4:02 AM BST French Top 14 club Stade Francais has cancelled a preseason match because some players have developed lesions on their lungs after contracting COVID-19 and need an extra week to recuperate. The Paris-based club was scheduled to play Toulon next Thursday in preparation for its opening fixture of the 2020-21 Top 14 season
8:09 PM ET Associated Press Two players — Argentina’s Guido Pella and Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien — said their fitness trainer tested positive for COVID-19, and that is why they were dropped from the tennis tournament that will precede the US Open at its Flushing Meadow site. Pella and Dellien posted separate videos on Instagram after
11:51 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Right-hander Seth Lugo, who leads the New York Mets with three saves, will move into their rotation starting Thursday against Miami to replace struggling left-hander Steven Matz. Matz, who is 0-4 with an ERA of 9.00, will move to the bullpen, and Edwin Diaz will become the closer.
12:55 AM ET ESPN News Services Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft, had an impressive start to his major league debut before running into trouble and exiting in the fifth inning Wednesday night against the Chicago White Sox. Mize allowed three runs on seven hits while striking
12:35 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Albert Pujols tied Alex Rodriguez for second place on the MLB career RBI list with a single in the sixth inning of the Los Angeles Angels‘ game against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. Pujols’ hit off Andrew Suarez drove in Anthony Rendon as part
10:08 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman left Wednesday night’s game against the Colorado Rockies with right hamstring discomfort, the team said. He is day-to-day. Bregman doubled to right field to lead off the fourth inning and began to favor his right leg before reaching first base. He
8:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman used an anti-gay slur during Cincinnati’s game Wednesday night at the Kansas City Royals and later left the broadcast after apologizing. Brennaman used the slur moments after the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast returned from a commercial break before the top of the seventh inning of
9:51 PM ET The Denver Nuggets will have to find a way to bounce back from their Game 2 loss to the Utah Jazz and do it while knowing that they will be without starter Will Barton indefinitely. A source confirmed that Barton left the NBA bubble on Wednesday to rehab his right knee and
9:42 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Down 0-1 in their first-round NBA playoff series with the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lineup could look a little different for Game 2 on Thursday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN). Point guard Rajon Rondo, sidelined the past 5½ weeks with a fractured thumb on his
1:48 AM ET Luka Doncic described it as “an amazing feeling” to get his first NBA playoff win after the Dallas Mavericks‘ 127-114 victory over the LA Clippers in Wednesday’s Game 2, and it’s a sensation he expects to experience again soon. “We’ve just got three left,” Doncic said, referring to how many more wins