11:38 PM ET Bryson and Blaine Green, twin brothers who are both in the 2021 ESPN 300 recruiting rankings, committed to Oklahoma State on Wednesday, they announced on social media. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound receivers from Allen High School in Allen, Texas, had matching offers from Auburn, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Mississippi State and Nebraska, among
Month: June 2020
10:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Two Texas football players have tested positive for the coronavirus this week and a third tested positive for the COVID-19 antibodies, the university said Wednesday night. Texas brought in 58 players this week to the campus that is otherwise closed to students. One of them presented symptoms during pre-screening
9:13 AM IST Kane Richardson believes on-field innovations for the Big Bash are worth discussing but ultimately the tournament will be judged on the quality of the cricket. Since the tournament expanded two seasons ago there has been a debate about whether it has diluted the league with a slip in average attendance and viewing
9:32 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour is not simply picking up where it left off. Very little about the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial resembles the opening round of The Players Championship on March 12, the last professional golf played before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf and most
10:43 PM ET Johnny Boychuk, who suffered a gruesome-looking eye injury just days before the NHL season was paused in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, told Newsday on Wednesday that he’s fully recovered and will be ready to play if the season resumes. The Islanders defenseman needed 90 stitches to repair a cut above
4:59 PM ET Trae Young had hoped the Atlanta Hawks would be included in the restart of the NBA season. Instead, 22 teams were invited to resume playing at a bubble site in Orlando — and the Hawks were not one of them. “I was mad,” Young said on a video call Wednesday afternoon. “I
5:58 PM ET As the NBA and NBPA are finalizing terms on a return-to-play plan Wednesday, there’s a faction of players discussing as a group whether restarting the season in the Orlando bubble is a good idea, sources said. Several dozen players participated in a conference call in the past 24 hours to discuss it,
9:03 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni was like everyone else in the NBA whose world was rocked by the abrupt halt to the season on March 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. He cycled through emotions of shock, frustration, acceptance, then adjustment to the “new normal” as he prepared for a potential resumption
From the first round Wednesday night to the second through fifth rounds that follow Thursday night, the 2020 MLB draft is here and we’ve got everything you need for all 160 picks. The Detroit Tigers have the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins and Kansas City Royals. It’s a college-heavy
7:56 PM ET Associated Press One player and three caddies on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour have tested positive for the coronavirus. The PGA Tour said it administered 1,559 tests — at home and at tournament sites — for the PGA Tour event in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Korn Ferry Tour event in Ponte