8:45 AM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD, in the country that thus
Month: April 2020
10:38 PM ET The second night of the NBA 2K Players Tournament on ESPN has come to an end and the quarterfinals matches are set. The night featured two of the most competitive matches in the tournament so far, but also the largest blowout of the eight first-round matches. Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker defeated
7:30 AM ET It has been 25 days since the NHL decided to hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season, and voices are growing louder and more numerous in expressing concern about the potential for a conclusion to the campaign. While the league has been conservative in making any declarations to that end —
8:56 PM ET Bobby Mitchell, who was the first African American player to sign with the Washington Redskins, died Sunday at 84, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced. “The entire Pro Football Hall of Fame family mourns the passing of Bobby Mitchell. The Game lost a true legend today,” David Baker, the Hall’s president
7:30 AM ET Connor McDavid held his fluffy bernedoodle, Lenny, as he did squats, taking an occasional paw to the face as the pooch aided in his weight training. Such are the challenges of trying to stay fit while homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s tough. We don’t know what’s going to happen to the
5:03 PM ET Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won his debut Virtual Grand Prix after dominating Sunday’s online esports race among F1 drivers past and present. F1 is holding an online race in lieu of every postponed or cancelled grand prix this year, and Leclerc was among six current F1 drivers taking part on Sunday evening. But
4:42 PM ET Columbus All-Star defenseman Seth Jones, who underwent ankle surgery on Feb. 11, resumed skating on Sunday at the Blue Jackets’ facility. As an injured player, Jones is allowed to work out on team property as part of his rehabilitation process. Jones posted video on social media as he stepped on the ice
4:32 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR’s first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win. Byron easily won the iRacing event Sunday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where NASCAR would have been really
8:00 AM ET Recruiting is one of the few aspects of sports that has not been completely shut down because of the coronavirus. College football coaches can recruit prospects over the phone and through social media, and recruits can make commitments whenever they want, so it keeps rolling along. While the recruiting process is still
2:14 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts owner Jim Irsay has obtained more than 10,000 N95 masks that he plans to have distributed to medical people, he announced on Twitter on Sunday. Irsay is donating the masks to the Indiana State Department of Health so that they can be distributed to hospitals most in need. The