6:55 PM ET Associated Press Churchill Downs’ spring meet without spectators will open May 16, with the historic track expected to release a revised schedule of stakes races online this weekend. Last weekend’s scheduled opening was delayed because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, which already has forced the postponement of the Kentucky Oaks and
3:17 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with the premier Cup Series racing a total of four times in an 11-day span. NASCAR joins the UFC as the first major sports organizations to announce
5:08 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ross Taylor has taken the Sir Richard Hadlee medal as New Zealand’s overall cricketer of the year on the final day of the NZC awards. Tim Southee was named Test player of the year after taking 40 wickets in eight Tests and Kim Cotton, who stood in the T20 World
6:34 PM ET University of Iowa president Bruce Harreld anticipates that the school’s football team will resume activities after June 1, he told the state board of regents Thursday. Harreld referred to the Big Ten Conference’s suspension of team activities in all sports during a virtual meeting with the regents. The Big Ten in late
6:56 PM ET Arty Berko If Americans think self-quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has been tough, go talk to former MLB pitcher Josh Roenicke. He is entering his third season with the Uni-President Lions of Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) — and the pandemic even stretched Roenicke’s love for baseball.
5:33 PM ET The PGA Tour is putting on hold its qualification criteria for eligibility, meaning that golfers who are exempt this season and fall outside of the top 125 FedEx Cup points earners will not lose their spot in the 2020-21 season. The move was made in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has
5:25 PM ET Steve KimESPN Negotiations are underway for a potential blockbuster heavyweight title unification fight between champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula, sources told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Fury’s adviser, MTK, which is based in Dubai, is negotiating for Fury on behalf of his co-promoters, Top
5:18 PM ET The Miami Dolphins waived defensive end Taco Charlton on Thursday. Charlton, a 2017 first-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys, was claimed by the Dolphins last September after being cut by his former team. He made some splash plays in Miami, including a team-high five sacks, but he didn’t show much consistency. He
5:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens signed undrafted Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley, who not only is from the same county in South Florida as Lamar Jackson, but holds bragging rights over the NFL MVP. 1 Related Huntley, who grew up in Broward County, like Jackson, beat Baltimore’s starting quarterback to win
5:06 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The rivalry between the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers extended into the late seventh round of this year’s NFL draft. Coach Sean Payton gave a behind-the-scenes breakdown to The Athletic of how the Saints decided to swoop in and draft quarterback/flex player Tommy Stevens before he had the