5:22 PM ET The NBA, NBA Players Association and 2K have partnered to produce an NBA 2K tournament that will air on ESPN and ESPN2 starting Friday, it was announced. The NBA 2K20 Player Tournament is Friday through April 11, according to a statement, and will begin airing on ESPN with a half-hour preshow at
Month: March 2020
10:00 AM ET Willie Mays was still finding himself as a player when he departed the New York Giants in late May of 1952. There was no doubt he’d already displayed one of the best skill sets anyone had seen on a Major League Baseball field, but he was very much still in the process
5:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have agreed to a contract with free agent college defenseman Brinson Pasichnuk. General manager Doug Wilson announced the deal Tuesday to bring in the former captain at Arizona State. Pasichnuk was captain his final two years in college and he had 11
4:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Two weeks after two unnamed Los Angeles Lakers players tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Tuesday that all of its players are currently symptom free. After the Brooklyn Nets revealed four of their players, including Kevin Durant, tested positive for the virus, the Lakers quickly arranged for their
3:59 PM ET The NFL plans to start its 2020 season on time in September, multiple executives said Tuesday, despite a global coronavirus pandemic that has shut down sports around the world. “That’s our expectation,” executive vice president/general counsel Jeff Pash said during a media briefing. “Am I certain of that? I’m not certain I’ll
Life without hockey is sad. It has been three weeks since an NHL game was last played, but it feels like three months. The 2019-20 season was shaping up to be a good one, and there were plenty of positive stories across the league. To cheer you up during this lonely time, we revisited a
5:25 PM ET As the world acquaints itself with Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as “Joe Exotic,” the Oklahoman “Tiger King” made famous by a recently released Netflix documentary, former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson has admitted he was “wrong” for keeping two tigers at his Las Vegas residence years ago. Tyson, 53, said that although
4:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole, Mike Trout and other veteran major leaguers will receive $4,775 per day in advance pay for the first 60 days of the season during the stoppage caused by the new coronavirus, a total of $286,500. That’s just 2.5% of the $36 million salary that the
3:51 PM ET The SEC announced Tuesday that it was canceling its annual spring meetings scheduled for the last week of May in Destin, Florida, because of issues related to the spread of the coronavirus. “The SEC spring meetings represent one of our conference’s great traditions and provide an opportunity to celebrate the past year,
3:26 PM ET Brady Henderson Josina Anderson The Seattle Seahawks are releasing safety Tedric Thompson and tight end Ed Dickson, sources told ESPN. The moves clear more than $5 million in cap space for the Seahawks, who are still hoping to re-sign Jadeveon Clowney or add one of the other available pass-rushers. Neither release comes