9:26 AM ET Associated Press South African golfer Jbe Kruger has been withdrawn from the field in this week’s Scottish Championship on the European Tour after testing positive for the coronavirus. The tour says Kruger returned the positive test after a check on Monday as part of the pre-tournament screening process. He has not exhibited
Month: October 2020
9:00 AM ET The recently concluded European transfer window has the potential to be a watershed moment for U.S. players. It wasn’t so much how many players moved, but where they went. Weston McKennie left Schalke 04 to join Italian giants Juventus, and Sergino Dest completed a transfer from Ajax to Barcelona, amid significant interest
8:00 AM ET Welcome to our fourth Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 15 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place votes, three
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Baseball’s crackling playoff schedule yields more action as Tuesday provides the second of this week’s league championship series doubleheaders in the 2020 MLB playoffs. The action starts with Game 2 of the National League Championship Series after the two teams saw their starting pitchers shut down two high-powered offenses Monday,
8:34 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star LeBron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to sponsor events in major U.S. cities starting next week to generate excitement about voting early for the Nov. 3 election. Obama’s
6:30 AM ET ESPN News Services Brett Brown has resigned as the head coach of the Australian Boomers ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. He has informed Basketball Australia that a change in his personal circumstances over recent months has left him unable to commit to the men’s national team Olympic campaign. As a result,
7:25 AM ET Who is the greatest player of all time: Michael Jordan or LeBron James? Those aren’t the only two candidates, but they do dominate the debate — which got new life this week when the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship, giving James his fourth title. We asked our ESPN Forecast panel
8:58 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. The much-anticipated fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. to
4:42 AM ET Fernando Alonso is testing for Renault at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya in preparation for his return to Formula One in 2021. Alonso last raced in F1 at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He left the sport at the end of that season, but Daniel Ricciardo’s departure for McLaren next year opened
1:26 PM GMT A decision in Saleem Malik‘s legal fight to clear his name is imminent after the independent adjudicator in the pending case reserved his verdict on Tuesday. The case was heard by retired judge Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, and the judgement is expected in 15 days. The case centred on the content of the transcripts