12:21 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina announced on social media Tuesday that he was one of the Cardinals to have tested positive for the coronavirus. “Good morning, I am saddened to have tested positive for COVID-19, even after following the prevention recommendations,” Molina, a nine-time All-Star, wrote. “I’ll do everything
Month: August 2020
8:06 PM ET MLB rosters will be reduced from 30 players to 28 starting Thursday and remain at that number for the rest of the season and postseason, sources confirmed to ESPN. The initial plan had been to reduce the roster to 28 this week before reducing it again to 26 after another two weeks.
4:31 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona continues to undergo medical tests for a gastrointestinal issue, and there remains no clear timetable for when he’ll return to the team. Francona has scheduled appointments with “a series of doctors” at the Cleveland Clinic on Tuesday and Wednesday, said team president Chris Antonetti,
5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The delay in the Miami Marlins‘ first game back after a COVID-19 outbreak on the team put their season on pause has been resolved, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Major League Baseball released a statement around three hours before the scheduled 7:35 p.m. start saying the game
4:02 PM ET The Seattle Kraken are the NHL’s best-selling expansion identity launch ever, with sales four times the previous record set by the Vegas Golden Knights, according to Fanatics, the league’s official retail partner. Twelve days after the Kraken officially unveiled their name, logo and colors, the team is still responsible for two of
7:37 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Muzzin was taken to the hospital following an on-ice collision during Tuesday’s qualifying round game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He is alert and able to move all of his limbs, the team announced, adding that further updates will be provided once available. The collision occurred late
8:05 PM ET St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev, a key defensive forward in their pursuit of a second straight Stanley Cup, has left the Western Conference playoff “bubble” in Edmonton for the birth of his first child back in the U.S. Barbashev flew to St. Louis this week to be with his wife Ksenia.
7:40 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks truly enjoyed the early stages in the NBA’s bubble community, starting with a bass-thumping dance party on their Walt Disney World resort hotel balconies while quarantined and continuing with playfully intense pickleball and spikeball competition. Once the basketball games that counted began, the fun skidded to a halt for
6:00 PM ET Tuesday hasn’t exactly gone as anyone expected down in Orlando. First, to start the day, the Brooklyn Nets pulled off the biggest point-spread upset in 27 years, beating the Milwaukee Bucks outright despite being a 19-point underdog. Then, after the Dallas Mavericks needed overtime to beat the Sacramento Kings, Devin Booker‘s incredible
12:54 PM ET Rafa Marquez left Atlas last May after the club was bought out by Grupo Orlegi. AP Photo/Matt York) Mexico legend Rafa Marquez has begun his coaching career training youth at Spanish fourth division side Real Sociedad Deportiva Alcala. The 41-year-old retired in July 2018 after playing in his fifth World Cup and had