INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA is tweaking how block/charge calls are made in men’s basketball. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rule changes on Thursday that require a defender to be in position to draw a charge at the time the offensive player plants a foot to go airborne for a shot. If the defender
A judge in Nashville, Tennessee, ruled Wednesday that parents of victims from the March 27 Covenant School shooting can have a say on whether the shooter’s writings should be kept secret. The judge ruled that parents of Covenant School victims have a right to intervene against organizations who want the shooter’s writings to be made
Shorter games. More action in the batter’s box and on the bases. Outs becoming hits again. Major League Baseball’s new rules seem to have near universal appeal among fans. But what do the players think? We asked ESPN MLB reporters Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee and Jesse Rogers to sit down with a handful of players
Shaquille O’Neal cannot be served a summons electronically for a class-action lawsuit brought against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and a host of celebrity spokespeople, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. The plaintiff’s attorneys have unsuccessfully attempted to serve O’Neal in person for several months, court documents allege. O’Neal is the only defendant in the class-action lawsuit
Even Major League Baseball umpires are adjusting to the new rules. On opening day Thursday, the umpires called a strike against the New York Mets’ Jeff McNeil because of a runner on first. The umps initially ruled Pete Alonso did not get back to first base in time after a pitch. That put McNeil in
10:04 PM ET Michael A. FletcherESPN Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White House and race
CNN — Lewis Hamilton says he remains undeterred in his fight against racial injustice. His comments came as the FIA, motorsport’s global governing body, announced it will not investigate the Formula One champion for wearing a T-shirt honoring Breonna Taylor at the Tuscan Grand Prix. Hamilton, a six-time world champion who claimed the 90th race
Comment on this story Comment The unique poignancy of Opening Day, at least to those who celebrate the holiday, exists in the way it blends hope for better days with nostalgia for the good old ones. That it still happens this way every year — even as the world has changed around it, even when