10:06 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi The UFC will close this weekend’s UFC Fight Night event in Brasilia, Brazil, to the public, after the governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, temporarily suspended all large gatherings
10:07 PM ET After initially planning to go through with boxing cards on Saturday and Tuesday nights in New York but without spectators, Top Rank on Thursday night canceled both events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing a lack of access to tests. “We were going to be guided by the recommendation of the athlete
Oct 30, 2019 Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Editor’s note: This story was originally published before UFC 244. Walker’s next fight takes place on March 14. Good luck finding a recent UFC fighter who’s had quite the rapid rise as that of Johnny Walker. The
3:30 AM GMT Kevin Roberts, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has denied it was “irresponsible” to play Sunday’s women’s T20 World Cup final in front of more than 86,000 spectators at the MCG. However, he has acknowledged the potential exposure of many in attendance to the coronavirus helped lead to the decision to play the
10:17 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks. Commissioner Jay Monahan had said earlier Thursday there would be no fans at the TPC Sawgrass for the final three
9:37 PM ET ESPN News Services PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Fans who were scattered around the ninth green saw Hideki Matsuyama finish with a 25-foot eagle putt to tie the course record and take the lead at the Players Championship. Hours later, the PGA Tour announced the rest of the tournament was being canceled
8:24 PM ET With the NBA suspending its season indefinitely and closing the doors on its 29 arenas around the country for the foreseeable future with no games to be played, Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love pledged $100,000 Thursday to aid arena workers displaced by the league’s response to the coronavirus. “My hope is that
8:27 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills agreed to a three-year contract with offensive lineman Quinton Spain on Thursday, a league source confirmed to ESPN, in a move that ensures the team will return its entire starting offensive line in 2020. NFL Network, which first reported the news, reports the
8:37 PM ET The XFL canceled its regular season Thursday amid the spread of the coronavirus. The move followed similar cancellations and postponements by the NBA, NHL, NCAA, MLS and Major League Baseball. In its first season since its aborted debut in 2001, the XFL completed half of its scheduled 10-week season. It had been
7:54 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, called for all players and caddies to be tested for the coronavirus and said if any one of them tests positive, “we need to shut it down.” McIlroy also said Thursday after his first round at the Players