All Formula 1 races held in Europe this season could be closed to spectators, McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown says. On Thursday, F1 bosses discussed a plan to start the season with the Austrian Grand Prix behind closed doors on 5 July, then two races at Silverstone. “Everything is very tentative but [the British GP]
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It’s 7.30 in the morning and an online news conference organised with Sebastian Vettel is a few minutes old when it dawns on the Ferrari driver that there are a large number of British journalists on the call. “I just realised it’s an hour behind in the UK, so it’s even earlier there,” he says
11:30 PM ET The NBA HORSE Challenge began with eight players with unique skill sets. Two NBA All-Star point guards (Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks, Chris Paul of the Oklahoma City Thunder) didn’t make it past the quarterfinals. Ditto for Hall-of-Famer Tamika Catchings and future Hall-of-Famer Paul Pierce. Ultimately, Utah Jazz point guard Mike
9:21 PM ET Associated Press Former Montreal Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov retired from professional hockey Thursday. The 41-year-old Markov played 990 regular-season games for the Canadiens between 2000 and 2017 before returning home to Russia to finish his career. Markov spent his final three years in the Kontinental Hockey League, suiting up for the last
8:00 AM ET We don’t know when the baseball season will begin, so we don’t know how many games will ultimately be on the schedule. The shorter the schedule, the greater the likelihood of surprising results, of course. Similar to how a bad team can beat a good team in any one game (hey, even
5:45 PM ET ESPN News Services Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace, the lone African American competing in one of NASCAR’s national series, said Kyle Larson was wrong to have used a racial slur during a virtual race, adding that he’s spoken with Larson and believes he deserves a second chance. Larson was competing in an
7:02 PM ET Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scott Chaney has been named executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, replacing Rick Baedeker, who retired last month. Chaney’s appointment was announced Thursday by racing board chairman Greg Ferraro. Chaney has been a steward in California since 2005, serving initially on the Southern California thoroughbred
6:14 PM ET Associated Press The Breeders’ Cup is donating cash to help racetrack backstretch communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Lexington, Kentucky-based organization gave $25,000 to the Race Track Chaplaincy of America. The money will be allocated to help those most in need at various backstretch communities. Breeders’ Cup also donated 4,500 gloves,
5:52 PM ET Georgia football staff member Jeremy Klawsky, who was hospitalized for six weeks while fighting the coronavirus, was released from a hospital on Thursday. According to social media posts by family members, Klawsky, 32, was in critical condition at the ICU at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital on March 18. He was intubated and
4:45 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo came up with a curveball to spice up the regular video conferences he has been holding with his Toronto coaches while baseball is shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re having so many Zoom conference calls and stuff, I changed it
4:56 PM ET Still no golf this past week, but that doesn’t meant it wasn’t busy. There were the re-airs of classic Masters, including Tiger Woods‘ memorable 2019 win. On Thursday, the PGA Tour announced a return in mid-June and a revised schedule, lending hope that golf will return in mid-June. What else happened? More
7:30 AM ET Dean Evason waited 21 years for an opportunity that might have lasted 12 games. He was named the head coach of the Minnesota Wild on Valentine’s Day, replacing Bruce Boudreau. The 55-year-old Evason first stepped behind the bench with the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers back in 1999, the season his professional playing career
3:04 PM ET The United States Tennis Association will decide in mid-to-late June whether to hold the US Open this year, based primarily on the advice of a panel of medical professionals. “We’re very fortunate to be the fourth Grand Slam to go, so time is on our side. Obviously, our ambition is to run
Formula 1 teams and bosses are to meet next week to discuss a proposal to reduce the sport’s budget cap to $130m (£104.6m) by 2022. A meeting on Thursday broke up without agreement but all sides described it as positive and constructive. The main discussion was over a plan to set a cap of $145m
2:52 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic Games, has died. He was 94. Williamson died of COVID-19 complications April 8 at a hospital in Toledo,
8:00 AM ET Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha The
1:29 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A horse broke down after completing a workout at Santa Anita and was euthanized, marking the 11th fatality at the track since late December. M C Hamster, a 4-year-old filly, suffered a fractured left front ankle after a three-furlong workout on the main dirt track Wednesday. It
The PGA Tour hopes to play 14 more events in 2019-20, starting with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 11-14 and ending with the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta on Sept. 4-7, followed by the start of the 2020-21 season and the U.S. Open, the