3:39 PM ET A day after announcing an intended November date for the Masters, Augusta National officials locked the field for the proposed 2020 tournament, adding four players off the most recent Official World Golf Ranking. An Augusta National spokesman confirmed that the field had been updated, with 96 players qualifying for the event that
3:02 PM ET In an attempt to shield lesser-income employees from being asked to take a pay cut during the uncertain economic times caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Los Angeles Lakers plan to ask the team’s top brass to make a monetary sacrifice, league sources confirmed to ESPN. Lakers ownership, after consulting with the
3:01 PM ET Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said on Tuesday that his goal is to return to the football building on May 1 because he hopes that tests for the coronavirus will be available in three or four weeks to clear both employees and players to return. “How fast that can happen based on
3:05 PM ET Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff expressed confidence Tuesday that three-time Pro Bowl running back Todd Gurley will pass the team’s pending physical despite well-documented concerns about the health of Gurley’s left knee. Gurley, the 2017 NFL Offensive Player of the Year, who was released by the Los Angeles Rams on March
2:02 PM ET Formula One’s 10 teams have agreed to extend their sport-wide factory shutdown by another two weeks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In order to save costs and free up potential race weekends in August, the teams had already agreed to move the traditional two-week August shutdown forward and extend it
2:11 PM ET Associated Press Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki‘s farewell to tennis — an exhibition match against good friend Serena Williams — is being postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The last tournament of the 29-year-old Wozniacki’s professional career came in January at the Australian Open. The Dane won her Grand Slam title there
2:34 PM ET Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave underwent emergency surgery Tuesday, during which doctors removed a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain, the team announced. Cave, 25, was admitted to the critical care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after suffering a brain bleed overnight. He remains in a medically induced
2:12 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Cal Ripken Jr. has launched a campaign to help feed children and families across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating a contribution of $250,000 and opening a social media account for the first time to promote the cause. Ripken spent his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles
2:40 PM ET Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale is taking pride in the small victories these days. After undergoing Tommy John surgery on March 30 and with nothing else to do but stay home, Sale is counting down the days until his cast comes off. Sale, speaking with the media in a conference call
2:28 PM ET Arizona freshman Nico Mannion is entering the 2020 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday. Mannion, the No. 14 prospect in the ESPN Top 100, is considered one of the top point guards in this draft class, averaging 14 points and 5.3 assists per game for the Wildcats this season while being