2:41 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Stefano Fusaro With reporting from Stefano Fusaro in Orlando, Fla. There have been tweets about sketchy room service food, in-hotel wildlife and yes, some of the more comfortable surroundings at Walt Disney World’s Swan
Month: July 2020
1:19 AM IST It is hard to remember an occasion when England have gone into their first Test of the home summer with five different spinners all pitching a case for inclusion in the side, but these are unprecedented times. England’s spin cadre have worked closely with Richard Dawson in the nets over the past
1:45 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Hitting coach Chili Davis will not be at Citi Field when the New York Mets resume their preseason workouts on Friday. Manager Luis Rojas confirmed that Davis, 60, who signed a two-year deal with the Mets to come back
2:31 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The state of New York released guidelines for professional sports competition Wednesday that contained several mandatory and recommended practices for physical distancing, hygiene and workplace activity — including the prohibition of fans at games or outside venues. The six pages of guidelines included dozens of mandates for professional sports teams
2:24 PM ET Quarterback Cam Newton explained his viewpoint on the modest one-year contract he has agreed to with the New England Patriots, writing on Instagram, “This is not about money for me, it’s about respect.” Newton, who has made more than $100 million during his 10-year career, is guaranteed just $550,000 as part of
1:01 PM ET Texas A&M football was placed on probation for a year and coach Jimbo Fisher was given a six-month show-cause order after he and the program were found to have violated NCAA recruiting and athletic-related activity rules. The findings, released on Thursday, stemmed from violations between January 2018 and February 2019, including an
12:53 PM ET Chicago Cubs left-hander Jose Quintana needed surgery to repair a laceration he suffered washing dishes. The team said the 31-year-old was injured at his home in Miami, suffering a laceration on his left thumb that required five stitches. “This morning in Chicago, Quintana underwent microscopic surgery on his left thumb to further
7:00 AM ET Major League Baseball is aiming for a 60-game 2020 MLB season as training camps begin in ballparks across the country this week. If they do play, that means we’ll have pennant races and a postseason and MVP awards to hand out. I thought it would be fun to go over the past
7:00 AM ET A 60-game baseball season is without precedent — almost. If every team plays its full schedule in 2020, it would tie the 1877 season for the shortest in MLB history. In 1877, the league consisted of six teams, and its home run champion, Lip Pike, finished with a total of four round-trippers.
8:03 AM ET When the lights go out and racing starts at Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, it will have been 217 days — or 31 weeks — since the chequered flag last fell on an Formula One championship event. The coronavirus pandemic delayed the 2020 season by nearly four months from its original starting point