ET Tommy Bennett did not want to caddie for Tiger Woods at the 1995 Masters. “I didn’t want no damn amateur,” he recalls. “I wanted that green jacket.” He wanted to carry for Dicky Pride, a promising young pro who had won a PGA Tour event the previous summer in Memphis, Tennessee. But
6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN We’re officially at the midpoint of the 2020 season, so the NFL Power Rankings are reevaluating things. Along with our weekly rankings, we’ve asked every NFL Nation reporter to recalibrate expectations for the team they cover. Some are lofty (we see you, K.C.), some are modest (sorry, Jets) and others
6:40 AM ET AUGUSTA, GA. — How different will Augusta National Golf Club be in November, compared to its traditional Masters date in April? It will be a Masters tournament unlike any other. 2 Related With the coronavirus pandemic pushing the Masters back nearly seven months, the course figures to be longer, softer and less
7:05 AM ET Before Khalil Mack was a Pro Bowl linebacker in the NFL, he was a 2013 first-team All-American, a first-team All-MAC player three times and the 2013 conference Defensive Player of the Year. Perhaps the most impressive part was that Mack did all of this at Buffalo. Mack, who went from lightly recruited
6:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners center fielder Kyle Lewis is the unanimous winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award. The 25-year-old Lewis was one of baseball’s breakout stars during the pandemic-shortened season, batting .262 with 11 homers and 28 RBIs in 58 games. He led big league rookies with
5:30 AM ET This is the story of how Valencia‘s historic 4-1 thrashing of Real Madrid on Sunday owes something to a grandmother, a grandad, Dani Parejo, Peter Lim, Getafe‘s Djene Dakonam, an angel, a demon and, of course, one of Los Che’s most famous ball boys. This is the jam-packed, Keystone Kops, eye-of-the hurricane
Australian great Steve Waugh said Tuesday he was surprised and disappointed that India captain Virat Kohli will miss three Tests to be at the birth of his first child, with his absence detracting from the blockbuster series. The 32-year-old and his Bollywood star wife Anushka Sharma are expecting a child in January, and Kohli has
12:32 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee city attorney is recommending a revised offer to settle a lawsuit brought by Milwaukee Bucks‘ guard Sterling Brown, who was taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018. City Attorney Tearman Spencer is recommending a $750,000 payment
11:59 PM ET The NBA and players’ union have reached an agreement in principle to begin the 2020-21 season, the two sides announced Monday night. The deal calls for free agency to begin Friday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. ET, two days after next week’s NBA draft. As was agreed to last week, the regular
8:57 PM ET Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa was charged with driving under the influence after he allegedly ran his car into a curb in February, leaving it smoking on the side of a Phoenix-area road, according to court records obtained by ESPN. It is the second known drunken driving arrest for La
11:30 PM ET The New England Patriots‘ 2020 season, on life support while facing a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter against the winless New York Jets, has been revived. For another week, at least. The Patriots stopped a four-game losing streak by coming back to beat the Jets 30-27 on Monday, improving to 3-5
6:19 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authentic, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic, has been retired to stud. The 3-year-old colt will stand at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, next year for a breeding fee of $75,000. The farm is owned by B. Wayne Hughes, who co-owns Authentic with MyRacehorse,
5:38 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi The UFC has found a dance partner for former champion Rafael dos Anjos this weekend. Paul Felder, one of the most exciting fighters in the lightweight division, will step in
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