7:00 AM ET There is no baseball on the horizon, but there will be a baseball draft this week, though not in its usual form. You can watch the first round starting at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday on ESPN, with ESPN2 airing the next four rounds starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. Here are some
Month: June 2020
7:00 AM ET I’ve been on the phone almost nonstop for the past few days after mostly being on and off the phone for the past few weeks. I’ve noticed that most conversations until about dinnertime Tuesday started with hope, then began fizzling about 10 minutes in when both sides realized nobody knew anything yet.
1:22 PM BST England prop Ellis Genge has said head coach Eddie Jones and himself suffered racist abuse during the tour to South Africa in 2018. The United Kingdom, along with several countries across the world, has seen the Black Lives Matter protests in various cities, which were sparked following the death of George Floyd,
Jun 10, 2020 Associated Press Petra Kvitova will play in a tennis exhibition event next month in Berlin, and Tommy Haas will come out of retirement to join in. Organizers added Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, to play in a women’s lineup of Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens, Julia Goerges and Andrea Petkovic. Haas hasn’t played
11:46 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — PGA Tour member Tony Finau took to Instagram Wednesday to put his support behind social justice reform and Black Lives Matter in response to the death of George Floyd. “It hit me today that the worst thing I could say pertaining to Black Lives Matter, police brutality and
7:29 AM ET NBA Insiders Who are the favorites in the new NBA playoff races, and which team will win it all? The NBA is planning to restart with 22 teams in Orlando on July 31, featuring an eight-game regular season, a potential play-in series for the No. 8 seeds and then the playoffs. A
11:49 AM ET A new NFL collective bargaining agreement approved in March quietly has brought about new training camp rules that will impact this summer. Whereas teams used to be required to report to training camp 15 days before their preseason opener, 30 NFL teams now must report July 28, which is 47 or 48
10:52 AM ET Dez Bryant defended Jerry Jones this week after questioning his absence at a protest in Austin, Texas, while Richard Sherman spoke out against the Dallas Cowboys owner’s silence on racial injustice in the United States. On Sunday, Bryant, who attended the march in Austin, the capital of Texas, tweeted: “Somebody should have
10:06 AM ET Lionel Messi and La Liga need a result in Matchday two, as does Kylian Mbappe and Ligue 1. Will Sadio Mane lead the Premier League to victory again? ESPN Matchday One of ESPN’s Battle of the Soccer Leagues is in the books. To recap, the Premier League and MLS each picked up wins
7:46 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Major League Soccer said on Tuesday it would make no changes to its longstanding policy of supporting peaceful protests by players or staff during the pregame playing of the U.S. national anthem. “Major League Soccer stands by the ideals of freedom of speech and the