9:14 AM ET It has been 95 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft, the playoffs
Month: June 2020
7:02 AM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts said the players she represents spent the weekend discussing how
10:46 AM ET Phil Mickelson’s company, Mickelson Inc., has applied for a trademark through the United States Patent and Trademark office for the use of “Coffee For Wellness.” The company filed the application on June 9 for the trademark on coffee, coffee beans, coffee pods and a few other applications of coffee. It is accompanied
11:25 AM ET NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is fine after tumbling over a jet ski in a video posted on social media, a source said Monday. In the video, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback is running with the football on the beach before colliding with a parked jet ski and falling head-first into the ocean. The
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Next month, the NBA is set to descend upon Walt Disney World to attempt to finish out the 2019-20 season. And while winning a championship will be the goal for all 22 teams, plenty of what transpires could have enormous implications and reshape the league. Because of the unusual circumstances
8:55 AM ET The United States Tennis Association is moving ahead with its plans to play the US Open in its projected time frame, starting on Aug. 31. The ATP and WTA have embraced the plan, along with a reshuffling of the August calendar, a source familiar with the plans has confirmed to ESPN. Forbes
9:29 AM ET As main-eventer Jessie Magdaleno started his walk late Thursday night, he turned a corner and saw the ring. This is usually the moment when he hears the crowd, when the energy pumps through his body. Instead, he heard nothing. He saw the giant LED screens created by Top Rank Boxing to make
7:54 AM ET UFC president Dana White began touting a welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal as far back as January, when a heated exchange between the fighters during Super Bowl week lit a marketing fuse that was expected to detonate a blockbuster main event on July 11. But a lot
8:20 AM ET Mack Brown knew it was time to step away. When he was head coach at Texas, the Longhorns went 13-1 in 2009, losing only to Alabama in the national championship game. That loss devastated him, and he dwelled on it endlessly. Rather than focusing on the 13 wins and celebrating his players
12:37 AM ET New Zealand’s Dan Hooker says the camp for his fight with Dustin Poirier has tested him like no other, but that he will head into their lightweight showdown full of confidence and ready to emerge from another five-round slugfest if necessary. Hooker (20-8) will face the American at UFC Fight Night Las