11:32 AM ET Mercedes has scheduled two days of private testing for its drivers at Silverstone next week as the team aims to prepare for Formula One’s return to racing next month. 1 Related Race drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton will drive a day each in a two-year old Mercedes F1 car, with Bottas
7:00 AM ET Lynsey Koopman and Jayson Furusawa have been together for 13 years, ever since Koopman’s sister introduced them at a party. “We met, we talked, and it was love at first sight,” Koopman said. On March 21 of this year, they were scheduled to get married. The coronavirus pandemic hit, erasing all of
8:51 AM ET A decision on whether to go ahead with the Ryder Cup looms, and Steve Stricker is not in favor of playing the event without spectators. The U.S. captain — who is a native of Wisconsin, where the matches are scheduled for Sept. 25-27 — said playing without a crowd at Whistling Straits
11:37 AM ET Kevin WangESPN.com After nearly five months of suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese Basketball Association will return June 20, after government health and athletic officials gave the final approval. The 20 teams will be divided equally and play in two cities. All games will be played in empty arenas. In
10:51 AM ET Twelve prominent Green Bay Packers players and coach Matt LaFleur released a powerful video message in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the nationwide protests over his killing. While players, coaches and organizations around the NFL have made separate statements, the Packers released a combined message via their social
11:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals were given the day off from meetings Thursday, in recognition of George Floyd’s memorial service. The first of three services scheduled for Floyd will take place Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Vikings canceled meetings to allow players in the area to attend the
11:38 AM ET The NFL informed teams on Thursday that coaching staffs will be permitted to return to team facilities and the maximum number of personnel allowed in those facilities will be increased to 100, beginning Friday. “As has been emphasized in previous advice on reopening facilities, this may occur only if your club has
10:26 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Motor Speedway will host the IndyCar-NASCAR doubleheader on the July 4 weekend without fans. Track officials had been optimistic IMS could be the first major sporting venue to have fans back in the stands this summer. Instead, the stands will be empty much like the rest of
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” At 6:15 p.m., 39 years ago today, Bobby Bonds arrived at the ballpark for a night game in Pittsburgh. It had been a long journey. Bonds, a three-time All-Star, had been released
7:46 AM ET Miesha Tate silently nodded to herself as she watched Amanda Nunes fight Cris Cyborg. None of what she saw was unexpected — she experienced it herself. Cyborg charged forward, winging hard punches. But Nunes dropped her with a short right hand while Nunes’ back was against the fence. Cyborg came forward and