7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Now’s your chance to play director of the 2020 ESPYS Presented by Capital One. Do you want to cast Simone Biles, Anthony Edwards, Dearica Hamby or a backyard magician in the starring role? You get to decide by voting for the winner of the year’s Can’t-Stop-Watching Moment. Today we introduce
Month: June 2020
7:00 AM ET College football teams are returning to campus for voluntary workouts with the goal of an on-time start to the 2020 season. But with their return has come a handful of positive coronavirus tests, and a new series of questions about managing the virus with a large group of athletes used to being
9:13 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Detroit Tigers took a few more big swings at rebuilding their lineup in the 2020 MLB draft. And, they hope sooner rather than later. After selecting Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson to open the amateur draft Wednesday night, the Tigers used all five of their picks
1:27 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Eric Orze has already stared down much tougher challenges than the professional hitters he could soon be facing. Twice. As MLB’s amateur draft was winding down, a feel-good story surfaced in the final round Thursday night when the New York Mets selected Orze — a two-time
8:52 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Even without any fans to cheer, there was quite a reaction to a birdie during the PGA Tour’s return — an audible “F-bomb” at the start of Golf Channel’s telecast Thursday. The network had been on the air for only a few minutes, and the first
7:33 PM ET Professional golf returned to a most fitting stage at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Ben Hogan’s ballpark in Ben Hogan’s town. Until 6:50 a.m. local time on Thursday, June 11, when another Texan named Ryan Palmer launched the opening tee shot into a rising sun, the greatest comeback in golf history
9:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Although eerily quiet at times because of the absence of fans, golf was back to business at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday as Justin Rose and Harold Varner III shared the lead at 7-under 63 at Colonial. Justin Thomas was among those a stroke back and Tom Lehman,
6:38 PM ET Associated Press GRAHAM, N.C. — A North Carolina judge on Thursday ordered a small stock-car track to halt racing after state health officials declared large weekend crowds at recent races violated an executive order by Gov. Roy Cooper designed to halt the spread of COVID-19. Superior Court Judge Tom Lambeth said he
6:50 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Eleven people gathered behind the second hole at Colonial Country Club on Thursday for the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, fans were not allowed, but this group did not want to take no for an answer, especially as the top three
6:41 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former junior featherweight world titlist Jessie Magdaleno (27-1, 18 KOs) faces Yenifel Vicente (36-4-2, 28 KOs) in the main event of Thursday’s Top Rank card at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET). But before that, a few good prospects will showcase their skill on the