6:48 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A doubleheader between the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers this week is being postponed to allow more time for additional COVID-19 testing. MLB opted to postpone Thursday’s doubleheader to continue additional testing while Cardinals players and staff are quarantined before the team returns to play. More details
Month: August 2020
3:12 PM ET New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman announced Monday that he is opting out of the 2020 season. The right-hander becomes the second high-profile Mets player to opt out, joining Yoenis Cespedes, who opted out earlier this month. Stroman, who was acquired by the Mets from the Toronto Blue Jays at the
9:55 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tigers first baseman C.J. Cron exited Monday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a left knee injury. Cron was struck by Danny Mendick‘s hard-hit grounder in the fourth inning and stayed down for a while. He eventually walked off with some assistance. Detroit pitcher Daniel Norris
7:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Indians right-hander Mike Clevinger will not make his scheduled Tuesday start after the team learned that he violated coronavirus safety protocol while on the road in Chicago. Clevinger is the second Indians pitcher in as many days to be cited by the team for violating protocol in Chicago.
5:28 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron made a vile comment to Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano regarding his mother, prompting Laureano to charge the Astros’ bench Sunday and leading to a melee
10:25 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Marie Bouzkova expected some adjustment to her first tennis tournament in nearly six months. First was the matter of shedding rust from the layoff caused by the coronavirus shutdown. The Czech Republic player also had to get her mind around the inaugural Top Seed Open and a
8:00 PM ET The New York Rangers won the second lottery for the 2020 NHL draft, which determined which team would have the opportunity to pick at No. 1 overall. That first selection is widely expected to be phenom Alexis Lafreniere of Rimouski Oceanic in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In June, a ‘Placeholder’
8:52 PM ET The first goal of the #WeAreUnited and #WeWantToPlay movement, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said Monday, is to ensure that college football is played in 2020, but he envisions a future in which players have a seat at the table on other issues, too. Lawrence and teammate Darien Rencher worked with nearly a
6:40 PM ET The New York Rangers won Monday’s NHL draft lottery — and the right to select consensus No. 1 pick Alexis Lafreniere. The Rangers committed to a rebuild in 2018, but that has been expedited after an exciting 14 months. New York selected No. 2 overall in the 2019 draft, picking Finnish winger
3:22 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans have ruled out Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Jrue Holiday for Tuesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings, the team said Monday. Williamson and Ingram are listed as having right knee soreness, while Holiday is listed with a right elbow contusion. Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said