4:54 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer and Keemo Paul have declined an invitation to be part of West Indies’ squad to tour England in July, with Nkrumah Bonner and Chemar Holder winning their first Test call-ups. Jermaine Blackwood, the middle-order batsman who made his maiden Test hundred against England in 2015, and
Month: June 2020
7:30 AM ET Today’s NHL is loaded with skill and talent up and down the ice. But what would the perfect player look like? Using the attributes of current NHL stars, we set out to create the perfect forward, defenseman and goaltender. We continue the series here by building the ultimate defenseman from 16 different
7:50 AM ET THE ASSIGNMENT WAS simple: Catch up with Andy Ruiz Jr. ahead of the anniversary of his stunning upset over Anthony Joshua last June. Maybe relive that fight, and the spiritless loss to Joshua in the December rematch. Pretty wild year, right? His arrival as the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion and his departure
7:00 AM ET Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is reliving his childhood before he officially joins the real world. The top overall pick in April’s NFL draft is back home in Athens County, Ohio, living with his parents and looking for empty fields so he can throw passes to his friends. The Heisman Trophy he
7:38 AM ET NFL players are not expected to return to their team facilities until training camp, multiple sources told ESPN. Most teams already have reopened their facilities on a limited basis for essential employees amid the coronavirus pandemic, but healthy players still are not allowed to return. Discussions about when to allow players to
6:55 AM ET We’ve spent a lot of time discussing the logistics of getting an NFL season off the ground in the pandemic era, but one of the most important discussions between the league and its players hasn’t happened yet. It revolves around (surprise!) money, because even if there is a 2020 season, owners are
5:28 AM ET Formula One has confirmed it will not go ahead with plans to include reverse-grid qualifying races at select grands prix this year, but says it is still open to experimentation with weekend formats. 1 Related F1’s newly-released European schedule features consecutive races at the same circuit in Austria and Great Britain and
8:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Longtime Sacramento Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear has resigned after tweeting “ALL LIVES MATTER” on Sunday in response to a question about Black Lives Matter. “I want to thank the fans for their overwhelming love and support,” Napear said in a statement Tuesday. “I will always remain a part
8:46 PM ET NEW YORK — Less than 24 hours after sending an email to employees stating that the Madison Square Garden Co. is “not more qualified than anyone else to offer our opinion on social matters,” Knicks owner James Dolan emphasized in a follow-up memo to staff that the company condemns “racism against anyone.”
12:31 AM ET Just days away from Thursday’s vote of the NBA board of governors to approve a plan to restart the season with 22 teams in Orlando, Florida, several of the franchises considered to be title favorites are internally discussing how to retain some semblance of the home-court advantage they fought to earn through