4:46 PM ET Associated Press Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano has completed his quarantine period that followed a positive test for the coronavirus and has returned to his base in New York. Castellano tested positive for COVID-19 last month as part of a physical mandated by Gulfstream Park to determine if he could be
Month: April 2020
7:15 AM ET With baseball season (and virtually everything else) on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, news that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have discussed the idea of starting the season with all 30 teams playing in Arizona created quite a stir. MLB said it has “not settled on that option
3:37 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave remains in a medically induced coma in a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. The Oilers, through Cave’s family, provided an update on Cave’s status Thursday on their Twitter account. “This is giving his brain time to
3:51 PM ET General manager Don Waddell said that the Carolina Hurricanes are preparing for home games with a capacity that’s intentionally limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We have multiple plans. We have a task force that we’ve put in place internally to talk about all of these options. One of them is that
3:10 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has added home-schooling elementary teacher to his resume. The sports stoppage from the coronavirus pandemic has thrown a red flag on Johnson’s farewell tour. He had planned a final season of racing a full NASCAR schedule, but so far that has lasted
3:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Forbes estimates the New York Yankees are baseball’s most valuable franchise at $5 billion, up 9% over last year and 47% more than the No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion. The Yankees are second among all sports in Forbes’ evaluations to the Dallas Cowboys, listed
2:48 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have parted ways with Jameis Winston, who remains unsigned as a free agent, but general manager Jason Licht believes the quarterback still has a bright future in the NFL. Licht was asked during his pre-draft news conference Thursday if he believes the Heisman Trophy
Apr 9, 2020 ESPN will televise an NBA HORSE tournament — a single-elimination shooting competition — beginning on Sunday, April 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. ET. The semifinals and championship of the NBA HORSE Challenge will air April 16, beginning at 9 p.m. ET, also on ESPN and streaming on the ESPN App. The
7:00 AM ET Before we unfold the results of our Second-Chance World Series simulation, let’s muse a bit about what might have been had either, or both, of our finalists — the ’94 Montreal Expos and ’77 Kansas City Royals — gone on to win the World Series with what, for both clubs, were the
2:44 PM ET New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman will not be prosecuted after being cited by police for misdemeanor vandalism in January, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Edelman had been arrested Jan. 11 in Beverly Hills, one week after the Patriots’ season ended in a wild-card round loss to