7:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Houston Astros left-hander Kent Emanuel has been banned 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s drug prevention and treatment plan. Emanuel has pitched at Triple-A the past three seasons but never in the majors. He is on Houston’s 40-man roster and was
6:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins will play seven times in five days as part of Major League Baseball’s reconfigured schedule released Thursday to account for 21 coronavirus-caused postponements in the first two weeks of the season. The Marlins, who had their season suspended for more than
6:54 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed defenseman Jacob Larsson to a two-year, $2.4 million deal. The Ducks announced the return of their restricted free agent Thursday. Larsson will make $1.1 million next season and $1.3 million in the 2021-22 campaign. The 23-year-old Swede has two goals and 14
6:28 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — A good bit of firepower stepped onto the 10th tee early Thursday morning at TPC Harding Park to begin the PGA Championship, but after Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy were introduced via microphone by the starter, they were met with silence. This is the new normal in
7:03 PM ET UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov does not intend to travel to the U.S. to prepare for his title unification bout against Justin Gaethje on Oct. 24, citing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Nurmagomedov (28-0), who lives in Dagestan, has held all of his fight camps at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose,
6:28 PM ET Purdue wide receiver Rondale Moore announced on Thursday that he is opting out of the college football season and will begin preparing for the 2021 NFL draft. The news comes on the heels of several star players opting out, including Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, Miami defensive lineman Greg Rousseau, Minnesota receiver
5:59 PM ET ESPN staff As 2020 NFL training camp continue, today marks the NFL’s deadline for players to declare if they will opt out this season. Coming into today there were more than 50 players who chose to opt out of the 2020 season, but today that number increased to 66, after a flurry
6:22 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Top-seeded Petra Martic rallied past Russian qualifier Liudmilla Samsonova 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Palermo Ladies Open quarterfinals Thursday in the first tournament following a five-month break due to the coronavirus. “The struggle was real out there today,” Martic said after the 2.5-hour match. “She’s not
5:33 PM ET Wide receiver Josh Doctson, a former Washington first-round pick who signed with the New York Jets in February, has opted out for 2020 because of undisclosed COVID-19 concerns. Doctson, 27, made his decision before Thursday’s 4 p.m. deadline. He became the third Jets player to opt out, joining former Pro Bowl linebacker
6:06 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals pass-rusher Chandler Jones thinks breaking Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record of 22.5 won’t be tough to do. “I don’t think that’s hard to get,” Jones said Thursday during a videoconference call. “And I feel like if there was a year to do it, this could be the