Month: June 2020

12:39 PM ET Associated Press The ATP men’s tennis tour says it is continuing to “plan and adjust” its precautions and protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic with an eye to its planned Aug. 14 resumption of competition. The tour issued a statement Monday following word that two top-35 players tested positive for COVID-19 after
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11:48 AM ET ESPN News Services Racing icon Richard Petty will attend Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway to stand in solidarity with Bubba Wallace, sources tell ESPN’s Marty Smith. Petty decided to travel to the Alabama superspeedway after a noose was found in Wallace’s garage stall Sunday. Sources tell Smith that Petty
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8:25 AM ET Steve KimESPN The International Boxing Hall of Fame’s accomplished class of inductees for 2020 includes Bernard Hopkins, “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez and promoter Dan Goossen, who died in 2014, among others. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremonies have been postponed and will be combined with the 2021 Hall
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9:20 AM ET It has been 102 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 also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft, the playoffs
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11:01 AM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic will be tested for the coronavirus, his media team said Monday, after two tennis players ranked among the top 40 in the world have tested positive for COVID-19 after participating in the Serbian star’s charity tennis exhibition series. Additionally, five players at Serbia’s biggest soccer club have
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11:01 AM ET The first major championship to be contested in 2020, the PGA Championship, will be played at San Francisco’s Harding Park but without spectators. The PGA of America announced the decision on Monday after spending months considering other scenarios, including moving the tournament to another venue such as Valhalla in Kentucky or Quail
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6:52 AM ET Australian Nick Kyrgios has labelled the decision to go ahead with the Adria Tour as “boneheaded” after Borna Coric became the second tennis player to confirm that he tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday. The exhibition event in Croatia, organised by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, was cancelled on Sunday after
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