7:42 AM ET Attempts to resume professional basketball games have fallen flat in Asian countries where the coronavirus first appeared, creating pessimism for a return to normalcy in the United States and Europe, where the race to contain the pandemic is in much earlier stages. The Japanese B League is the latest to suffer a
Apr 3, 2020 Michael A. Fletcher The story that baseball was invented in Cooperstown, New York, is only a myth, but there is no denying that the game sustains the place. Each summer, tens of thousands of baseball devotees from across the country travel to the area to take part in a series of youth
8:00 AM ET Jhonny Pereda thought the call was a prank. With everything happening in the world, with Major League Baseball shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, with his minor league income suddenly up in the air, Pereda couldn’t believe he’d just been traded from the Chicago Cubs. As he sat in his Mesa,
10:50 AM ET The NBA is going to need to build a bubble. The top challenge facing the league is creating a safe environment for players, coaches, referees, support staff and technical operators. An environment that, in the early stages of resuming the season, might not include fans. It might not include travel. It might
Mar 26, 2020 ESPN.com staff Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in her 25-year career, the most by any man or woman in the Open era. She is one major championship away from tying Margaret Court’s overall record. So let’s relive some of her greatest hits. Beginning at 6 p.m. ET on
6:00 PM ET ESPN Stats & Information As Serena Williams and the rest of the tennis world are on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN2 will present a 12-hour programming marathon on Friday, highlighting several of Williams’ championship victories over the past two decades. The marathon slate will feature six marquee championship matchups —
6:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer Like so many people around the world right now, Serena Williams is spending the next few weeks in solitude with her family, as the tennis world is on hiatus through at least June 7 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But when the season does ultimately resume, we know the
3:59 PM ET A group of friends are running down a sidewalk through a blinding rain, desperate to get into their car and into the dryness. The guys out front, they see the stop sign up ahead and scatter accordingly to avoid it. But the dude in the back, he does not. He plows into
8:27 AM ET Michael Brockers‘ deal with the Baltimore Ravens fell through over an issue with his ankle, and the free-agent defensive lineman swiftly rejoined the Los Angeles Rams on a similar deal on Friday. This represents the first major complication in the NFL’s decision to proceed with free agency during the coronavirus pandemic. Brockers
Mar 26, 2020 On Saturday, March 28, ESPN will be airing four classic 20-strikeout performances on “Strikeout Saturday.” Over eight hours starting at 12 p.m. ET, we’ll air Roger Clemens (vs. the Mariners in 1986), followed by Kerry Wood (vs. Astros in 1998), Randy Johnson (vs. Reds in 2001), and Max Scherzer (vs. Tigers in