7:50 PM ET The morning before he became the only baseball player to kneel for the national anthem, then-Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell called outfielder Delino DeShields, then a member of the Texas Rangers, to tell him about his plans. After President Donald Trump had called kneeling NFL players “sons of bitches” in 2017, Maxwell
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6:07 PM ET With no spectators, golf promises to be quite different when the PGA Tour returns this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Long-time CBS lead announcer Jim Nantz, for example, will be alone in the 18th hole tower — with lead analyst Nick Faldo working from a studio in Orlando, Florida, and other
7:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Shakur Stevenson will be without lead trainer Kay Koroma on Tuesday night when he faces Felix Caraballo in the main event of Top Rank’s boxing card in Las Vegas. Despite testing negative for the coronavirus Saturday, Koroma was in contact with Mikaela Mayer, another fighter he trains and was planning
9:11 AM ET World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has said participating in the US Open would be an impossible task due to the “extreme” coronavirus protocols in place for the tournament at Flushing Meadows. The US Open, scheduled to begin on Aug. 31, will be the first Grand Slam to be played after the COVID-19
3:51 PM ET The United States Tennis Association, facing the same bleak financial landscape as fellow Grand Slam organizers, announced Monday a comprehensive reorganization program that eliminated 110 jobs — reducing the national staff by about 20% — and will result in the closure of the organization’s office in White Plains, New York. At the
3:24 PM ET San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of the NBA season after having surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced Monday. The procedure was performed on April 24. Aldridge initially injured the shoulder during a game against Utah on Feb. 21. He played in the Spurs’ next game,
By Andrew BensonChief F1 writer Last updated on 1 minute ago1 minute ago.From the section Formula 1 Lewis Hamilton has urged countries around the world to remove “racist symbols” after the toppling of the statue of a slave trader in Bristol. The world champion saluted anti-racism protesters for tearing down a monument to the 17th-century
12:55 PM ET Charlotte Hornets guard Malik Monk has been reinstated following his suspension for violating the NBA’s anti-drug program. Monk’s suspension began Feb. 26 and was set to continue until he was determined to be in full compliance with the program. “That’s been a while now,” Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak said Monday of
1:45 PM ET Major League Baseball made an updated proposal for the 2020 MLB season to its players’ union on Monday, moving to have a 76-game season with players getting 75% of their prorated salaries that includes eliminating draft pick compensation for free agents for a year, a $200 million postseason pool for the players
11:35 AM ET Shaquille O’Neal urged the New Orleans Saints last Thursday not to let the media divide them in the wake of Drew Brees‘ national anthem comments, a source confirmed to ESPN. “They’re going to try to divide you, just like they divided us with the Lakers! Me and Kobe [Bryant], we had a
1:31 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR fans won’t be allowed to attend when the Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on Wednesday night, but the sport’s impact will surely be felt by Henry County residents the next day. The Joey Logano Foundation, the NASCAR Foundation and Elevation Outreach are partnering to bring a
1:26 AM IST The West Indies squad lead by Jason Holder is all set to embark on a historic Test tour of England, after all the players and support staff cleared the mandatory testing for Covid-19. The squad will leave Antigua on Monday evening local time on a charter flight and touch down in Manchester
9:30 AM ET It has been 88 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
7:34 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN For the week of April 13 — a period that coincided with the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, and the panic it engendered — nine of the top-20-rated sports shows in the country were classic fights, according to ShowBuzzDaily. The oldest dated back almost half a
7:13 AM ET In October 2017, J.T. Brown of the Tampa Bay Lightning tried to bring awareness to police brutality and racial inequality. He stood at the bench, lowered his head and raised his right fist in the air, becoming the first NHL player to engage in a peaceful demonstration during the national anthem in
7:53 AM ET UFC president Dana White didn’t have long to celebrate another solid night of fighting on Saturday before Conor McGregor stole the thunder from UFC 250. McGregor abruptly announced — for the third time on social media — that he is retiring from MMA. It was just the latest public spat White has
10:05 AM ET American Taylor Townsend said the tennis world is not a united place when it comes to racial tension, and she said she gets extra attention from security at tournaments while others breeze through. “Even in the tennis world it is not a united place,” Townsend said in a Tennis United video on
10:35 AM BST French club Pau announced that they have dismissed former All Blacks fly-half Tom Taylor for leaving the country in March without permission during the coronavirus pandemic. Taylor, who played three tests for the All Blacks in 2013, left France on March 17 despite being asked to remain in the country in case