3:42 AM ET Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome and 2018 winner Geraint Thomas have been omitted from the Ineos Grenadiers squad for the 2020 edition in a major team shakeup on Wednesday. Britons Froome and Thomas both were well below par in the Criterium du Dauphine, which serves as a form indicator ahead
Month: August 2020
12:08 AM BST ESPN staff The British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa could be postponed to 2022 if the coronavirus pandemic continues to halt travel, South African Rugby said on Tuesday in announcing the ballot registration for match tickets. Fears remain that COVID-19 will continue to play a role in restricting international travel
6:45 PM ET The NBA is progressing on plans for a virtual draft combine to be held at regional sites throughout September, sources told ESPN. Formal plans could be completed and shared with teams in the next week, sources said. In what’s likely to become one of the most wide-open draft processes in years, prospective
7:49 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni remains uncertain of when or if All-Star guard Russell Westbrook will be available during the team’s first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. D’Antoni said before Tuesday’s 123-108 Game 1 win that Westbrook’s strained right quadriceps is healing, but the team does not have a specific timetable
2:43 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers arrived to Game 1 of their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night in red baseball hats, only with a twist. The hats had “Make America Great Again” stitched in white letters, just like the hat President Donald Trump often
9:31 PM ET ESPN News Services LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The teams that didn’t get invited to Walt Disney World now have instructions on how they can get back to basketball — in their own bubbles. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association finalized an agreement Tuesday that allows the eight teams that didn’t
11:19 PM ET A countersuit filed by Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri includes new video footage that shows the San Francisco Bay Area police officer with whom he had an altercation in the moments after the Raptors won Game 7 of the 2019 NBA Finals was the aggressor. The suit was filed
11:06 PM ET NBA Insiders Should we be concerned about the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers after Game 1? The first round of the NBA playoffs has officially kicked off with all 16 teams in contention having a game under their belts in the Florida bubble. As a result, injuries, trends and difficult
7:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Rays two-way rookie Brendan McKay will have season-ending surgery on his left throwing shoulder Wednesday. The 24-year-old McKay tested positive for COVID-19 in early July and missed most of the club’s preseason camp. He was cleared to resume activities July 31 and reported to the
6:49 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant will miss at least the next couple of days after getting an injection in his left wrist to manage an injury that has bothered him for about a week. Bryant, 28, rolled his wrist while diving for a ball in the outfield on Wednesday against