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The team launched the investigation after allegations of sexual harassment within the workplace were reported in July. The NFL has taken over the investigation into allegations of sexual harassment within the Washington Football Team's workplace. Owner Dan Snyder confirmed the decision in a statement, saying he suggested the move to commissioner Roger Goodell.  "Recently, The Washington Football Team launched an independent third-party investigation into allegations about our culture and incidents of harassment. In conversations with Commissioner Goodell, Tanya and I suggested that the NFL assume full oversight of the investigation so that the results are thorough, complete and trusted by the fans, the players, our employees and the public," Snyder said in a statement, via ESPN's Adam Schefter . "I appreciate Commissioner Goodell agreeing to our suggestion and the entire Washington Football Team remains committed to fully cooperating with all aspects of the

The Cyclones will kick off their season against Louisiana on Sept. 12. Iowa State will allow fans to attend its season opener at Jack Trice Stadium next month amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Cyclones announced Monday that approximately 25,000 spectators are expected to attend their Sept. 12 matchup against Louisiana.  In a letter to fans , athletic director Jamie Pollard said the crowd will consist of season ticket holders only. Everyone in attendance must wear a face covering at all times, and anyone who refuses to wear one will be denied access and/or removed from the stadium. No tailgating will be permitted, and Pollard asked everyone to "honor other fans' wishes for physical distancing." "An important factor in the decision to allow fans is our belief that Cyclone fans are willing to adhere to our mitigation measures," Pollard wrote. "The purpose of this letter is to ask for your support in helping create a safe environment while also providing

The Denver Nuggets will be seeking a first in franchise history, while the Utah Jazz are looking to avoid one, when the Northwest Division rivals meet in Game 7 of their NBA first-round playoff series Tuesday night near Orlando. The Nuggets have ridden a scoring explosion by Jamal Murray to earn consecutive wins and necessitate a win-or-go-home series finale for both teams. The winner earns the right to tackle the second-seeded Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals. Playing in the sixth Game 7 in the franchise's NBA history, the third-seeded Nuggets will be attempting to advance for the first time ever in a best-of-seven in which they fell behind 3-1. Only 11 teams in the NBA's history have pulled off the series comeback from such a deficit. Denver played a pair of seven-gamers last year, beating San Antonio in the first round before falling to Portland in the Western Conference semifinals. The sixth-seeded Jazz will also be taking their sixth swing at

The last time the New York Islanders were this close to the NHL's version of the final four, their two leading goal scorers in the Eastern Conference semifinals -- Anders Lee and Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- were two years old and six months old, respectively. Head coach Barry Trotz was 30 years old and coaching in the American Hockey League. But don't expect Trotz and his players to focus too much on just how long it's been since the Islanders have been in the position they'll be in Tuesday night. The Islanders will look to reach the conference finals for the first time since 1993 when they face the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series in Toronto. The Islanders took a 3-1 lead in the series during Game 4 Sunday night, when Pageau scored the tie-breaking goal in the third period of a 3-2 win. With one more victory, the sixth-seeded Islanders will continue the NHL's summer Cinderella story and end the league's longest conference

The resumption of the MLS regular season has been good to the Los Angeles Galaxy. Though there is plenty of work to be done, the visiting Galaxy aim for a third straight victory on Wednesday night against the Portland Timbers. It took some time, but Los Angeles (2-3-2) might finally have found a rhythm during this unprecedented 2020 season. The Galaxy drew and lost their first two matches before the coronavirus pandemic halted the campaign in March. Things did not get any better at the "MLS is Back Tournament," where L.A. went 0-2-1 in group play and failed to advance into the knockout round. That included a 2-1 loss to Portland at the Walt Disney World Sports Complex. However, since then, the Galaxy won 2-0 at rival Los Angeles FC and 3-2 over San Jose at home over the weekend. In the latter, Cristian Pavon leveled the match with a successful penalty kick in the 72nd minute and Sebastian Lletget's goal proved to be the winner on 82 minutes. "(At the "MIBT

