8:00 AM ET The NWHL is expanding to Toronto for the 2020-21 season, the league announced on Wednesday. Johanna Neilson Boynton, a former captain of the Harvard’s women’s hockey team, is leading the ownership group for the league’s sixth franchise. Margaret “Digit” Murphy, the longtime Brown University and CWHL coach, is the team’s president, while
7:26 AM ET The organisers of the Dutch Grand Prix have admitted it is unlikely they will host a race this year after the government extended a ban on major public events by three months. The Dutch GP was due to return to the calendar for the first time in 35 years this season, but
12:00 PM GMT Jason Gillespie is used to long-haul flights thanks to a long playing career and holding down coaching roles in two different countries, but his March travel itinerary would make even the most seasoned traveller wince. Soon after he flew from Adelaide to Cape Town via Dubai for Sussex’s pre-season camp, it became
5:52 AM ET World number one Rory McIlroy says he would prefer this year’s Ryder Cup to be postponed until 2021 rather than stage the event with no fans present due to the coronavirus pandemic. The golf calendar has been ravaged by the new coronavirus outbreak, with three of the sport’s four majors — the
5:36 AM BST ESPN staff New Zealand may reintroduce a North Island vs. South Island match to the national fixture list as it looks for ways to restart its domestic rugby season. Super Rugby, along with all competitions in New Zealand, has been suspended as part of the measures aimed at curbing the spread of
3:10 AM BST South Africa Rugby will seek to cut spending by 1 billion rand ($US52.95 million) over the next eight months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has plans for a new domestic competition to replace Super Rugby and the PRO14 on the 2020 calendar. SA Rugby also announced on Tuesday that it
7:20 AM ET Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka expected to be scoreboard watching in March, with his team in the thick of an extraordinarily tight Western Conference playoff race. Instead, he was packing boxes with emergency kits at St. Mary’s Food Bank, helping out his community during the coronavirus pandemic. “I think people can
10:04 PM ET Nicaragua will host a live boxing event on Saturday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Professional boxing will return at the Alexis Argüello Sports Center in Managua with an eight-fight card organized by Boxing Bufalo Promotions. “Here in Nicaragua there is no quarantine,” said Ricardo Alvarez, former world champion and promoter of the
10:08 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks are not ruling out an eventual reunion with defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, according to general manager John Schneider. But in his first public comments about Clowney’s ongoing free agency, Schneider said Tuesday that the Seahawks reached a point where they could no longer wait on him at
7:58 AM ET This is a special week. Why’s that, you ask? Well, because this marks a year since I have been doing this random thoughts column for ESPN.com. The column has evolved over time, but I’m going back to how it started. Random thoughts. Lord knows I have plenty. And away we go …