2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila says one player and one staff member have tested positive for the coronavirus. Avila said on a video conference Wednesday that the player was living in Florida but was not working out at the team’s spring training facilities in Lakeland. He did not
4:56 PM ET Penn State coach James Franklin told HBO’s “Real Sports” that his family will stay in Florida while he coaches this season because of the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin, his wife and his two daughters have been in their own quarantine since March. His youngest daughter, who is 12, has sickle cell disease, a
4:38 PM ET Associated Press The University of Northern Colorado will discontinue the men’s and women’s tennis programs as part of a cost-saving effort caused by budget shortfalls created by the coronavirus pandemic. The school, located in Greeley, Colorado, will now sponsor 17 intercollegiate athletic programs, including nine women’s sports. Northern Colorado said it will
11:45 AM ET Brooks Koepka had decided not to play in this week’s Travelers Championship after his caddie, Ricky Elliott, tested positive for the coronavirus. “I’m going to pull out to protect everybody else,” Koepka told Golfweek. “I think it’s the right thing to do. I don’t want to risk anyone’s life if they have
5:29 PM ET PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that extra testing and stricter monitoring of protocols that could result in “serious repercussions” for offenders will go into effect in the wake of three positive COVID-19 tests this week at the Travelers Championship. Monahan said across both the PGA Tour and the developmental Korn
3:16 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Anthony Martial scored Manchester United‘s first Premier League hat trick for seven years to earn Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team a 3-0 win over Sheffield United at Old Trafford. The Frenchman scored twice in the first half and again after the break to stretch United’s unbeaten run to
12:56 PM ET The USL Championship announced its return-to-play format for the 2020 season on Wednesday. – Watch and stream USL matches on ESPN and ESPN+ The league, which has been shut down since March 12, remains tentatively scheduled to return on July 11. 1 Related “It’s exciting for us to get back on the
3:39 PM ET Third-placed Inter Milan threw away two points in the Serie A title race when they missed an open goal and conceded an 89th- minute equaliser in a 3-3 draw at home to mid-table Sassuolo on Wednesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream Serie A matches live on ESPN+
3:56 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned the rest of the Premier League that there is more to come from Manchester United after his team dismantled Sheffield United 3-0 at Old Trafford. Anthony Martial scored United’s first league hat trick since 2013 to ensure Solskjaer’s men moved to within two points of
3:08 PM ET Major League Soccer announced details of the schedule and group-stage matchups for the MLS is Back Tournament, which is set to kick off in Orlando on July 8. The league also announced a modification to the competition format. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The league suspended play in