2:19 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics right-hander Daniel Mengden has tested positive for the coronavirus and is asymptomatic. He is quarantined at home in Houston, where he received the result. Oakland general manager David Forst said Thursday that Mengden was placed on the injured list. The A’s added new left-hander Mike
3:50 PM ET BOSTON — Given the chaotic nature of a 60-game season, many across baseball don’t know what to expect when free agency starts in the lead-up to 2021. Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez, who has an opt-out in his contract after this season, said Thursday that several variables — from the
5:59 PM ET Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve is getting an MRI on his right knee after leaving Thursday’s 8-4 win against the Texas Rangers with knee discomfort, manager Dusty Baker said. Altuve was replaced at the top of the third inning after sliding hard into third base in the first inning. He had
8:30 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Dick Allen’s No. 15 was retired by the Philadelphia Phillies in a ceremony Thursday, a long overdue honor for one of the franchise’s greatest players who fought against racism during a tumultuous period with the team in the 1960s. Allen, 78, thanked Phillies managing partner John Middleton,
5:09 PM ET To pay tribute to Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, who died Monday, every member of the New York Mets put dirt on the right knees of their pant legs before facing off against the New York Yankees on Thursday. The nod was meant to symbolize Seaver’s iconic drop-and-drive delivery, as his right
6:00 PM ET By the time I was 5 I would come to understand that Superman, Batman and Spider-Man were not actually somewhere outside our apartment on West 10th Street. That wasn’t true of Tom Seaver. He was the superhero we could go see in Queens. The best pitcher in the game was on my
1:45 PM ET UFC fighters Jamahal Hill, Tim Elliott, Luis Peña and Deron Winn were all suspended and fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday after recent positive drug tests. Hill, Elliott and Peña tested positive for cannabis, while Winn was for amphetamines. Hill’s first-round TKO victory over Klidson Abreu on May 30
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4:49 PM ET Spain scored a stoppage-time equaliser through Jose Luis Gaya to draw 1-1 away to Germany on Thursday in their Nations League opener and first international in almost 10 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. – Watch UEFA Nations League on ESPN, ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Preview: How will Europe’s best fare in Nations
8:21 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain announced “three new positive cases” of COVID-19 in their squad, on Thursday a day after Neymar and two teammates were revealed to have contracted the virus. The revelation casts serious doubt over the start of the Ligue 1 champion’s start to the season in France. “The latest Sars CoV2 tests