4:48 PM ET Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the ceremonial first pitch Thursday night before the reigning World Series champion Washington Nationals kick off the shortened 2020 season at home against the New York Yankees. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White
Month: July 2020
5:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended by the NHL for the first two games of the team’s preliminary-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes because of an illegal check that injured Colorado Avalanche forward Joonas Donskoi in March. The league’s department of player safety announced the suspension
3:32 AM IST It was telling that Ben Stokes was the first to reach the pitch on the fifth morning. The West Indies team were still in a huddle near the edge of the boundary. Joe Root, his partner, was struggling to keep up. Even the umpires were a few steps behind. But Stokes meant
4:03 PM ET Associated Press The New York Jets and New York Giants announced they will not have fans at home games this season “until further notice” because of the coronavirus pandemic. The teams, who play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and have separate training facilities in the state, released a joint
5:01 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS – When Minnesota Vikings players, coaches and other team employees return to TCO Performance Center for training camp this month, individuals will be given a proximity tracking device upon entering the facility to aid with contact tracing efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. The NFL has mandated that contact tracing procedures, including
4:20 PM ET The NFL and its players have reached agreement on the testing aspect of their COVID-19 safety protocol as training camps get set to open over the next couple of weeks. Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, said that the agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association would require
1:43 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are talking to the Pittsburgh Pirates about sharing their major league ballpark this season after Canada’s government barred them from playing in their home stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic Pirates president Travis Williams confirmed the talks and sounded ready to welcome the Blue Jays.
3:51 PM ET Bookmakers and bettors are gearing up for a daily race for information, with the winners at an advantage during what’s expected to be a turbulent baseball season with frequent changes to starting lineups and pitching rotations. Major League Baseball has informed clubs that the protocols for releasing starting lineups, which were revised
3:21 PM ET An overwhelming majority of sports fans polled by ESPN say they support the return of professional and collegiate sports even if fans will not be in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A second wave of ESPN’s Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,003 sports fans age 18 and older and found
3:24 PM ET Shortly after quarterback Patrick Mahomes signed his recent contract extension with the Kansas City Chiefs, he contacted teammate Chris Jones, who was also hoping for a new deal. “Pat texted me and said, ‘Let’s get this thing done. I left some [money] on the table for you.’ That’s when I had that
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