5:30 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — An unexpected break didn’t stop the steady stream of pitchers to the injured list for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team placed opening day starter Joe Musgrove on the 10-day IL Tuesday with what manager Derek Shelton called a right triceps issue. The Pirates scratched Musgrove (0-3, 6.75 ERA)
Month: August 2020
5:25 PM ET New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton could miss up to a month with the hamstring injury that forced him to the injured list this past weekend, manager Aaron Boone said. Boone confirmed Tuesday that Stanton has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, an injury with a “reasonable” recovery timeline of three to four
3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians went a step further than just putting Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac into quarantine. They’ve been sent away from the team, and it’s not known when they’ll be back. Cleveland placed the two starting pitchers on the restricted list after the right-handers broke team
4:05 PM ET ESPN staff As 2020 NFL training camps continue across the league, we’re getting closer to padded practices, which begin for some teams as soon as Friday. In fact, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday unveiled their plan to broadcast live shows around their practices, which begin on Monday, Aug. 17. Until then,
3:48 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Jim Rutherford is not ready to blow up the core that’s led the Pittsburgh Penguins to three Stanley Cups in a little more than a decade. Still, the longtime general manager understands there’s some serious retooling necessary following a second straight playoff flameout. The issue isn’t just that
4:27 PM ET Serena Williams said on Tuesday that she has become a student of the Bible during the long lockdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and believes that the book holds the key to achieving racial justice. “A lot of my time off, I’ve been studying the Bible,’ Williams said in a Zoom call
11:33 AM ET Amid six months of near constant setbacks for college sports because of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the biggest complaints from athletics administrators, coaches and fans has been the lack of a centralized leadership. While the professional leagues have set clear-cut plans for return to play, college sports have faced numerous cancellations/postponements.
3:03 PM ET The Big Ten announced on Tuesday the decision to postpone its college football and fall sports seasons with the hopes of playing in the spring. The announcement comes more than a month after the Ivy League became the first conference to cancel all fall sports with an eye toward playing in the
4:01 PM ET Nebraska football coach Scott Frost, president Ted Carter and chancellor Ronnie Green released a joint statement Tuesday afternoon saying they would hope to still possibly compete this fall. “We will continue to consult with medical experts and evaluate the situation as it emerges,” the statement read. “We hope it may be possible
4:05 PM ET The Pac-12 CEO group voted Tuesday to cancel fall sports and will look at options to play in the spring, sources told ESPN. Stadium first reported the news. The conference has a webinar scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the decision that will include conference commissioner Larry Scott, CEO group chair