7:04 AM ET DR. DONALD MUZZI sat in his Sarasota, Florida, home April 25 on a phone call with Dr. Jeffrey Davidson, the UFC’s chief physician. Over the course of more than 90 minutes, Davidson went over the health and safety precautions the promotion planned for UFC 249, the pay-per-view card Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida.
Month: May 2020
9:43 AM ET It has been 53 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there have also been continuous nuggets of new information being provided regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft,
6:17 AM ET Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome is unsure if the organisers can fully prevent large crowds from gathering at the race that was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Tour, scheduled to start on June 27, was pushed back to Aug. 29 due to the outbreak. Mass gatherings have been
6:45 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole aren’t the only major leaguers with a big financial incentive to get back on the field. While they head a starry quartet that would take in more than $200,000 per game, 65 players would earn at least $100,000 each time their team
6:21 AM ET The esports events continued to come thick and fast across the motorsport world this weekend. It didn’t come without controversy, with outrage online at some unsporting behaviour from one professional racing driver to another. 1 Related A genuinely exciting race … for esports While esports has filled the gap in racing over
11:10 AM IST Marnus Labuschagne has rigged up nets in his backyard so that his fence doesn’t get damaged, has got the dog-thrower working and taped up tennis balls to keep his hand in during isolation, but the enforced downtime of the last couple of months has also given him a chance to reflect on
2:16 AM BST ESPN staff Re-elected World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont is confident he can create a Nations Championship at the second attempt, suggesting two straight months of Test rugby at the end of the year could be the answer. Beaumont was announced as the winner of the Council election on Saturday [BST], the incumbent
12:37 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Michael Jordan addressed one of the most famous quotes of his career — “Republicans buy sneakers, too” — in the fifth episode of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” on Sunday. Jordan, who has largely stayed away from any political commentary throughout his public life, didn’t back away from the statement —
11:22 PM ET ESPN’s documentary “The Last Dance” aired Episodes 5 and 6 on Sunday, and the series dove into everything from Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant meeting in the 1998 All-Star Game, the birth of Nike’s “Air Jordan” brand, the 1992 and 1993 Finals, stories behind the Dream Team and Jordan’s ascension into the
May 2, 2020 ESPN’s 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, continued on Sunday with Episodes 5 and 6. Jordan and the Bulls allowed NBA Entertainment to follow them throughout the season and document their final championship together. The series features never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews