6:45 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2008, Chipper Jones hit his 400th home run. Minutes before that game, Jones was playing computer solitaire because
10:39 PM ET In a message addressed to President Donald Trump on Friday night, Drew Brees stood by his apology for earlier comments on “disrespecting the flag,” after Trump wrote that the New Orleans Saints quarterback should not have changed his stance. Brees was following up on his pledge to be an “ally” for the
11:45 PM ET An unprecedented week in the NFL culminated in a landscape-shifting 24 hours that appear to have dramatically changed the league’s stance on player protests. Things are happening quickly, and you surely have questions. Is kneeling during the national anthem OK now? Does Colin Kaepernick have a chance to get back in? What
8:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Players accused MLB teams of “depriving America of baseball games” as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility baseball commissioner Rob Manfred might push ahead with a shortened season over the union’s objection. Bruce Meyer, the Major League Baseball
8:15 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have reversed course on their controversial decision to cease payments for their minor league players. A’s owner John Fisher said Friday that he “made a mistake” and will pay the organization’s minor leaguers their $400-a-week stipend for the remainder of what would’ve been a typical minor league season. Those
7:35 PM ET Utah has suspended defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley and launched an external investigation concerning a 2013 text message he sent that included a racial slur, Utes athletics director Mark Harlan announced Friday on social media. Harlan said he was made aware of the text message Wednesday night and that he had spoken to
7:49 PM ET Associated Press Ohio State says football players will be permitted to begin voluntary workouts in school facilities on Monday. Other athletes will follow later this month, with basketball players among those who can start voluntary training on June 15. To be cleared to begin working out, Ohio State athletes will be tested
8:03 PM ET Kansas ended a prolonged contract settlement dispute with former football coach David Beaty by reaching a $2.55 million financial settlement, the school announced Friday. Beaty was owed $3 million when the Jayhawks fired him in November 2018. His Kansas teams went 6-42 in four seasons. “Despite the settlement, the University maintains the
7:46 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Rudolph was 24 hours too late. By the time the Minnesota Vikings tight end drove around Monday to look for places in need of organized clean-up efforts after looting and riots took place throughout the Twin Cities following George Floyd’s death, the 30-year-old witnessed his favorite element of the
2:36 PM ET Players participating in a 10-team, 36-game German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) tournament slated to start in Munich on Saturday are being asked to wear chips monitoring their movements, league commissioner Stefan Holz told ESPN. The BBL has been suspended since March 8. The league is isolating players, coaches, referees and other staff during