8:05 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2006, I had dinner at the White House. Former President George W. Bush is a huge and knowledgeable
5:45 AM ET This weekend was supposed to be host to both the Monaco Grand Prix and Indy 500. ESPN2 is showing historic editions of both races on Sunday. But can one claim to be better than the other? Last year, having covered both events, Nate Saunders cast his verdict on that timeless question. The
10:51 PM IST Chris Woakes believes that Alex Hales would be welcomed back into the England set-up this summer, assuming he has learnt his lessons following the drugs ban that caused his axing from last summer’s World Cup squad. Speaking in anticipation of next week’s squad announcements, for which England are likely to choose up
11:44 AM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic is planning to set up a series of tennis tournaments in the Balkan region while the sport is suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. The top-ranked player’s media team says the Adria Tour will start in Belgrade on June 13 and end on July 5 with Djokovic’s exhibition match
11:06 PM IST Players and umpires will need to keep to “social distancing” norms on and off the field. Players will not hand over personal items such as caps, sunglasses and sweaters to the umpires any more. Players should use a hand sanitiser regularly once they have had contact with the ball. Umpires should consider
10:28 PM IST Chris Woakes believes that his first day back at training has given him an insight into how the rest of the England summer will pan out, after admitting that the strict social-distancing protocols at his home ground of Edgbaston would “take up some headspace”. Woakes bowled five overs at about 50% intensity
7:40 AM ET For a goalie who had just faced 102 shots on goal, Cory Schneider of the New Jersey Devils was looking curiously rested in his postgame interview. In fact, he hadn’t even broken a sweat during the game. “There are games where you just have to give a lot of credit to your
8:39 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Dusty Baker, in 1977, was sitting on 29 home runs on the last day of the season. No MLB team had ever featured four players with 30 or more home runs in a season — and three of Baker’s fellow Los Angeles Dodgers sluggers had already hit their 30th long
11:13 AM ET More than 800 former Kentucky cheerleaders have issued a joint statement in support of the powerhouse program’s coaching staff, which was dismissed Monday after an internal report revealed a “lack of oversight” and a “culture” of hazing, along with other incidents of inappropriate behavior, including public nudity and overindulgence in alcohol. Head
7:46 AM ET Between the fourth and fifth rounds of his main event bout against Glover Teixeira on May 16 in Jacksonville, Florida, UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith walked to his corner, sat on a stool and told his team, “My teeth are falling out.” And lo and behold, they were. Smith (33-15), who lost