1:46 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Construction work on the new Compton and Edrich stands at Lord’s is to continue, despite the UK’s ongoing lockdown in response to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak. The MCC has extended its closure of the ground until the end of May, as well as cancelling a planned AGM. Chief executive,
7:20 AM ET ESPN.com staff When it comes to classic college football games, it’s hard to top the 2006 Rose Bowl between Texas and USC. As such, it makes sense that ESPN’s Throwback Thursday: CFB Classics will start with that epic title clash (8 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN App). Relive Vince Young’s heroics against
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story originally ran in 2017. Watch a replay of the classic Texas-USC game tonight on ESPN and the ESPN App at 8 p.m. ET as part of Throwback Thursday: CFB Classics. We, as fans and consumers of sports, ask a lot of those we watch. We want them to
7:39 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 2001, Ichiro made his Major League Baseball debut. Ichiro Suzuki was the first position player from Japan to
7:41 AM BST Eddie Jones is set to extend his contract with England to take him through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to ESPN sources. Jones’ contract was due to finish in 2021, but he is now poised to take England through another World Cup cycle, having led them to the 2019 final.
7:33 AM ET The Royal and Ancient, which organizes The Open Championship, is “continuing to work through our options” regarding the 2020 major. “We are continuing to work through our options for The Open this year, including postponement,” R&A CEO Martin Slumbers said in a statement Thursday. “Due to a range of external factors, that
7:06 AM ET The New England Patriots’ team plane is being used to transport 1.2 million N95 masks from Shenzhen, China, to the United States. According to The Wall Street Journal, the transfer was the result of multiple global negotiations and the Massachusetts governor, Charlie Baker, calling on Patriots team president Jonathan Kraft for his
9:30 AM ET Connor McDavid is the best forward in the NHL. That’s according to his peers, for two years running. McDavid won that accolade in the NHLPA Players Poll released this week, with 68.3% of the vote from 555 respondents. He won it last season, too, with 63.64% of the vote from 517 respondents.
6:18 AM ET England international cricketer Ben Stokes will join five current F1 drivers, including Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, in competing in this weekend’s F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix. After the first eight races of the Formula One season were either postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the sport decided to set up esports
6:34 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University Brothers Trevon and Stefon Diggs would compete in everything growing up. One of Trevon’s favorite games was knee football. They’d go in the basement, get on their knees and try to blast