5:01 AM ET Bayer Leverkusen winger Leon Bailey is set miss a large part of the club’s preseason after Jamaican authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on him after he attended Usain Bolt’s birthday party. Bailey, 23, was present at the party last Friday after which eight-time Olympic gold medalist Bolt tested positive for the coronavirus.
6:34 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Thiago Silva has signed a one-year deal with Chelsea after leaving Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, the club have announced. The Brazil defender ended his time in the French capital after PSG decided not to offer their captain an extension. – Insider Notebook: Real
6:10 AM ET Barcelona and Atletico Madrid discussed a possible swap deal involving Antoine Griezmann and Joao Felix, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN. There is a dispute, though, over which club initiated the talks, identified the players involved, and ultimately rejected the idea. – Insider Notebook: Real Madrid stars stunned by Messi exit talk–
8:05 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said there is “no chance” the club will sign Barcelona captain Lionel Messi this summer. Messi has told Barca he wants to leave the club and sources have told ESPN that Pep Guardiola and Messi spoke on the phone
11:03 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Manchester City are confident Lionel Messi would snub any other approach to join them if Barcelona soften their stance and decide to negotiate the sale of the six-time Ballon d’Or winner, sources have told ESPN. Paris Saint-Germain have expressed an interest in signing Messi, too, and sources have
9:45 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders After a double-dip of racing that saw Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick come away with victories last weekend in Dover, the NASCAR Cup Series heads back to Daytona for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET). It’s the final race before the playoffs. Who will take
8:38 AM ET The NHL postponed all playoff games on Thursday and Friday to stand in solidarity with other sports leagues protesting racial injustice, including the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. This decision came after the league took some criticism for playing all three playoff games on Wednesday as scheduled, while games in other
10:35 AM ET Roughly 100 NBA employees will walk out Friday in solidarity with NBA and WNBA players who are pushing for social justice, a league source told ESPN. The protest comes two days after the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to take the floor for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. New York-
9:49 AM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Houston Rockets held an intrasquad scrimmage Thursday to get All-Star guard
Cameron Champ addresses social justice issues as PGA Tour plays on Cameron Champ had the word “equality” written on the right side of his Nike hat and wore a black Nike shoe on his left foot and a white Nike shoe on his right with the words “Papa Champ, Black Lives Matter and Breonna Taylor.”