4:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Canada’s deputy chief of public health says the Toronto Raptors have presented a good plan to play at home during the upcoming NBA season, but concerns remain over enforcing strict health protocols and travel over the border with the United States. Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday that public health
Month: November 2020
3:20 PM ET Saturday’s game between Utah and UCLA has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced. “This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Utah not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting
2:40 PM ET Kim Ng became the first female general manager in Major League Baseball history on Friday, when she was hired by the Miami Marlins. The 51-year-old’s resume tells the story of a baseball lifer who has been an integral part of the sport for three decades. Here are five things to know about
3:42 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — If missing the fairway wasn’t enough reason for Bryson DeChambeau to dial it back on the tee at Augusta National, he found another one in Friday’s second round of the Masters. After a birdie on the par-5 second hole moved him to 3 under for the tournament, DeChambeau took
3:00 PM GMT Leicester Tigers have parted company with director of rugby Geordan Murphy after a disappointing 2019-20 season, the Gallagher Premiership club said on Friday, bringing an end to his 23-year association with the club. Murphy spent 16 seasons at Leicester as a player, making more than 300 appearances, before becoming the team’s head
1:04 PM ET Mexico winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano is thankful to Napoli manager Genaro Gattuso for his patience after a tough first season in Serie A, but admitted that the Italian can be “an ogre” when angry. Lozano failed to impress and get regular starts in the 2019-20 for Napoli, after signing from PSV Eindhoven
10:11 AM ET Exequiel Palacios is taken to hospital following his injury. Marcelo Endelli/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios fractured a bone in his spine during the 1-1 draw with Paraguay in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier and is expected be out for three months, his club Bayer Leverkusen confirmed on Friday. Palacios sustained the
12:26 PM ET The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will host a meeting with English football’s leading administrators and key figures on Tuesday in an attempt to define the future of the game post-COVID-19, sources have told ESPN. Secretary of State Oliver Dowden has identified the power vacuum left by Greg Clarke’s
10:31 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egypt Football Association have confirmed. The 28-year-old is asymptomatic and was the only member of the Egypt squad to return a positive test. Salah’s enforced absence will be a huge blow to Liverpool, who will
3:45 PM ET MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott said that the league is aiming to start the 2021 season in early March. A report from the Sports Business Journal previously stated that the league was considering an April start date due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, because of the crowded