11:38 PM ET Shohei Ohtani, recovering from an injury near his surgically repaired elbow that has all but ruled out his ability to pitch again this season, would like to continue on as a two-way player, a stance that is consistent with those expressed by the Los Angeles Angels. “If it comes down to them
9:44 PM ET The Boston Bruins had the NHL’s best record (44-14-12) when the regular season was cut short in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet when the 16-team Stanley Cup playoff tournament starts next week, the Bruins will not be the top seed in the Eastern Conference. As part of the NHL’s restarted
10:00 PM ET ESPN.com staff The Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds are in the midst of a four-game, home-and-home series — a pleasant addition to the revamped 60-game schedule — and the battle of Ohio has produced some tight, exciting games. And that’s not all. The teams also have engaged in a good-natured Twitter war,
9:00 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour made it through its second week without any of its players testing positive for the coronavirus at the Marathon Classic. That still didn’t keep two players from withdrawing in Sylvania, Ohio, because of their caddies. The LPGA Tour says the caddies for Perrine Delacour and Allie White
9:59 PM ET Formal discussions between leaders from the Pac-12’s #WeAreUnited campaign and representatives for the conference could be begin as soon as Thursday. In an email, obtained by ESPN, sent to 12 student leaders from the group Wednesday just after 4 p.m. PT, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott proposed a video conference for 8 p.m.
7:44 PM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. Professional
8:08 PM ET Associated Press The Mountain West announced Wednesday plans to have its football teams play an eight-game conference schedule and up to two nonconference games, starting Sept. 26. The Mountain West championship game, scheduled for Dec. 5 at the site of the division winner with the best record, will be pushed back to
5:55 PM ET The NBA brought 22 teams to ESPN Wide World of Sports to restart the season, and after Wednesday’s games, we could be down to 21 with postseason aspirations. The Washington Wizards are winless so far through four bubble games after a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. If the Brooklyn Nets and Orlando
2:30 PM ET The NBA said Wednesday that it has had no positive results for the coronavirus from any of the 343 players tested in the Orlando, Florida, bubble since the last update on July 29. This was the third consecutive update in which the NBA said it had no positive tests on its campus,
8:15 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Jamal Crawford will be out “a few games” after suffering a left hamstring strain during Tuesday’s win over the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Nets interim head coach Jacque Vaughn. “He’ll miss a few games for us,” Vaughn said prior to Wednesday’s game against the Boston Celtics. “And still assessing