8:24 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1950, things were ambidextrous, not amphibious. President Harry Truman threw out the ceremonial first ball at the Washington
6:52 PM ET The 1997-98 Chicago Bulls are one of the most famous and popular teams in NBA history. Led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and coach Phil Jackson, the Bulls became a worldwide phenomenon. The last run for that Bulls squad is captured in “The Last Dance,” a 10-part
6:27 PM ET THE PITCH WAS as audacious in 1997 as it would be today. A producer for NBA Entertainment wanted to do an all-access, season-long documentary with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls as they headed into what was likely to be their final season together. In the huddles as Phil Jackson coached. Behind
6:00 AM ET Jordan Love to the New Orleans Saints is a match made in mock-draft heaven. The Utah State quarterback likely will be chosen somewhere in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft on Thursday. But whether he’ll go inside the top 10 or outside the top 20 is one of the draft’s
7:02 AM ET Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has taken a stake in British sportscar maker Aston Martin, whose executive chairman Lawrence Stroll runs the Racing Point F1 team, according to company filings. A Mercedes F1 spokesman said Wolff’s move was purely an investment on the Austrian’s part and would be diluted by a
7:56 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali has indicated that he is ready to return from his self-imposed Test exile as soon as the coronavirus outbreak allows. Moeen has not played a Test since being dropped during last summer’s Ashes. He subsequently lost his Test central contract (receiving a white-ball only deal) and opted out
12:00 AM ET No NFL restricted free agents signed offer sheets with other teams before Friday’s deadline, which means players such as New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill, Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt and San Francisco 49ers running back Matt Breida won’t be switching teams. Breida signed his one-year, $3.259 million tender with the
8:31 PM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Nippon Professional Baseball’s season openers will not take place in May due to the coronavirus pandemic, with no firm date set for the start. Representatives of the 12 teams decided Friday to also scrap interleague play. The removal of 18 interleague games from each team’s calendar would make
7:57 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets signed All-Star goaltender Joonas Korpisalo to a two-year contract Friday worth a reported $5.6 million. Korpisalo, who turns 26 on April 28, set single-season career records in multiple categories — including games played, wins and goals-against average — after taking over as the
7:55 PM ET Commissioner Adam Silver said the NBA remains committed to resuming the season but that there is still no timetable for a possible return or even a deadline for canceling the 2019-20 suspended season. Following the NBA’s Board of Governors meeting held via video conference Friday, Silver said the league is still not