Month: July 2020

4:24 PM ET Associated Press Cincinnati Reds infielder Matt Davidson tested positive for COVID-19 and went on the 10-day injured list one day after he started the opener as a designated hitter. Davidson popped out and grounded into a double play during the Reds’ 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers at Great American Ball Park
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6:17 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Joe Joyce ended a year out of the ring with a third-round TKO win over Michael Wallisch in the second professional boxing show in
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4:17 PM ET After a seven-month contract dispute, the New York Jets agreed to trade All-Pro safety Jamal Adams to the Seattle Seahawks for a package that includes first-round draft picks in each of the next two years. The Seahawks will send safety Bradley McDougald, first-round picks in 2021 and 2022 and a third-round pick
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5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Rutgers Scarlet Knights have stopped all in-person team activities and quarantined the entire football program after six additional positive tests for COVID-19 were announced Saturday. The program has had 10 total positive tests since returning to campus on June 15. The school, which reportedly had not been publicizing
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4:20 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Matt Crafton won his first race in three years Saturday when the three-time and reigning Trucks Series champion held off Christian Eckes over the final 20 laps to win the second race of a doubleheader at Kansas Speedway. It had been 67 races since Crafton won
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2:24 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Dalvin Cook‘s hold out for a contract extension entering the fourth year of his rookie deal appears to be nearing an end. On a conference call Saturday to address the three-year extension Mike Zimmer was awarded this week, the Vikings coach said the running back told him he will show
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3:23 PM ET Quarterback Patrick Mahomes acknowledged some apprehension Friday night upon returning to the Kansas City Chiefs practice facility for the first time in months amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Definitely there’s going to be a little concern,” Mahomes said Saturday. “You’d be lying to say you had no concern.” Mahomes said his fears were
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8:35 AM ET Actor Tom Hanks is back to working for peanuts. The two-time Academy Award winner is lending his voice to the Oakland Athletics as a vendor to help fill the empty Oakland Coliseum with the sounds of baseball during the coronavirus pandemic. The East Bay native and A’s fan was a vendor for
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10:23 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nationals catcher Tres Barrera was suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Saturday after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. MLB said Barrera, a 25-year-old who made his major league debut last September, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT) — the chemical compound
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