11:31 AM ET There will be no riveting drama or heroics at Wimbledon in 2020, as All England Club officials canceled the most legendary tennis tournament of the year, making the announcement on Wednesday. The decision was made after weeks of deliberations amid the coronavirus pandemic that has put the entire sports world on hold.
11:09 AM ET NEW YORK — Fifteen days after the Brooklyn Nets announced that four players had tested positive for COVID-19, general manager Sean Marks said the team’s roster is free from coronavirus symptoms. Speaking to reporters during a conference call on Wednesday morning, Marks said the Nets’ traveling party has completed a two-week quarantine
11:55 AM ET Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who expressed optimism last week that the NBA season could resume as soon as mid-May, has backed off discussing any potential timetables for the league playing games again. “I have no idea,” Cuban said Wednesday on ESPN’s Get Up. “I mean, the only thing I know is
10:33 AM ET Associated Press The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) is postponing three amateur golf championships scheduled for June, including the Curtis Cup. The Curtis Cup was to be played June 12-14 at Conwy Golf Club in Wales. The R&A and USGA say the matches for female amateurs from the
10:34 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has canceled its London Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs because of the coronavirus pandemic. The teams were set to play two games at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium, on June 13 and 14. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement in a memorandum
3:22 PM BST With rugby facing an indefinite hiatus due to the coronavirus, professional players are keeping fit from their homes and trying not to lapse into off-season mode. In England, the Gallagher Premiership is postponed until the weekend of April 24-26. As rugby waits for that deadline to likely shift further into the summer,
8:00 AM ET The New York Rangers‘ most significant recent free-agent acquisition might not have been superstar winger and MVP front-runner Artemi Panarin. Instead, their best signing might turn out to be someone who didn’t score a single goal — but still chewed and clawed his way into their hearts. The Blueshirts became the first
9:51 AM ET In the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 Finals deficit, beating the 73-win Golden State Warriors to give the city of Cleveland its first major professional sports championship in 52 years. To do so, the Cavs needed to
8:19 AM ET A federal judge has ruled that swing coach Hank Haney’s lawsuit against the PGA Tour can proceed and denied the tour’s motion to dismiss the complaint, in which Haney claims the tour pressured SiriusXM Radio to suspend him and then terminate him from hosting his radio show after his comments about women’s
7:44 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 1939, Phil Niekro was born. Here is the story of how the Hall of Fame knuckleball pitcher, then