3:50 PM ET Associated Press The NBA is handing down one-day quarantines to players who forget to go to their designated locations for the daily coronavirus test — with Dallas‘ Kristaps Porzingis the latest to get that penalty. Porzingis missed Dallas’ scrimmage on Sunday because of his forgetfulness. Denver‘s Paul Millsap had to sit out
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5:56 PM ET Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander is disputing a report that he’s done for the season with an elbow injury. “The report that I’m currently missing the rest of the season is not accurate,” he tweeted. “There is a forearm strain … I’m hopeful that with some rest it will heal, and I’ll
8:22 PM ET NFL players who contract the coronavirus through “high-risk” activity away from team facilities can face team discipline and may even be at risk of not being paid, according to the league’s new protocols. A memo sent by the NFLPA to agents this weekend, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, outlines
2:50 PM ET This season might have begun with only minimal expectations for Frank Lampard and Chelsea, but by the end they were banking on Champions League qualification, and Lampard delivered. The evidence of that change in mindset was sat in the stands here at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea spent around £50 million to acquire Timo
5:22 PM ET After a controversial stoppage at Saturday night’s UFC event in Abu Dhabi, the referee and commentator involved in a postfight confrontation are defending themselves. After referee Herb Dean left the Octagon following a prelim bout between Francisco Trinaldo and Jai Herbert at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till, he appeared to get
4:45 PM ET Alabama added its 12th ESPN 300 commitment since May to its 2021 recruiting class on Sunday, when ESPN 300 defensive tackle Damon Payne announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide. Payne is the No. 25 ranked prospect overall, a 6-foot-4, 295-pound defensive lineman out of Belleville High School in Belleville, Michigan. He
1:50 PM ET Light heavyweight prospects Ryan Spann and Johnny Walker have agreed to meet in September, per multiple sources. The UFC 253 pay-per-view event is slated for Sept. 19, at a location to be determined. Expectations are the event will either be held at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas or Yas Island,
Jul 25, 2020 Fight Island? How about Chimaev Island? Khamzat Chimaev, the hottest new prospect in the UFC, absolutely ran through Rhys McKee via TKO at 3 minutes, 9 seconds of the first round on the UFC Fight Night main card Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The UFC has dubbed Yas Island, where
3:04 PM ET LEICESTER, England — When the 2019-20 Premier League season is reviewed with a glance at the history books, it will look as though Manchester United made easy work of qualifying for the Champions League. After all, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer guided his team to third — the best of the rest after
4:20 PM ET John Chayka has resigned as general manager of the Arizona Coyotes on the eve of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the team announced on Sunday. “John Chayka has quit as the General Manager and President of Hockey Operations of the Arizona Coyotes. The Club is disappointed in his actions and his timing as
4:36 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco started again. His inspiring comeback from cancer is complete. More than a year since being stricken with leukemia, Carrasco struck out 10 in six-plus innings and Jose Ramirez homered twice as the Cleveland Indians clobbered the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Sunday to win two of
Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates a dismissal © AFP Team Green 113 and 133 for 3 (Masood 49) lead Team White 198 (Alam 43, Naseem 4-53) by 48 runs Pakistan’s frontline pace attack impressed on the third day of the final scheduled intra-squad match at the Incora County Ground in Derby. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah
10:55 AM ET The NBA has placed Lou Williams on 10-day quarantine after the LA Clippers guard was investigated by the league for what he did while on an excused absence from the Orlando, Florida, campus. The league announced Williams’ quarantine on Sunday, three days after Williams was photographed by the rapper Jack Harlow at
2:05 AM IST ECB Reporters Network England Lions 297 for 3 (Salt 100, Vince 66, Billings 54*) beat Ireland 296 (Balbirnie 60, Tector 55, Stirling 53, Helm 3-49) by seven wickets Phil Salt boosted his hopes of a call-up ahead of the Royal London Series against Ireland after putting the same opponents to the sword
2:26 PM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing trainer and manager Willie Savannah has died, his wife, Clara, confirmed Sunday morning. She wrote on her Facebook page: “It is with great sadness that I inform you all that my husband, Willie Savannah has passed away peacefully at home. At this time, we ask for no phone calls,
2:02 PM ET Associated Press Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman won’t travel with the team to the NHL’s Eastern Conference “secure zone” in Toronto because of a personal matter. General manager Julien BriseBois said Hedman will go from his home to the rink and back and avoid the general public in Florida this week
7:04 PM ET Under the circumstances, the New York Jets made a terrific trade. Not only did they unload a me-first player whose poisonous attitude threatened locker-room chemistry, but they parlayed Jamal Adams into one of the richest NFL hauls in recent years — a package from the Seattle Seahawks that includes first-round picks in
9:49 AM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Second-ranked Simona Halep withdrew from the Palermo Ladies Open on Sunday following a quarantine ordinance issued by Italy’s health ministry. Given the recent rise in Covid19 cases in Romania and my anxieties around international air travel at this time, I have made the tough decision to withdraw