9:00 AM ET The Premier League is now halfway to completing ‘Project Restart’ after overcoming weeks of uncertainty to get competitive football off the ground again following the COVID-19 shutdown in March. 2 Related It has still not been a case of ‘normal service resumed’ due to games being played behind closed doors, increased substitutions
1:36 PM ET In the aftermath of comments made by veteran umpire Joe West, the Major League Baseball Umpires Association on Thursday issued a statement saying that “recent public comments” do not reflect its stance regarding the coronavirus pandemic. “Our nation, and the world, has suffered greatly from this deadly virus,” said the union’s statement,
2:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will open the 2021 season on April 1 and hopes to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968. The league released the full schedule Thursday, two weeks before it plans to begin a 2020
2:08 PM ET Associated Press ATZENBRUGG, Austria — The European Tour restarted Thursday after a four-month break because of the coronavirus outbreak with the first round of the Austrian Open, where former winner Joost Luiten shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead. The Dutch golfer had been in good form before the suspension
1:31 PM ET Ahead of the rescheduled 2020 season, Formula One discussed the idea of running a reverse grid qualifying race at this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix, the name given to the second race at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. 2 Related The concept was fairly simple. To make back-to-back races at the same venue more
1:24 AM IST It’s a funny thing, given that he spent a fair bit of the afternoon sitting on his hotel room balcony as one of this Test’s very few spectators, but Stuart Broad may well have had the best day of any of England’s bowlers. For while James Anderson, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood
2:00 PM ET Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Thursday he thinks it’s “less likely” the college football season starts on time, citing growing concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “It has grown more pessimistic over the past two weeks, but I’m not to a point to say we shouldn’t continue to plan for
1:36 PM ET ESPN News Services The plan to have fans at the World Golf Championships event in Memphis has been scrapped. Officials announced Thursday that the FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind will not have any spectators due to what they call “an abundance of caution.” The tournament is slated to run July
1:42 PM ET The NFL has banned jersey exchanges in 2020 as the league attempts to play through the coronavirus pandemic, according to a set of protocols distributed to teams Wednesday and obtained Thursday by ESPN. Jersey exchanges have gained in popularity in recent years, and their elimination was met with immediate derision from some
10:25 AM ET It’s been a long wait, but Tiger Woods will finally make his first PGA Tour appearance since the start of the coronavirus pandemic at next week’s Memorial Tournament. Woods announced his commitment via Twitter on Thursday morning and will play an official event for the first time since Feb. 16 — the