2:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has rejected the players’ offer for a 114-game regular season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a counterproposal, sources confirmed to ESPN. Players made their proposal Sunday, up from an 82-game regular season in management’s offer last
3:39 PM ET Boxing champion Kim Clavel, who left the ring to return to nursing during the coronavirus pandemic, will receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service at The ESPYS on June 21. “It is an honor to receive the Pat Tillman Award on behalf of all the health care workers battling COVID-19 on the
1:44 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones hasn’t fought since a razor-thin decision win over Dominick Reyes on Feb. 8, but his current war of words with UFC president Dana White is threatening to overshadow anything taking place in the Octagon. Jones is saying he will relinquish his title and has asked White
12:19 PM ET Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has refused to rule out signing Sebastian Vettel for next year, but says his priority remains with keeping the drivers he currently has at the team. 1 Related Vettel, a four-time world champion, recently announced he would leave Ferrari at the end of the year, putting himself
1:42 PM ET As college football players across the country slowly start to return to campuses for NCAA-approved voluntary workouts, Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley told reporters on Wednesday he’s “sure the temptation will be high” for some coaches to push the boundaries of what’s allowed. Many spring practices were either cut short or didn’t happen
11:04 PM IST Anil Kumble, the former India captain and chairman of the ICC’s cricket committee, believes cricket should utilise pitches to even up the contest between bat and ball. The legspinner, who is the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, said that it was time for teams to consider playing two spinners even in Australia
12:24 PM ET HOUSTON — The Texans will not hold virtual meetings on June 9, the day of George Floyd’s funeral, so that those players in Houston can attend if they are able, head coach Bill O’Brien said on Wednesday. O’Brien is planning to attend the funeral. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man from Houston, died
12:50 PM ET Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has pledged $1 million “to improve police training and address systematic racism through education and advocacy in our country.” Prescott’s Instagram post represents his first comments on social media regarding George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week. “As our communities take action,
12:10 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, a Pakistani American businessman and the NFL’s first minority owner, released an essay on Wednesday denouncing the systemic inequity for people of color that exists in the country and writing that if the issue is not addressed, we risk failing the next generation. Khan
11:51 AM ET The NBA’s Board of Governors has a 12:30 p.m. ET call on Thursday with the intention of approving the league’s plan for a 22-team return in Orlando, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Each of the 22 teams will play eight regular-season games in Orlando for seeding purposes for the playoffs, sources told