7:09 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup series heads to Bristol, Tennessee on Sunday for the Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500. Chase Elliott took home an elusive checkered flag in Thursday’s Alsco Uniforms 500 in Charlotte. Who will win Sunday’s event (3:30 p.m. ET) at Bristol Motor Speedway? ESPN.com NASCAR senior
7:43 PM ET Associated Press The Arizona Diamondbacks have laid off or furloughed about one-quarter of the team’s employees because of lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organization made the moves on Friday. Remaining staff will take pay cuts that average less than 15%, with the team’s highest earners losing a bigger percentage
9:28 PM ET Steve KimESPN A 10-round junior welterweight matchup between Ivan Baranchyk and Jose Zepeda has been finalized for July 7 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Baranchyk, 27, (20-1, 13 KOs), the former IBF junior welterweight titleholder, is coming off a fourth-round stoppage of Gabriel Bracero in October. His lone loss
5:58 PM ET Steve KimESPN The California State Athletic Commission passed emergency regulations Friday with an eye to resuming combat events in the summer months. The commission met via video conference Friday morning and its guidelines were sent to the Calilfornia Office of Administrative Law. “When that process is finished, we’ll start,” said Andy Foster,
6:14 PM ET Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said on Friday that he is “bullish about our opportunity” for the college football season to start on time, echoing a growing confidence among leaders throughout college athletics as they continue to navigate their way through the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m bullish about our opportunity, and more so
11:11 AM ET Roger Federer has taken over as the highest-paid athlete in Forbes annual earnings report, topping Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi who have held the No. 1 spot in three of the last four years. Federer earned $106 million pre-tax, edging out Ronaldo by about $1 million to take over No. 1. According
4:42 PM ET The chances of playing the U.S. Open in New York in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic seemed remote in April, when the tournament was rescheduled from June to September. But the United States Golf Association is now optimistic about keeping the championship at Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York
3:44 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN With the best chance of a reunion with Jadeveon Clowney likely having come and gone, the Seattle Seahawks are counting on some of their younger defensive linemen to improve what was one of the NFL’s least effective pass rushes last season. One of them, 2019 first-round pick L.J. Collier, is
3:46 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow said that the “black community needs our help” in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis. “They have been unheard for far too long,” the recent Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick said Friday on Twitter. “Open
4:23 PM ET Associated Press Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says the state’s five professional sports teams — the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots and New England Revolution — can resume practicing at their respective facilities on June 6. But Baker made clear the reopening of those facilities must be done