Month: July 2020

12:00 PM ET The NBA season is set to resume Thursday at Walt Disney World, but a little over 100 miles away at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, the WNBA season tipped off Saturday. Under normal circumstances, the NBA and WNBA seasons don’t overlap, which usually leads to many NBA players attending WNBA games
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1:17 PM ET The New York Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the franchise’s next head coach, sources tell ESPN. Knicks president Leon Rose and agent Spencer Breecker of CAA Sports were working Saturday to complete contractual terms and a signed agreement is expected in the near future, sources
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11:12 AM ET International players on the PGA Tour may compete in events in the United States without delay, according to a memo sent to players on Friday which said the White House had lifted various quarantine rules put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic for “players, caddies and essential personnel.” But Englishman Lee
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1:59 AM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles acknowledged the nation’s social justice movement prior to their Opening Day game at Fenway Park on Friday night. Players wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts, and a Major League Baseball-issued Black Lives Matter sign was spread across the center-field bleachers. Players from both
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12:21 AM ET CHICAGO — Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo brought pandemic courtesy to the baseball diamond on Friday when he offered hand sanitizer to Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia after a third-inning single. “Just sitting around with some of my friends, joking around: ‘First guy that gets on, I’m going to give him some
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7:43 AM ET After throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before Thursday night’s MLB season opener, Dr. Anthony Fauci now has a baseball card of his own. Even though his pitch was way off the mark, Topps honored Fauci with a baseball card on Friday. The front shows a picture of Fauci on the mound
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