11:44 AM BST Cash-strapped Rugby Australia is set to benefit from a World Rugby relief fund, while the Wallabies could face a compressed 13 Test-schedule through a proposed revision of the international calendar. World Rugby on Thursday announced a relief fund of $US100 million ($A158 million) as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck havoc on
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Last summer, Mark Arduini was unemployed and struggling to motivate himself to fill out job applications. So he went to a local card shop, bought a box of 24 unopened packs of
7:30 AM ET Jim Corsi is the Columbus Blue Jackets‘ goaltending development coach, working with the organization’s prospects around the world. He’s also the goaltending coach for Columbus’ AHL team and a part-time scout for the draft. In other words: Corsi travels a lot to teach, evaluate and share his experiences about goaltending. In mid-January,
10:46 AM BST Premiership club Saracens have asked their highest-earning players to defer part of their salaries until the start of the 2020-21 season and placed staff on the British government’s furloughing scheme. Players earning more than £75,000 per year will be asked to defer anything above that amount, the club said in a statement
10:51 AM ET California high school star Jalen Green, the No. 1 prospect in the 2020 ESPN 100, is making the leap to a reshaped NBA professional pathway program — a G League initiative that will pay elite prospects $500,000-plus and provide a one-year development program outside of the minor league’s traditional team structure, sources
9:21 AM BST Argentina will abandon plans to bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup to give Australia a free run as the southern hemisphere candidate, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday. The Argentine government announced in 2016 that the country would bid to bring the tournament to South America for the first time
2:53 PM GMT IPL 2020 has been suspended but already offers have started to come in for hosting it outside India. Simon Katich, the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, isn’t averse to the possibility of it being held in Australia or South Africa, and Sri Lanka have also reached out to the BCCI with
9:01 AM ET McLaren’s transition from Renault engines to Mercedes next year will be closely monitored by the FIA to ensure the team does not gain an advantage from revising its chassis design. McLaren will use Mercedes engines from 2021 onwards and had originally planned for the new deal to coincide with Formula One’s major
9:16 AM ET The PGA Tour announced plans Thursday to return in mid-June with a revised slate of events through Thanksgiving, starting at the Charles Schwab Challenge. The Fort Worth, Texas, event is scheduled for June 11-14, assuming health and government officials allow it, and would be played at Colonial Country Club without spectators. It
9:13 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic that shut down sports across the world has required all leagues to rethink their schedules. On Thursday, the PGA Tour announced its plans to return to action in mid-June. Earlier this month, three of the men’s major championships — the Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open — all outlined