3:47 PM ET One of the distinctive charms of the U.S. Open will be missing from this year’s postponed championship, as local and sectional qualifying for the event has been canceled. The United States Golf Association announced the decision Monday and said that staging the numerous events around the country — with three sectionals held
Month: May 2020
8:00 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 1937, Brooks Robinson was born. Twenty-five years later, future Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts joined the Orioles.
1:33 PM ET Bettors and bookmakers enjoyed their busiest weekend since the coronavirus pandemic halted the sports world in mid-March, with UFC leading the way and golf and NASCAR attracted higher-than-normal betting interest at some U.S. sportsbooks. FanDuel said the amount wagered on the TaylorMade Driving Relief match between Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson versus
1:35 PM ET Associated Press World TeamTennis CEO Carlos Silva says the league is “still on track for July 12” to open its three-week season and is hoping to select a site this week.a telephone interview Monday with the AP that four cities are “in the mix.” He mentioned Texas and Florida as possible host
11:01 PM IST Babar Azam, Pakistan’s new ODI captain, has likened the challenge of facing down Covid-19 to the decade-long absence of international cricket in his country. Until last year, Pakistan were forced to play home internationals overseas as a result of the 2009 terrorist attack and, with the prospect of matches being staged behind
9:08 AM ET It has been 67 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there have also been continuous nuggets of new information being provided regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft,
8:22 AM ET Justin Gaethje has arrived. He might not think so, as evidenced by the disdain with which he tossed aside the interim lightweight championship belt moments after winning it with a brutal fifth-round TKO of Tony Ferguson in the UFC 249 main event on May 9. “I’ll wait for the real one,” Gaethje
9:08 PM IST An audit into the financial problems affecting West Indies cricket has found a “massive hole” in its coffers and, according to board president, Ricky Skerritt, sounded “an alarm bell” for its future. The report, compiled by external and independent auditors PKF, suggests Cricket West Indies (CWI) has suffered from overly optimistic revenue
9:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN For almost every fighter who has ever stepped into a ring, the first knockout victory is one of the most meaningful moments of their career. The first time they won a trophy, medal or title is a similarly memorable experience. For some, it happened when they were kids or competing
7:52 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. The grandstands were completely empty. There wasn’t a single tailgate inside the track. Everyone wore face coverings — some with the team logos, others opting for plain disposable medical masks. It was nothing close to
7:00 AM ET Hiring a college football coach is an inexact science, and the following list provides the proof. This collection features the top 25 college football coaching hires of the past 25 years, a group defined by variety as much as greatness. Nick Saban and Urban Meyer both were can’t-misses who hit the mark,
6:43 AM ET NEARLY 22 YEARS have passed since Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf took one last shot at keeping the team together, but he remembers the meeting like it was yesterday. “I remember the date,” Reinsdorf said. “It was July the 3rd in 1998.” The Bulls had won their third straight NBA title and
7:34 PM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy delivered the winning shot Sunday as live golf returned to television for a Skins game that revealed plenty of rust and raised more than $5 million for COVID-19 relief funds. McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, who had not won a skin since the sixth hole, had a chance to
7:15 AM ET Two weeks into the season, we have a new team atop our Korean Baseball Organization Power Rankings. Plus, we had a continuing surge in home runs (including one that won a player new car!), which means we also had a continuing surge of bat flips. On to the latest in KBO …
7:00 AM ET Brendan Gallagher is not a cop. He just plays one on TikTok. The Montreal Canadiens winger has lip-synced a scene from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” in which actor Andy Samberg’s character, detective Jake Peralta, sings The Backstreet Boys’ “I Want it That Way.” He has cos-played as both Dwight Schrute and Jim Halpert-as-Dwight Schrute
6:45 AM ET With the NFL universe on pause, now seems like a good time to continue our big-picture look into how each organization did during the player-acquisition period of the offseason. Over the next four days, I’m going to run through all 32 teams and rank the work they did from worst to first.
Fernando Alonso is “ready” to return to Formula 1 in 2021, according to his main adviser, Flavio Briatore. BBC Sport understands Spain’s two-time world champion, 38, has had talks with Renault about a possible comeback, but the team has not made a final decision. Briatore said: “Fernando is motivated. A year out of Formula 1
1:10 PM IST Bangladesh bowling coach Ottis Gibson has urged Mashrafe Mortaza to retire from international cricket as he doesn’t see the bowler in head coach Russell Domingo’s plans for the 2023 World Cup. Mortaza, who stepped down from captaincy during Bangladesh’s last home series, against Zimbabwe in February, hasn’t made any announcements about retirement
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