5:19 PM ET Universal Tennis Rating has created two new events to help kickstart live tennis during the coronavirus shutdown, both of them four-player round-robin exhibitions that will be played on a private court West Palm Beach, Fla.,with a skeleton staff and enhanced safety precautions — but no spectators. The UTR Pro Match Series exhibition
5:05 PM ET UFC president Dana White announced on Friday the official lineups for UFC Fight Night events on May 13 and May 16 in Jacksonville, Florida. The two cards are part of the UFC’s effort to resume normal operations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic shutting down much of the sports world. The
5:33 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos have informed left tackle Garett Bolles, the team’s first-round pick in 2017, they will not exercise the fifth-year option in his contract for 2021. It means Bolles, who has started every game of the past three seasons, will be an unrestricted free agent at the end
5:52 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a medical school graduate and volunteered to help recently when his hometown of Montreal experienced a shortage of medical personnel during the coronavirus pandemic. He was assigned to assist in a long-term care facility. Shortly before his first shift, he was hit by the gravity
7:15 AM ET The Korea Baseball Organization, the highest level of baseball in South Korea, is scheduled to begin its season on Tuesday (which is overnight Monday in the U.S.), making it one of the first major professional sports leagues to return to action during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s not quite the opening day that
7:00 AM ET FOR YEARS, MICHAEL JORDAN and Kobe Bryant had been protective of their relationship. Jordan would call Bryant his “little brother,” Bryant would call Jordan his “big brother,” and they’d praise each other’s work ethic and accomplishments. But rarely would either volunteer much more, each man knowing all too well that any glimpse
7:45 AM ET It had to be LSU that landed the final blow. You knew the battle was almost over when Nick Saban’s Alabama changed its stripes, opened up its offense and kept winning. When the Los Angeles Rams nearly won the Super Bowl with a quarterback from an Air Raid offense, then the Kansas
4:05 PM ET Albert Pujols, who celebrated his 40th birthday in January, has already cemented his place in the Hall of Fame. But a shortened or canceled 2020 season would significantly affect his ability to reach key milestones. Pujols sits 44 home runs from 700 and 298 hits from 3,500; only Hank Aaron has both.
4:06 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase has been suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. Clase was acquired from the Texas Rangers this winter in Cleveland’s trade of two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber. The commissioner’s office said the 22-year-old Clase tested
4:25 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — No one knows for sure how, when and where — or, truly, even if — Major League Baseball will play games in 2020. Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez feels certain of this much: His team will wait to properly mark its World Series championship with spectators in the