11:38 AM ET The NFL informed teams on Thursday that coaching staffs will be permitted to return to team facilities and the maximum number of personnel allowed in those facilities will be increased to 100, beginning Friday. “As has been emphasized in previous advice on reopening facilities, this may occur only if your club has
Month: June 2020
10:26 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Motor Speedway will host the IndyCar-NASCAR doubleheader on the July 4 weekend without fans. Track officials had been optimistic IMS could be the first major sporting venue to have fans back in the stands this summer. Instead, the stands will be empty much like the rest of
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” At 6:15 p.m., 39 years ago today, Bobby Bonds arrived at the ballpark for a night game in Pittsburgh. It had been a long journey. Bonds, a three-time All-Star, had been released
7:46 AM ET Miesha Tate silently nodded to herself as she watched Amanda Nunes fight Cris Cyborg. None of what she saw was unexpected — she experienced it herself. Cyborg charged forward, winging hard punches. But Nunes dropped her with a short right hand while Nunes’ back was against the fence. Cyborg came forward and
10:01 AM ET Nine Georgia Tech teams, including football and men’s and women’s basketball, will take the day off from mandatory activities on Election Day as a way to encourage their student-athletes to vote. The idea came from men’s basketball assistant Eric Reveno, who last week tweeted about an NCAA day off on Nov. 3.
8:37 AM ET New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued an apology Thursday for his comments on “disrespecting the flag,” saying he “completely missed the mark” on current issues in the United States. During an interview with Yahoo Finance on Wednesday, Brees reiterated his stance that he will “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag
7:34 AM ET As nearly 5.8 million people tuned in to watch The Match between Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning, Mickelson confidently strolled up to the first tee and gave everyone at home a glimpse of what they were hoping to see — his calves. The man who has
7:04 AM ET On June 10, the evening of the 56th MLB first-year player draft, some happy amateur baseball star — probably Arizona State first baseman Spencer Torkelson — will become the 55th player to be picked first overall. Yes, there have been more drafts than players picked first. We’ll get to that. Assuming he
6:59 PM IST At the age of 27, Richard Gleeson had all but given up on his dream of playing cricket for a living. After a series of odd jobs for a boiler firm, at a fish-and-tackle shop and as a landscape gardener, he landed a coaching job at the Lancashire Cricket Board, which he
8:38 AM ET Florida State star defensive lineman Marvin Wilson disputed that new Seminoles coach Mike Norvell reached out to players individually to discuss last week’s death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Wilson said he and his teammates would not be working out until further notice. During an interview with Athletic reporter Tashan Reed