6:33 PM IST England’s men’s players will move one step closer to a return to international cricket next week, when they resume training in controlled environments at a range of venues across the country. The announcement comes in the wake of official government advice, published on Wednesday, which set out the safety protocols and social
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11:52 AM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Bill Connelly Close ESPN Staff Writer Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Whether you had a rooting interest or not, Miami-Florida State became appointment television in the 1980s, two ascendant programs that
8:48 AM ET Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis believes sports are a “communal resource.” Even as the coronavirus pandemic shutters arenas and postpones games and creates a murky uncertainty about the future of sports, Leonsis believes the community will have access to that resource again. “I’m not buying, in any way, that we won’t be
May 13, 2020 These are turbulent times with more questions than answers, including when college football will resume. The future power rankings, which always appear in the spring, hopefully provide a reminder of normalcy. After examining quarterbacks, defenses and offenses, this list projects the top 25 teams for the next three seasons. The forecast covers
7:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The 2020 season was supposed to be the last year that St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina played before calling it a career in Major League Baseball. But then the COVID-19 crisis put everyone’s plans on hold, and the
Last updated on 12 minutes ago12 minutes ago.From the section Cycling The Tour of Britain has been cancelled for 2020 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The race was due to take place between 6-13 September but there are concerns over holding public events because of the spread of the virus. The Women’s Tour stage
Daniel Ricciardo is to race for McLaren in 2021, taking the seat of Carlos Sainz, who will move to Ferrari. The double switch was announced by both teams on Thursday morning in a choreographed series of news releases. Ricciardo will partner Lando Norris, while Sainz is to replace four-time champion Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari. McLaren
3:21 AM BST ESPN staff England coach Eddie Jones has dived into Rugby Australia’s [RA] current state of issues on Australian podcast The Rugby Ruckus, suggesting RA focus on reviving club rugby to its former glory and avoid imitating other nation’s structures. Currently based in Japan, Jones has been keeping a close eye on the
2:12 AM ET The main event of Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night card in Jacksonville, Florida elicited strong reactions for two drastically different reasons. On the one hand, 40-year-old Glover Teixeira was praised for his fourth straight win, this one coming over Anthony Smith, who just over a year ago was facing Jon Jones for the
Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has been named Britain’s wealthiest sports star in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. The 35-year-old’s wealth increased by £37m in the past year to £224m, making him the wealthiest sportsperson in the list’s 32-year history. Golfer Rory McIlroy – worth £170m – was the only other sports star in
11:50 AM ET UFC president Dana White promised he was bringing back sports for good — and it certainly feels that way as the UFC prepares to host its second event in five days. After postponing all events from March 14 to May 9 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the UFC is looking to make
7:56 PM ET The NCAA announced Wednesday that it has extended indefinitely the deadline for college basketball players to withdraw from the NBA draft and retain their college eligibility amid the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline was June 3, but Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s senior vice president of basketball, said in a statement that it will
10:05 PM ET Former LSU wide receiver Dee Anderson officially transferred to Oklahoma State, the school confirmed on Wednesday. As a graduate transfer, the 6-foot-6, 229-pound Anderson will be eligible for the Cowboys this season. Suspended last fall for what LSU coach Ed Orgeron deemed a “conditioning issue,” Anderson redshirted as the Tigers won the
7:00 AM ET Dan Kurtz woke up last Tuesday morning to a message he never dreamed of getting. Your site crashed. He opened Twitter on his smartphone and saw that nearly a dozen other people had reported the same issue. While Kurtz slept in Washington state, the Korea Baseball Organization began its season, regaling an
9:03 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Alyssa Healy is concerned at the prospect of a reduction in Women’s Big Bash and National Cricket League matches, saying it could widen the divide between international and domestic players. Amid Cricket Australia’s financial battles due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all domestic cricket is set to come under pressure and
8:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — While the NBA is still holding out hope it can salvage some semblance of a conclusion to the 2019-20 campaign, a longstanding pro-am basketball league in L.A. was left with no choice but to cancel its season. The Drew League, whose legendary summer runs have hosted the likes of
8:04 PM ET Boxing is moving one step closer to returning to the United States. Top Rank is exploring an event for June 9 in Las Vegas, company CEO Bob Arum confirmed to ESPN’s Steve Kim. The event, which is yet to be finalized, is slated to be held at an MGM property. If it
8:30 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will resume live racing Friday after receiving approval from Los Angeles County health officials. The Arcadia track stopped live racing on March 27 by order of the county health department because of concern over the spread of the coronavirus. From March 12-27, the track raced