4:55 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn’t do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut
1:00 PM ET The pre-restart training camp Mike D’Antoni so eagerly anticipated for the Houston Rockets — a team remodeled midseason with a drastic shift in philosophy to microball — never really materialized. Due to late arrivals, including both of the team’s superstars, as well as Austin Rivers‘ excused exit and reentry, the Rockets never
5:58 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Tommy Armour III had been playing enough golf during the pandemic to know his game was in good shape. All he needed was a spot in the Ally Challenge to show it Friday. Armour and Billy Andrade each opened with a 6-under 66 at Warwick Hills
4:34 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — More than 400 coronavirus tests were carried out on tennis players and staff members ahead of the Palermo Ladies Open and all of them came back negative. The WTA tournament, with qualifying beginning Saturday, marks the return of tour-level tennis following a five-month break for the coronavirus
4:49 PM ET Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky delivered a message to his critics Friday. “…I’m just trying to prove everybody wrong and prove my teammates right,” he said on a video call with Chicago media. Trubisky, 25, is set to compete in training camp with veteran Nick Foles for the Bears’ starting job. The
5:14 PM ET If Cam Newton is to succeed Tom Brady as starting quarterback of the New England Patriots, he’s going to have to earn the job in training camp. Bill Belichick stopped decisively short of naming Newton the team’s QB1. “That spot is the same as all the other spots on the team. We
2:40 PM ET It didn’t take long for the reality of the coronavirus pandemic to affect the restart of the 2020 Major League Baseball season. In just five days, we’ve seen more than a dozen postponements or schedule shifts, affecting eight different teams. It can be difficult to keep track of, but here’s how the
2:58 PM ET Stanford Cardinal freshman guard Tyrell Terry will keep his name in the 2020 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Friday. “After talking with those closest to me and careful consideration, I came to the conclusion that taking this next step is something that I’m ready for,” Terry said. “I’m confident in my
4:00 PM ET The box office at Capital One Arena in Washington is being transformed into a sportsbook, complete with betting windows and self-serve kiosks, and will begin taking cash bets Friday, a first for an American sports venue. Beginning at 4 p.m., Friday, bookmaker William Hill U.S. will operate seven betting windows and nine
1:39 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Sacramento Kings had to quarantine a player for two days after an inconclusive coronavirus test result on Wednesday, but successive negative results on Thursday and Friday are expected to allow for his availability against the Spurs on Friday night, sources told ESPN. Inconclusive tests — or