Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says he plans to start the season in Austria in July, after France became the latest country to call off its race. French GP organisers said on Monday their race at Paul Ricard on 28 June was off as a result of the country’s ban on major events until mid-July.
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1:08 AM ET Rafael Nadal is very pessimistic about the possibility of tennis returning to normal any time soon because of the coronavirus pandemic that shut down the sport last month. Professional tennis has been suspended until the end of July, at the earliest, and Nadal said Sunday that serious problems stand in the way
6:36 PM ET ESPN’s 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, continued on Sunday with Episodes 3 and 4. Jordan and the Bulls allowed NBA Entertainment to follow them throughout the season and document their final championship together. The series features never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews
7:00 AM ET Free agency and the 2020 NFL draft have been completed, and now the league enters into an uncertain hiatus. The NFL deliberately kept both of those activities on their original timelines, but with no way to safely practice social distancing, the league canceled organized team activities, and it could do the same
7:00 AM ET It has been 46 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, the 2020 NFL draft was staged virtually this weekend, to mostly positive reviews. Could that be a preview of what’s to come for the NHL?
10:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The MLB season should have turned one month old Sunday. Rather than lament that, let’s instead fill the emptiness with a discussion about when the season will start. Yes, will. Over the
7:37 AM ET I’ll never forget Jan. 17, 2016. Not so much because of the great TJ Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz UFC bantamweight title fight that happened that night in Boston (it was a really great fight and worth watching, if you’ve never seen it before), but because of what Cruz said to me after
7:26 PM ET Associated Press For the first time, the Arkansas Derby will be run in two divisions next weekend. Both will carry the full 170 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. The race was originally set to have a $1 million purse. Now, each division will be worth $500,000. A total of 22 horses
7:26 PM ET Associated Press The Cleveland Indians will pay regular salaries to full-time employees through June 30, but the club has had to furlough others due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team said senior executives took “voluntary salary reductions” to ensure the team could continue to pay staffers. The Indians confirmed they have furloughed
7:53 PM ET One day after LSU saw 14 of its players taken in the NFL draft, the Tigers added a big prospect in ESPN Junior 300 Landon Jackson, the No. 8-ranked defensive end. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound lineman from Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana, Texas, committed to LSU over offers from Texas, Texas A&M,
5:31 PM ET A 54-hole fundraising tournament involving a handful of Dallas-area pros and top amateurs, including former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, will take place this week, with entry fees earmarked for the caddies at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. Golf Channel first reported the event and Alison Morrison, managing member at Maridoe Golf
5:07 PM ET Tennessee added a big piece to its 2021 recruiting class Sunday when defensive end Dylan Brooks announced his commitment to the Volunteers. Brooks is the No. 18-ranked recruit overall out of Handley High School in Roanoke, Alabama. He is the No. 1 prospect in the state of Alabama, and chose the Vols
4:26 PM ET The virtual NFL draft reached a record 55 million viewers over three days on ABC, ESPN, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes and digital channels, the league announced Sunday. Each day of the 2020 NFL draft set records, the league said. An average audience of more than 15.6 million viewers watched Round 1 on
1:40 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ryan Newman said he will be ready to race when NASCAR resumes competition, which could be as early as May 17. Newman suffered a head injury in the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 17. The Indiana native spent less than 48 hours in the
3:38 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Talladega Superspeedway wasn’t immune from “The Big One” or a typical overtime finish, even in virtual racing. Alex Bowman scored his first iRacing victory of NASCAR’s invitational series by holding off Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece in a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish at virtual Talladega
7:45 AM ET The first virtual NFL draft has come and gone. But no matter what the draft looks like, it provides countless college football storylines to break down. You can read draft grades for all 32 NFL teams, but let’s examine the most compelling draft notes from a college football perspective: The SEC: It
8:00 AM ET So here’s the way this started. I absolutely was not spending even more uncounted hours tooling around Baseball-Reference.com for random nuggets of baseball information, and I absolutely did not totally geek out when I discovered that Rube Waddell still holds the Orioles’ franchise record for strikeouts in a game — set in
1:09 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A 2-year-old colt has died after what was called an accident at Santa Anita, making it the 12th fatality at the track since late December. Last Renegade, who had yet to make his racing debut, died Friday, according to information posted on the California Horse Racing Board