While the Seattle Sounders are aiming to stay hot, Real Salt Lake is moving forward looking for new ownership. The Sounders eye a fourth consecutive victory on Wednesday night when they visit Salt Lake. Though Seattle has played well since the resumption of the league's regular season, the storyline entering this contest is the decision by owner Dell Loy Hansen to sell Real Salt Lake - also the National Women's Soccer League's Utah Royals FC and the USL's Real Monarchs. The decision comes after Hansen blasted RSL players, coaches and staff for boycotting last Wednesday's home match to show awareness in the wake unrest and violence following the police shooting of black 29-year-old Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Hansen caught plenty of heat for his comments and lack of understanding on the issue, and later apologized - somewhat. He then succumbed to calls to sell the three sides. In a statement, MLS commissioner Don Garber said: "MLS will work with Mr. Hansen

Sporting Kansas City still sits atop the Western Conference, but would certainly like to get back to its winning ways on Wednesday night following a rather sub-par week of play. Looking to avoid going winless in a third straight contest, SKC hosts an FC Dallas squad that's trying to build on a much-needed victory. Kansas City (8-5-2) enjoys a two-point lead in the West and has every reason to be pleased with its state of affairs thus far. However, Sporting lost 5-2 to struggling Houston last week before salvaging a 1-1 draw at Colorado over the weekend. While it's certainly no time to panic in the least, SKC's current stretch might be an example of the uncertainty this unique season presents for every club within the league. "Right now, this year in its entirety is going to breed inconsistencies and we've got to make sure that we're mentally focused and rolling with the punches," goalkeeper Tim Melia told Sporting Kansas City's official website. &

While New York Red Bulls would like to see some increased production produce more victories, banged-up D.C. United simply needs a win at the moment. United looks to avoid a third straight defeat when they visit Red Bull Arena on Wednesday night. D.C. (1-4-3) has been bothered by various injuries, and lately an offense that's managed just two goals in its last four official contests. Justin Gressel finally scored his first goal with United on Saturday at Philadelphia, but that was after it was already trailing 4-0 at the time. D.C. lost the match by a 4-1 scoreline. It's 0-2-1 since the resumption of the regular season, and is dealing with injuries to winger Paul Arriola (knee), forward Edison Flores (facial fractures) and defenders Steven Birnbaum (bone bruise), Frederic Brillant (ankle) and Russell Canouse (hamstring). It's also uncertain if goalkeeper Bill Hamid will be back in net after he did not travel with the club, due to personal reasons, to Philadelphia. "

The inconsistency that is Atlanta United FC can be a bit frustrating for a club that expects to be among the elite in MLS. Still, the club will press forward looking to build some positivity. Atlanta aims to rebound from its most recent defeat as it hosts expansion Inter Miami on Wednesday night. Atlanta (3-4-0) thought it might be in for a turnaround after a 2-0 win over Nashville SC in the league's resumption of the regular season. However, that notion was momentarily hindered with last weekend's 3-1 loss to upstart Orlando City. Brooks Lennon's 83rd-minute goal was all the offense Atlanta could muster on the match. United has managed just seven goals on the season, and continues to struggle without injured star Josef Martinez on the pitch to lead the way. Some potential good news for Atlanta is that two of its three wins in 2020 came against expansion Nashville SC. Now, United gets its first crack at another first-year club. Looking forward is the only focus for Atl

Last Wednesday, five of the six matches on the MLS schedule were boycotted in awareness of continued racial and social injustice issues in the United States. The one game that did go on as planned featured Orlando City and Nashville SC. Those two teams will meet up again at Nashville on Wednesday night. In some circles, Orlando and Nashville took heat over not postponing their match while the rest of the league stepped aside to show awareness in the wake of the unrest and violence following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Both teams have claimed they were not completely aware of what was being planned or going on with the other MLS matches scheduled, considering theirs was the first game of the night. "The timeline was just a little too crunched, and it was a little too soon for us to effectively communicate with other teams in the league about what was going to happen," Nashville midfielder Dax McCarty told the official MLS website. "Obviously, c

