1:34 PM ET Henry Cejudo is keeping the door ajar for a UFC comeback. The former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion told TMZ in a video published Monday that he would consider a return to the Octagon if he were given a fight against Alexander Volkanovski. Cejudo wants a crack at Volkanovski’s UFC featherweight title
Month: June 2020
3:51 PM ET The United States Tennis Association, facing the same bleak financial landscape as fellow Grand Slam organizers, announced Monday a comprehensive reorganization program that eliminated 110 jobs — reducing the national staff by about 20% — and will result in the closure of the organization’s office in White Plains, New York. At the
2:52 PM ET Pro basketball player Kerron Johnson, the brother of Detroit Lions running back Kerryon Johnson, has returned home to Alabama after spending months stuck in Romania because of the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson, who had been searching for flights from Europe since mid-March to get back to the United States, finally found a flight
3:24 PM ET San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of the NBA season after having surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced Monday. The procedure was performed on April 24. Aldridge initially injured the shoulder during a game against Utah on Feb. 21. He played in the Spurs’ next game,
4:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing is set to return to Las Vegas on Tuesday as all 10 boxers on the five-fight card weighed in successfully. However, there was some weigh-in drama ahead of the first boxing event in the city since Feb. 22. Headliner Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) weighed in at 130 pounds,
4:55 PM ET The Pro Football Hall of Fame, which has been closed since mid-March after never previously being closed for two consecutive days, will reopen Wednesday. Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker said Monday it has taken “quite the overhaul” to get the Canton, Ohio, museum ready for visitors. The Hall has
4:38 PM ET Iowa has conducted 237 COVID-19 tests with athletes, coaches and staff as part of its return-to-campus protocol, with one positive result, the school announced Monday. As part of Iowa’s mandatory protocol, that person has been isolated, and other individuals who might have been exposed to someone with the virus will be quarantined.
1:45 PM ET Major League Baseball made an updated proposal for the 2020 MLB season to its players’ union on Monday, moving to have a 76-game season with players getting 75% of their prorated salaries that includes eliminating draft pick compensation for free agents for a year, a $200 million postseason pool for the players
1:31 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR fans won’t be allowed to attend when the Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on Wednesday night, but the sport’s impact will surely be felt by Henry County residents the next day. The Joey Logano Foundation, the NASCAR Foundation and Elevation Outreach are partnering to bring a
1:26 AM IST The West Indies squad lead by Jason Holder is all set to embark on a historic Test tour of England, after all the players and support staff cleared the mandatory testing for Covid-19. The squad will leave Antigua on Monday evening local time on a charter flight and touch down in Manchester