Jun 11, 2020 MARK MCGWIRE TALKED a lot about The Baseball Gods during his playing career, a sure sign of someone who treats the game with a solemnity it doesn’t deserve. He was never more publicly grave than during the 1998 season, his finest moment, when he couldn’t go three words without reminding everyone how
Month: June 2020
10:34 PM ET Clemson’s football team participated in a march on Saturday that started at Bowman Field on the university campus, lasting just under two hours with thousands of attendees. The march was organized by four Clemson players: Running back Darien Rencher, linebacker Mike Jones Jr., wide receiver Cornell Powell and quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Prior
9:44 PM ET A letter from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to the New York Yankees addressing a 2017 investigation of the team should be unsealed, a New York judge ruled on Friday, according to a report from The Athletic. The Yankees are likely to make an emergency appeal before the letter is to be unsealed
7:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association asked MLB to set a schedule for the 2020 season rather than counter the latest return-to-play proposal by the league, setting the stage for MLB to
2:15 PM ET Teammates and friends honored a youth soccer player killed by police in Mexico with an emotional tribute on Thursday that celebrated his love for the game. Alexander Martinez, 16, was shot in southern Mexico on Tuesday by police, when he was on his way back from buying soft drinks for a gathering
6:14 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation is projecting a deficit of nearly $28 million for the 2020 fiscal year, $16.8 million more than planned, the organization announced at Saturday’s meeting of the Board of Directors. USSF Chief Financial Officer Pinky Raina was among the Federation’s executives to make presentations at the meeting. She stated
1:44 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo said that the tenures of Edinson Cavani and Thiago Silva are “coming to the end.” Speaking with French publication Le Journal de Dimanche, Leonardo implied that the two players will depart once Champions League is done in August. “The idea is to continue playing with them until
4:59 PM ET Napoli reached the Coppa Italia final with a 1-1 draw at home to Inter Milan on Saturday as Dries Mertens cancelled out a Christian Eriksen goal scored direct from a corner to became the club’s all-time record scorer. – Stream Napoli vs. Juventus LIVE on ESPN+ (June 17, 3 p.m. ET) The
9:00 PM ET No spectators are allowed at La Liga games to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but the restrictions could not dissuade one Lionel Messi fan from sneaking into Barcelona‘s match away to Real Mallorca on Saturday. Clad in an Argentina shirt and holding his phone, the fan calmly walked on to the
6:46 PM ET Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. — A late caution flag gave Harrison Burton new life, and he took advantage. Burton took the inside line on the way to the lead on the final lap, and held on to win the Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway — denying, among others, Dale Earnhardt Jr.