Month: June 2020

4:06 PM ET A large number of LSU football players have been placed into quarantine in an effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, sources confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by Sports Illustrated, which placed the total number of players in quarantine at 30 or more. However sources told ESPN that
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9:02 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Justin Haley took the lead on the final lap — with help from Kaulig Racing teammate Ross Chastain — and held on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway for his first Xfinity Series victory. Haley passed Jeb Burton, the fellow Chevrolet driver who held the lead going into a
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6:08 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Chris Kirk won the Korn Ferry Tour’s King & Bear Classic on Saturday at World Golf Village, a year after taking a leave of absence from the PGA Tour for personal reasons. “It gives me a deeper sense of appreciation and gratitude for everything. I’m
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6:58 PM ET Major League Baseball players won’t vote on the league’s latest proposal to return to the field until they collect new data regarding testing for COVID-19 after several recent outbreaks in spring training and major league cities, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. A vote could have taken place on Sunday but
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6:08 PM ET HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Were it not for a wrist fitness tracker that gauges respiratory levels, Nick Watney would not have approached PGA Tour medical personnel to seek a coronavirus test that came back positive and forced him to withdraw from the RBC Heritage. Both Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy said
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11:42 AM ET Robert Lewandowski struck twice as champions Bayern Munich eased past Freiburg 3-1 on Saturday and the Pole became the first foreign player to score 33 goals in a Bundesliga season, while there was a late debut for 20-year United States defender Chris Richards. The Bavarians, who sealed their eighth successive title on
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3:42 PM ET GLEN BURNIE, Md. — Baltimore’s sports teams showed their support by attending a 14-year-old superfan’s eighth-grade graduation parade on Tuesday morning after getting word that his cancer has spread. Mo Gaba, who is battling cancer for the fourth time, gained renown in 2019 by becoming the first person to announce an NFL
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12:57 PM ET Erling Haaland has said his Borussia Dortmund teammate Gio Reyna is the “American Dream,” adding that he “has a huge future in front of him.” The two attackers linked up for Dortmund’s first goal in the 2-0 win at Leipzig, which secured Dortmund second place in the Bundesliga. – Stream ESPN FC
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5:02 PM ET The UCLA Bruins have come together to demand their health and safety is protected as they approach a return to campus, workouts and eventually practice. In a document obtained by ESPN and first reported by the Los Angeles Times, 30 current players and one former player signed a document asking that third-party
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4:19 PM ET ESPN News Services NASCAR’s return to racing shifts to Talladega Superspeedway, with new rules in place after Ryan Newman‘s frightful crash in the season-opening Daytona 500. The Alabama track will admit up to 5,000 fans Sunday — with at least two organizations facing a coronavirus scare — while NASCAR will be on
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3:21 PM ET Kansas State has suspended all football workouts for 14 days following the most recent coronavirus test results, the school said Saturday. As of Friday, 14 athletes out of 130 tested across sports were positive for COVID-19. They are in self-isolation for 10 days and until the patient is without fever for 72
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4:26 PM ET All-Star guard Victor Oladipo plans to ramp up activity with the Indiana Pacers starting next week and evaluate his repaired torn quad tendon prior to making a final commitment to playing in the season’s restart in Orlando, he told ESPN on Saturday. Oladipo, 28, is hopeful to return to play with the
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