1:39 PM ET PITTSBURGH — For the first time since 1967, the Pittsburgh Steelers are planning a quiet night for the first round of the NFL draft. With the COVID-19 outbreak forcing a virtual draft setup, coach Mike Tomlin is just fine with observing on opening night until his team goes on the clock night
7:28 AM ET A few days after the Bulls won their sixth championship, Phil Jackson organized a dinner for players, coaches, and their wives at a Chicago restaurant. Midway through, he gathered the players into a private area. They sat in a circle, drinks and cigars in hand. Each made one toast. “It was so
12:07 PM ET Steve KimESPN Ali Salaam, the father and trainer of former WBC junior middleweight champion Tony Harrison, has died because of the coronavirus. He was 59. The Premier Boxing Champions confirmed the death of Salaam, who was a professional welterweight from 1984 to ’89 and compiled a record of 11-7 with 5 KOs.
12:17 PM ET Corey Gauff, the father and coach of teenage tennis phenom Coco Gauff, said Sunday that his daughter sometimes struggled with the pressure of her meteoric rise, but never was diagnosed with depression. In a post Gauff wrote for Behind The Racquet last week, the 16-year-old said she had a “dark mindset” before
12:45 PM ET Associated Press Top 100 tennis player Nicolas Jarry was given an 11-month doping ban by the International Tennis Federation on Monday, stemming from a failed test at the Davis Cup Finals in November. In separate statements, Jarry, a 24-year-old from Chile, said he “accepted” the punishment, which will keep him from playing
12:04 PM ET FIBA’s Basketball Arbitration Tribunal (BAT), the legal body charged with resolving labor and financial disputes among international teams, players, agents and coaches, has issued guidelines outlining its intentions for future cases affected by the coronavirus pandemic. “Given the extraordinary situation caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic and in order to provide greater
Apr 28, 2020 The NFL draft is over but the projections for college football players and teams never stop. The future power rankings series returns with the third of four installments, which flips back to the offensive side of the ball. After examining outlooks for quarterbacks and defenses, these rankings focus on the top 25
11:08 AM ET The Professional Fighters League announced Monday it is canceling its 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume its format of regular season and playoffs in the spring of 2021. For this year, according to a prepared statement, the PFL will create “new original programming.” The announcement stated that
11:32 AM ET Iconic bat maker Louisville Slugger has closed its factory and furloughed the majority of its workforce because of coronavirus shutdowns. “We’re not doing any advertising. We’ve cut all our expenses we can. We’re just hoping we get back to normal before we run out of cash,” CEO John Hillerich IV told the
11:08 AM ET Laviska Shenault Jr., one of the top wide receivers in this week’s NFL draft, told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that he is 100% healthy after undergoing core muscle surgery last month. Shenault told Anderson on Monday that he was expected to need six to eight weeks to recover from the March 3 operation,