7:00 AM ET The 2021 draft class is pretty solid at the top, with an SEC-heavy flavor and players with whom scouts have multiple years of high-level history. This is subject to change, even later today, as the first event of the summer, Perfect Game National, is being held in Hoover, Alabama, and features most
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3:54 AM ET For all intents and purposes, the Bundesliga race ended with a chip shot. On May 26, Joshua Kimmich popped the ball over both the Borussia Dortmund defense and their goalkeeper, Roman Burki, and that was pretty much that. Bayern Munich beat Dortmund 1-0 and extended its league lead to seven points with
2:58 PM IST Cricket South Africa (CSA) have combined their return to training and play plans with an exhibition event in collaboration with a new company, 3T, which aims to introduce an experimental format that can be played post-lockdown. The showpiece will feature three teams – Kingfishers, Hawks, and Eagles – who will all play
3:08 AM ET Associated Press NHL players won’t be expected to wear full face shields if games resume this summer, though there could be plenty of covered faces around them. Equipment changes have not been a focus of return-to-play negotiations between the league and players’ union, according to a person with knowledge of those talks.
9:20 PM ET In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases warned of the potential dangers of letting the Major League Baseball season go too far into the fall. “If the question is time, I would try to keep it in the
Formula E will conclude its delayed 2019-2020 season with six races across nine days. The three double-header races will take place on 5-6, 8-9 and 12-13 August at the Berlin Tempelhof circuit in Germany. Formula E suspended its regular season in March following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The races will be live across
1:27 AM BST ESPN staff Outgoing Wallabies selector Michael O’Connor has lifted the lid on Australia’s failed Rugby World Cup campaign, revealing how Michael Cheika’s virtual autocracy and a “secret” game plan never sat well with a playing group that made countless errors at training. O’Connor is no longer employed by Rugby Australia, his role
1:03 AM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps After months of work, the NBA released its health and safety protocol for the resumption of the 2019-20 season on Tuesday. It covers the teams’ ramp-up over the next
1:31 AM ET While Joshua Greer Jr. came in with all the hype, Mike Plania was the young boxer that made the loudest statement on Top Rank’s Tuesday night card in Las Vegas. It wasn’t that hard to do, however. The first four bouts on the five-fight card didn’t see a fighter get knocked down.
1:02 AM ET Alabama landed its third ESPN 300 commitment in June on Tuesday, when wide receiver Christian Leary announced his decision to join the Tide. Leary is a 5-foot-9, 180-pound receiver out of Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. He chose Alabama over Auburn, Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma and West Virginia. He is the
10:41 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The arena for Seattle’s expansion NHL team is behind schedule by a couple of months but is still expected to open in plenty of time for the team to begin play in the 2021-22 NHL season. Team President Tod Leiweke said there have been a few issues related
10:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Any athlete who has a positive test for COVID-19 will have to rest and refrain from exercise for two weeks from the later of the date of the player’s first positive test and/or resolution of their symptoms, if they have any, according to the NBA’s health and safety protocol for
11:38 AM ET When Mikel Arteta walked into the Football Analysis room at Arsenal‘s London Colney training base on his first day as head coach, he delivered a message to the staff waiting in anticipation: “You’re going to have a lot of work to do — you know that, right?” A smile spread across his
5:30 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior featherweight contender Joshua Greer Jr. takes on Mike Plania in a 10-round bout in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). But before that, a few good prospects will showcase their skill
8:30 PM ET Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard found himself in an unenviable position Monday afternoon when he appeared in a video alongside head coach Mike Gundy. On one side was the burgeoning empowerment movement, where black student-athletes are standing up and speaking out in numbers rarely seen before. On the other was the
3:34 PM ET Lamar Jackson admitted that the Baltimore Ravens underestimated the Tennessee Titans ahead of their shocking divisional-round loss last season. The reigning NFL MVP said Tuesday on Complex’s “Load Management” podcast that he wants to focus on “not peeking ahead” this season, as that mentality got the Ravens in trouble against the Titans.
7:58 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 and now is in quarantine. The 63-year-old Jarrett broke the news during NASCAR’s Hall of Fame announcement, explaining that this is why he did not return to NBCSN’s studio with the other hosts. The three-time Daytona
5:17 PM ET ESPN News Services All Dale Earnhardt Jr. needed was a chance to prove he could win in stock cars. Turns out, he was a natural — on and off the track. Now, the longtime fan favorite and two-time Daytona 500 winner will join his famous, late father in NASCAR’s Hall of Fame