Month: April 2020

1:40 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Secretariat is the early 7-2 favorite for this weekend’s virtual Kentucky Derby, an animated race between all 13 Triple Crown winners on the day the Derby would have been held before the coronavirus pandemic postponed it. The virtual Derby will use computer-generated imagery of the 13 horses
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11:45 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Nick Kyrgios has criticised Dominic Thiem for opposing the notion that the top tennis players should help lower-ranked competitors who are struggling financially after the Austrian said “none of them are going to starve.” World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has urged players to contribute
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3:01 PM ET Maria Sharapova is coming out of retirement to play. Serena Williams is embarking on another Grand Slam quest. Kevin Anderson, a 2018 Wimbledon finalist, is about to discover what it’s like to play doubles with an NFL quarterback. Those athletes and others will take part in the “Stay at Home Slam” on
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9:15 AM ET Tennis can emerge stronger from its lengthy shutdown due to the coronavirus if the idea of merging the men’s and women’s tours becomes a reality, multiple Grand Slam winners Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova have said. The tennis season was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the hiatus will
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9:53 AM ET ESPN News Services The LPGA is targeting mid-July for the restart of its 2020 season, while the Women’s PGA Championship has been rescheduled for Oct. 6-11. The LPGA announced its plan Wednesday amid a series of updates to its schedule, emphasizing that it is preparing for “a safe and responsible return to
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7:47 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 DAY IN 2015, there were no fans. The riots in Baltimore postponed two White Sox-Orioles games until this date when
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“I do think about the young women that have worked all their life to get to this stage. All they ever wanted was an opportunity to prove themselves.” The coronavirus pandemic has affected sport across the world, and women’s sport is arguably one of the most at risk. Fifpro, world football’s players’ union, recently warned
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12:34 AM BST ESPN staff Incoming Wallabies coach Dave Rennie remains committed to the job despite the resignation of now former chief executive Raelene Castle. Rennie confirmed he will travel to Australia to begin his Wallabies tenure later this year, and that he remains in dialogue with Rugby Australia officials about exactly when that might
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8:00 AM ET ESPN staff The sudden disappearance of sports will erase at least $12 billion in revenue and hundreds of thousands of jobs, an economic catastrophe that will more than double if the college football and NFL schedules are wiped out this fall by the coronavirus pandemic, an analysis conducted for ESPN shows. The
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