With Leonard Fournette now on the waiver wire, let's revisit the decision to draft him fourth overall in 2017. Plus, which other running backs are watching Alvin Kamara's contract situation, Ja'Marr Chase opts out, Logan Ryan to the Giants and more. So here we are, 10 days away from the regular season… • The backstory of Leonard Fournette is relevant today, as the former fourth overall pick hits the waiver wire , and (fair warning) what I’ll write here is going to be painful for Jaguars fans to hear. After Gus Bradley was fired late in the 2016 season, the team started the process of finding a new coach—and a number of guys that interviewed for the job (Josh McDaniels and Kyle Shanahan were on the list) told the team in no uncertain terms that it needed to move on from 2014 first-rounder Blake Bortles. In fact, one reason Doug Marrone was able to win the promotion from interim coach was because he was pragmatic in his thought the process, and willing to try and get Bor

Ingram received 42 first-place votes from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters and earned 326 total points. Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram has been named the NBA’s most improved player in a season that saw him bounce back from a life-altering blood clot and a trade from the team that drafted him second-overall in 2016. Ingram, who came to New Orleans as part of a block-buster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers, averaged a team-leading and career-best 23.8 points per game while hitting 46.3% of his shots. He also became an NBA All-Star for the first time. “It goes back to last March, me getting injured, and not being able to be back on the court until September,” Ingram said on a Zoom call Monday with TNT after being informed he had won the award by his parents. “That’s very little time to start preseason and to start the regular season, but I was ready for it. Since Day 1...I just wanted to put in my work every single day and just get the best

Gauff fell to Anastasija Sevastova, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, in the first round at Louis Armstrong Stadium. American teenager Coco Gauff had a short run at the U.S. Open after falling to Latvian Anastasija Sevastova, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, Monday. During the first-round match, Gauff's struggles were apparent early on at Louis Armstrong Stadium. She dropped the first set, 6–3, but rallied to win the first two games of the second set. However, the 16-year-old struggled with her serve throughout the day. Gauff reminded fans why she loves to battle and took advantage of Sevastova's forehand errors to win the final three games of the second set, 7–5, and force a third set. Although they remained close early on, Sevastova pulled away to win the final set, 6–4, to knock out Gauff. The young superstar's serve worried many, as well as her 13 double faults against Sevastova. Gauff, who is currently ranked No. 52 in the world, had an incredible run at the 2019 U.S. Open, which culminated in

The Toronto Raptors will look to rebound from a sluggish Game 1 loss when they take on the Boston Celtics in the second game of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday evening near Orlando. The Raptors easily were turned away 112-94 in the first contest of the series Sunday, never leading in the game after trailing by 19 in the first quarter. Toronto shot 36.9 percent as a team, 25.0 percent from 3-point range and didn't look close to the club that put up 150 points in finishing off a four-game sweep of the Brooklyn Nets in the playoffs' first round a week earlier. "Tough day for us, right?" said Raptors coach Nick Nurse after the defeat. "Nothing was much fun out there today. "They were great. We weren't very good. So we're going to have to bounce back." Losing has been an unfamiliar feeling for Toronto in the NBA bubble -- the team had only dropped one game during seeding, a 122-100 setback against Boston. The Rapt

The Dallas Stars seem to subscribe to the theory that the fourth victory in a playoff series is the hardest to get. They'll have three chances to do so, beginning Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche. The Stars took a 3-1 advantage in their Western Conference second-round series with a 5-4 victory Sunday in Edmonton, Alberta. Radek Faksa had a goal and two assists for the Stars. "We're a confident group and (Game 5) is going to be the hardest game," said Stars defenseman John Klingberg, who had a goal and an assist. "It always is when you can close out a series. We expect Colorado to be even better (Monday)." In their first-round series against Calgary, the Stars fell behind by three goals just 6:34 into Game 6 before rallying for a clinching 7-3 victory. "We're keeping our composure," Stars forward Jamie Benn said. "We know how hard that Game 6 was against Calgary. Obviously, we didn't get off to a good start at all. We&#

