3:17 PM ET A Pittsburgh Penguins player has recovered after testing positive for COVID-19, the team announced Thursday. According to the Penguins, the player is “feeling well,” and those in close contact with him leading up to the diagnosis have been notified. “The player is not in Pittsburgh and has been in isolation at his
3:40 PM ET Tim Bontemps Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The NBA has announced its return 86 days after suspending the season due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the NBA’s board of governors overwhelmingly approved a proposal for
2:58 PM ET The World Boxing Council has suspended super middleweight Alejandra Jimenez for a nine-month period and stripped her of her title, stemming from a positive doping result in January. Jimenez, of Mexico, defeated Franchon Crews-Dezurn by split decision on Jan. 11 in San Antonio to win the WBC and WBO belts. However, the
2:53 PM ET Florida State star defensive lineman Marvin Wilson said he had to take a stand for college athletes and George Floyd when he disputed Mike Norvell’s account of how the coach responded to the team following Floyd’s death last week in Minneapolis. After a team meeting Thursday morning, Wilson released an Instagram post
11:31 AM BST ESPN staff Two-time World Cup winner Dan Carter lobbed at Blues training on Thursday morning, five years after he left New Zealand and Super Rugby. Rumours of Carter’s impending return to New Zealand rugby emerged on Wednesday evening after a WhatsApp message from Blues coach Leon MacDonald was leaked. All that was
12:45 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The lawyer for Alex Hepburn, the former Worcestershire cricketer who was last year convicted of rape, has argued that WhatsApp messages boasting of a sexual conquest “game” should not have been submitted as evidence in his trial. Hepburn, 24, was jailed for five years in April 2019, after being found
2:48 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologized Thursday after screenshots emerged of a text conversation in which he claimed only “elite white people” should be able to purchase guns. The conversation, which took place in 2019 and was posted to Twitter early Thursday morning, involved Fromm and a friend discussing
2:15 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys will place retired center Travis Frederick on the reserve/retired list on Thursday, freeing up $7 million in salary cap space. Frederick announced his retirement in March, but the Cowboys opted to keep him on their active roster until now in order to be able to spread the salary-cap hit
2:26 PM ET Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores told his players they have the right to protest and show their emotions following the killing of George Floyd, and he urged them to be careful if they choose to be active in their cities. Flores, during a video conference on Thursday, said he was “a good
12:29 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts general manager Chris Ballard on Thursday held an unscripted, impromptu and passionate virtual call in which he emphasized that there has to be an end to social injustice and racial inequality. “This is not a black problem,” Ballard said during the nearly 20-minute call. “This is a white problem.