Month: April 2020

1:14 PM ET Former Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs manager Jim Frey died Sunday at age 88. “We join the baseball community in mourning Jim’s passing and send our condolences to his family and friends,” the team said in a statement Tuesday. No cause of death was given. Frey managed five seasons compiling a
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12:58 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Stanley Cup-winning forward Kris Versteeg is retiring after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old announced his decision through the NHL Players’ Association on Tuesday, and after ending this season playing with his brother, Mitch, with Slovakia’s HK Nitra. Versteeg was a member of the Blackhawks‘ championship teams in 2010 and
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12:44 PM ET Hank Steinbrenner, general partner and co-chairperson of the New York Yankees, died Tuesday at his home in Clearwater, Florida, the team announced. He was 63. The Yankees said Steinbrenner died of a longstanding health issue. Steinbrenner was the oldest son of George Steinbrenner, and he had a brash and outspoken style like
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12:06 PM ET The Chinese Basketball Association is facing another setback in its efforts to resume play in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Sources told ESPN that league officials met overnight to discuss the fate of its season, which has been on hold since Jan. 24, and elected to postpone its schedule again, this
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11:07 AM ET The NHL has extended its self-quarantine recommendation for players and staff to April 30. This is the third time the NHL has extended the deadline, though deputy commissioner Bill Daly said last month that the league was “biting this off in chunks.” The previous deadline was April 15. The NHL paused its
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11:08 AM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi Racing has fired NASCAR driver Kyle Larson after he used the N-word during a virtual race, it was announced Tuesday. Larson was competing in an iRacing event Sunday night when he appeared to lose communication with his spotter on his headset. During a check
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11:01 AM ET Joe Burrow understands what he will be tasked to overcome when he enters the NFL. During a radio interview on Tuesday morning, the former LSU quarterback and projected No. 1 overall pick in next week’s NFL draft was asked about playing for a franchise that hasn’t enjoyed recent success. The Cincinnati Bengals,
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