Taiwan's highest peaks gave her solace and purpose—and they carried her to swimsuited social media fame. But the mountains got something from her, too. When Gigi Wu was alone in the mountains she usually rang a friend around 6 p.m. She would let him know that miles of slick and jagged terrain were behind her. That she had finally freed herself of her 65-pound pack and was preparing to settle on a flat patch of earth for the night. That she would soon prepare her tea and rice, just as the stars started to shimmer. But on a cold Saturday afternoon in January 2019, Alex Yang’s phone rang at 4:30. Too early , he thought. Too soon . Yang, a 52-year-old construction materials salesman with flecks of gray in his dark hair and a long, symmetrical face, took the call in his Taipei office. Wu, famous on social media for summiting some of the most menacing mountains in Taiwan—and, more pointedly, for posing at the end of each climb wearing only a bikini, the pics of which populated her Fa

The French power's dominance in the competition continued after a 3-1 win over Wolfsburg. SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain (AP) — Lyon extended its European dominance by beating Wolfsburg 3-1 to win its fifth straight women’s Champions League title on Sunday. Eugénie Le Sommer, Saki Kumagai and Sara Bjork Gunnarsdóttir scored for Lyon as it clinched a record-extending seventh Champions League trophy. Wolfsburg, seeking its third title after back-to-back triumphs in 2013 and 2014, got on the board with Alex Popp after its French rival had opened a two-goal lead in the first half. Wolfsburg also lost the final to Lyon in 2016 and 2018. Le Sommer opened the scoring in the 25th minute before Kumagai added to the lead shortly before halftime. Gunnarsdóttir sealed the victory in the 88th after Popp had got Wolfsburg on the board in the 58th. “We played a great season, we can be proud, and I can proud to be part of this team,” Popp said. Lyon’s Le Sommer, Wendie Renard and Sarah Bouhadd

With a little less than a month to go in the season, there’s precious little drama in the American League playoff picture. One of the expected benefits of expanding baseball’s postseason field to 16 teams was a playoff race involving practically every team. But with a little less than a month to go in the season, there’s precious little drama in the American League playoff picture. According to Fangraphs’ playoff odds , there are seven AL teams with at least a 94 percent chance to occupy one of the junior circuit’s eight spots—the Rays, Yankees, White Sox, Indians, Twins, Athletics and Astros. The National League has just four clubs (Braves, Cubs, Dodgers and Padres) with playoff probabilities greater than 65 percent. While every NL team except for the Pirates and Diamondbacks are projected to have at least 15 percent playoff odds, there are six AL teams whom Fangraphs gives less than a 3 percent chance to play in October—the Red Sox, Orioles, Royals, Mariners, Rangers and Angels.

Jamal Murray extended his torrid run with 50 more points, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 119-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Jamal Murray-Donovan Mitchell duel will be settled in the first Game 7 in the bubble. Murray extended his torrid run with 50 more points, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 119-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Murray had his second 50-point game of the series to equal Mitchell, who finished with 44 in this one. No player has ever had more in an entire postseason. They will go at it one more time Tuesday night, with the winner advancing to face the Los Angeles Clippers, who finished off the Dallas Mavericks in six games on the same court a few hours earlier. Murray and his teammates are trying to become the 12th team to rally from a 3-1 deficit to win a series and the first since 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers completed the only one of those comebacks that came in the NBA Finals. “They

Tom Brady's training camp in Tampa Bay: high standards, encouraging words and a players-only meeting. Plus, how football took a back seat to social justice issues this week, Yannick Ngakoue's move to Minnesota, recapping Albert's camp trip and much more. TAMPA— I spent two days down here and, full disclosure, Day 1 had me wondering. There were throws in the dirt. There were drops. Maybe strangest of all, there was No. 12, the hyper-intense, hyper-detailed legendary prize-fighter of a quarterback, in the middle of it all, handing the situation with, weirdly enough … positivity? Nice play, Huddy! Way to go, Mike! Great bench route, Chris! All day, fellas! This, at least to me, looked like a different Tom Brady than the one I’d seen in New England over the last two decades. And coupled with the practice I was watching—the kind that would set him off on the practice fields of Foxboro—I started to think about, and probably overthink, what I was seeing. That was eight da