Jun 10, 2020 Associated Press Tennis players ranked outside the top 500 in singles or outside the top 175 in doubles are eligible for grants worth up to $1,000 from the International Tennis Federation to help deal with the suspension of competition because of the coronavirus pandemic. The ITF announced Wednesday specifics of a relief
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Jun 10, 2020 Associated Press Petra Kvitova will play in a tennis exhibition event next month in Berlin, and Tommy Haas will come out of retirement to join in. Organizers added Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, to play in a women’s lineup of Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens, Julia Goerges and Andrea Petkovic. Haas hasn’t played
2:12 PM ET UFC president Dana White made some news Tuesday morning, and while much of the focus was on the cards he announced for the highly anticipated Fight Island, he threw in a nugget that arguably dwarfs any other fight mentioned. The trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former two-division champ Daniel
7:44 AM ET After a long break because of the coronavirus pandemic, golf makes it return this week at the Charles Schwab Classic. The field is loaded, well, except for the biggest names — Tiger Woods is sitting this one out. When will he make his debut? We’ve had a few guesses. Still, this week,
7:29 AM ET NBA Insiders Who are the favorites in the new NBA playoff races, and which team will win it all? The NBA is planning to restart with 22 teams in Orlando on July 31, featuring an eight-game regular season, a potential play-in series for the No. 8 seeds and then the playoffs. A
7:00 AM ET The ingredients that make a college football head coaching job appealing or alarming are even more pronounced at the Group of 5 level. There are undoubtedly challenging Power 5 gigs, but all come with a baseline level of resources and financial clout, from the TV money alone. The Group of 5 has
3:21 AM ET Roger Federer announced Wednesday morning that he recently experienced a setback in his recovery from knee surgery, and will be out for the remainder of the 2020 season so as to be “100% ready to play at my highest level.” Federer, 38, previously underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in February
7:00 AM ET There is no baseball on the horizon, but there will be a baseball draft this week, though not in its usual form. You can watch the first round starting at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday on ESPN, with ESPN2 airing the next four rounds starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. Here are some
6:04 PM IST The ICC could loosen its interpretation of a playing code and take a “common sense” approach to players who may “take a knee” or wear and display slogans as a mark of solidarity to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement – a move that will bring it in line with organisations such as
6:56 AM ET The past two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl could have been pro baseball players. Before Tom Brady won six rings, he was chosen in the 18th round of the 1995 draft by the Montreal Expos. “He was a left-handed-hitting catcher with power. He had a good future,” the Expos’ then-director of
By Andrew BensonChief F1 writer Last updated on 14 minutes ago14 minutes ago.From the section Formula 1 Lewis Hamilton has saluted the “positive steps” taken in the fight against racism as a result of the global protests of the past two weeks. The six-time F1 world champion said the death of George Floyd in police
11:42 PM ET Shakur Stevenson was back in the ring, dishing out a TKO and marking Top Rank Boxing’s official return to ESPN on Tuesday night. There were also a pair of heavyweight knockouts from rising prospects, as well as the continued resurgence of Robeisy Ramirez in the opener. It’s the start of a busy
8:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association has made a proposal to MLB for a season of 89 games with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar with the
10:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Shakur Stevenson dominated Felix Caraballo over six one-sided rounds at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday in what was the return of boxing to the city. Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) was sharp from the beginning, muting the aggression of Caraballo (13-2-2, 9 KOs), who tried to
11:26 PM ET New England Patriots owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft donated $100,000 in safety Devin McCourty‘s name as part of their social-justice initiative on Tuesday night, and coach Bill Belichick highlighted how McCourty’s tireless work in that area has sparked his interest to do more. The remarks came during a virtual fundraiser in which
10:36 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A horse broke down during a workout at Santa Anita Park and was euthanized, making it the 14th fatality at the track since late December. Lightsaber, a 2-year-old filly who had yet to race, died Sunday in what the California Horse Racing Board called a training-related death.
9:18 PM ET After 10 years, former USC Trojans running back Reggie Bush’s disassociation from the university is expected to soon come to an end, sources told ESPN. The timing comes as a result of an NCAA Committee on Infractions rule, adopted in 2017, that limits any mandated disassociations between an individual and a school
8:54 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The administration of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered the closure of a small stock-car track that’s allowed large crowds to gather repeatedly for weekend races, declaring it an “imminent hazard” for the spread of COVID-19. The order signed by Cooper’s health secretary says Ace Speedway