9:24 PM ET Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon doesn’t expect Shohei Ohtani to pitch any more this season, but he doesn’t consider Ohtani’s latest setback an indication that he can’t continue on as a two-way player. “From what I’m seeing, I believe that he can,” Maddon said before Tuesday’s road game against the Seattle
Month: August 2020
5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — A season of delays produced another one for the Miami Marlins. The start of Miami’s first game in nine days was delayed 40 minutes as Major League Baseball awaited the final coronavirus test results to clear the Marlins to resume play Tuesday at Baltimore. Multiple coronavirus tests
11:18 PM ET Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat as a father, turning on a 2-2 slider from the Mariners‘ Mike Dunn and launching it 407 feet in the first inning of Tuesday’s game at Seattle. Trout, six days removed from his previous game, entered Tuesday batting .324/.428/.639 for his
11:50 PM ET San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Travis Benjamin has opted out of the 2020 NFL season, he announced Tuesday night. Benjamin is the first member of the 49ers to opt out for the season and his announcement comes one day after general manager John Lynch said he had yet to have a conversation
10:56 PM ET The planned main event for UFC Fight Night on Aug. 29 has taken a hit. Yair Rodriguez was forced to withdraw from his scheduled fight versus Zabit Magomedsharipov because of an ankle injury, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday. Rodriguez’s manager, Abraham Kawa, also confirmed the injury to ESPN. According to sources,
9:47 PM ET Associated Press A shorter PGA Tour season because of the pandemic has led the PGA of America to modify its two major awards for tour players. The Vardon Trophy, which dates to 1937 and is given to the PGA Tour player with the lowest adjusted scoring average, required a player to complete
9:12 PM ET ESPN News Services A group of Pac-12 football players with the #WeAreUnited movement met with officials from the California governor’s office Tuesday to discuss concerns about their schools’ COVID-19 protocols and protecting their college eligibility. The players hope an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom could mandate player-approved, third-party oversight of COVID-19
9:55 PM ET The NCAA board of governors on Tuesday held off making any major decisions about its Division I fall championships in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, instead pushing “an update” to Wednesday, according to a statement on Twitter from NCAA president Mark Emmert. The board, which mainly comprises university presidents representing all
8:36 PM ET Work on a new stadium for MLS side FC Cincinnati resumed on Tuesday following two racist incidents that compelled contractor Turner Construction to hold almost two-hours of anti-bias training session for all workers on the site. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, one incident involved the use of a
4:21 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Left fielder Juan Soto was reinstated by the Washington Nationals from the COVID-19 injured list Tuesday after missing the team’s first seven games of the season. Manager Dave Martinez did not put the slugger in Washington’s starting lineup against the New York Mets for the opener of a