4:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yoenis Cespedes is sure he’ll be ready to start the pandemic-delayed season with the New York Mets. Out of the lineup for almost two years, the 34-year-old slugger said Saturday he finally is close to fully recovered from a string of injuries to his feet and legs.
Month: July 2020
4:48 PM ET Maryland has suspended voluntary workouts for its football program after nine individuals — not necessarily all football players — tested positive for the coronavirus, the school announced Saturday. The University Health Center conducted on-campus screenings of 185 student-athletes and staff across several teams on July 7-8. A school spokesperson told ESPN the
2:17 PM ET Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix in dominant fashion on Saturday, as Formula One managed to complete qualifying despite a heavy downpour. The result was a nicely mixed up grid for tomorrow’s race, which is forecast to take place in dry conditions. Here are the major talking points
12:03 AM IST England 204 and 284 for 8 (Sibley 50, Crawley 76, Archer 5*, Wood 1*, Gabriel 3-62) lead West Indies 318 by 170 runs West Indies’ seamers took five wickets in the final 75 minutes of the fourth day to leave an enthralling Test match in the balance at the Ageas Bowl. England
2:24 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo says he doesn’t know if he actually had the coronavirus despite two positive tests, since he has never had any symptoms and also had multiple negative tests. “I wish I had an answer,” he said Saturday, a day after he was able
3:07 PM ET The NHL announced on Saturday that it has prohibited teams from releasing coronavirus test results and injury information during its season restart this summer. “We’ve talked to the NHLPA about it and continue to feel that medical privacy is important in this process. Having said that, we have an obligation as a
3:47 PM ET Make no mistake, Lewis Hamilton’s pole position lap at the Styrian Grand Prix will feature prominently in Formula One’s archive of great wet-weather performances. Modern F1 is usually too competitive to allow margins of over a second between first and second on the grid, yet Hamilton managed to qualify 1.216s clear of
2:38 PM ET Associated Press ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Nicolai von Dellingshausen and Marc Warren shared the lead after a rain-drenched third round of the Austrian Open as Miguel Angel Jimenez‘s hopes of a record-breaking victory deteriorated on Saturday. With rounds of 2-under 70, Von Dellingshausen and Warren moved to 11 under par overall —
2:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Dallas Stars defenseman Roman Polak and Vancouver Canucks forward Sven Baertschi on Saturday joined the list of players who won’t be reporting to training camp for the resumption of the NHL season. Baertschi, who has spent much of this season in the minors and is under contract through 2020-21,
12:55 AM IST West Indies head coach Phil Simmons hailed his bowling attack’s persistence and patience after five late wickets put his team into the driving seat against England. When Zak Crawley and Ben Stokes combined for a fluent partnership of 98, the bulk of which were made after the tea interval, it had looked