9:31 PM ET There probably weren’t too many Australians who had heard of the coronavirus in early January. Instead, the nation’s focus was on the devastating bushfires wreaking havoc around the country. For months, Australia quite literally burned. Human and animal lives were lost and livelihoods destroyed. The horrific scenes sparked international headlines and countless
8:04 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brad Keselowski inherited his second win of the season when Chase Elliott and Joey Logano collided as they raced for the victory on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Keselowski was in third with a lap and a turn remaining when he lucked into his second victory in
8:21 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Curtis Cokes, the Hall of Fame welterweight who became Dallas’ first world champion in 1966, has died. He was 82. Erwin “Sparky” Sparks, Cokes’ partner at Dallas’ Home of Champions gym, told The Dallas Morning News that Cokes died Friday after a week in hospice. Cokes took the
3:09 PM ET Spurs guard Lonnie Walker on Sunday was among volunteers helping to clean up damage from protests in San Antonio over the death of George Floyd. Walker handed out bottles of water to volunteers and also helped to remove graffiti from the sides of buildings in the city. “You all have a reason
4:37 PM ET Associated Press Thabo Sefolosha knows what it’s like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded by police officers. Such was the scenario when George Floyd died in Minneapolis last week, and when Sefolosha watched that video, his memories came flooding back. “I was just horrified by what I saw,” Sefolosha
5:48 PM ET Charlotte Hornets owner and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan joined the chorus of athletes, coaches and executives expressing their grief and outrage over the death of George Floyd. “I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry,” Jordan said in a statement Sunday. “… I stand with those who are calling out
4:36 PM ET EA Sports is postponing a first look at Madden NFL 2021 planned for Monday in light of the protests in Minneapolis and around the country over the death of George Floyd. “We stand with our African American / Black community of friends, players, colleagues and partners,” EA Sports said in a statement
3:34 PM ET As the country continues to grasp the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, North Carolina Central men’s basketball head coach LeVelle Moton said the silence of white Power Five basketball and football coaches is alarming. On ESPN Radio, nearly a week after Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, Moton
12:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said NHL players will be tested for COVID-19 daily if games start happening. “We will have a rigorous daily testing protocol where players are tested every evening and those results are obtained before they would leave their hotel rooms the next morning, so we’ll know
10:00 AM ET Many of the folks inside baseball but outside of the Zoom labor negotiations assume that, eventually, cooler heads will prevail in the talks between the owners and the players’ union. Because they have to — right? Because the alternative — no attempted restart of baseball in 2020 because of a failure of