May 15, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff The COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic has led to the start of the English season being put back until at least July 1, and left many counties facing a potentially damaging shortfall in finances. Most are expected to take advantage of the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme. How has your club
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11:53 AM IST Over the next week or so, professional cricketers around Australia will dig out their kit bags and embark on a lengthy pre-season, which will likely have a very different feel from the usual as sport adapts to the new normal following the Covid-19 pandemic. The centrally contracted Australia players come off annual
10:55 PM ET Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday night outlined the coronavirus-testing protocols the league hopes to implement, telling CNN that frequent tests will be key to the sport’s restart and that a positive test won’t mean shutting down an entire team. Manfred said the league, which plans in the coming days
6:00 AM ET The NFL draft is over and free agency has wound down. With the dust beginning to settle on roster changes, and the Cleveland Browns in the middle of their virtual offseason, here’s a projection of where their offensive depth chart stands (starters in bold): QB: Baker Mayfield, Case Keenum Every major move
10:00 PM ET Associated Press California coach Justin Wilcox said his staff has looked at potentially conducting preseason training outside the Bay Area if the college football season starts on time and restrictions are in place that won’t allow the Golden Bears to hold camp on campus. Wilcox said Thursday it’s one of many contingencies
9:19 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Zach Smith won the Scottsdale Open on Thursday, closing with an 8-under 62 for a three-stroke victory in the mini-tour event that saw some PGA Tour players return to competition. The PGA Tour suspended play in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. It is set to return
9:06 PM ET Associated Press Brad Keselowski celebrated his first pole win of the season — and perhaps the most memorable of his career — from afar. After waiting nearly a full hour Thursday evening, the Team Penske driver watched NASCAR’s chief scorer, Kyle McKinney, finally pluck the No. 1 ball out of a random
7:03 PM ET Montreal Canadiens center Max Domi isn’t sure when he’ll play again and he isn’t sure for whom he’ll play next season. But amid a global pandemic, he says none of that matters much at the moment. Domi, 25, is a restricted free agent after this season after his two-year, $6.3 million contract
1:15 PM BST Connor O’Halloran On a bright Thursday afternoon, Ed Jackson wears a thick brace on his left leg as he limps up the staircase of his parents’ home one step at a time. He propels himself up with his right leg, his left dragging behind him until he reaches the top. It’s three
May 14, 2020 Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR champion Kyle Busch will sprint back into competition when the season resumes by running all seven races that have been scheduled over an 11-day span. Busch will drive his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Toyota on Sunday when the Cup series season resumes at Darlington Raceway and
May 14, 2020 ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It will be a summer in the South for NASCAR, as the stock car series announced Thursday it will stick to Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Florida and Alabama for June races — all of them without fans. NASCAR has now set plans for 20 races — including
12:07 PM ET Former Los Angeles Rams great Eric Dickerson ripped the team’s new uniforms on Wednesday during a radio interview with AM 570 LA Sports. Dickerson, who set the NFL single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards in 1984 for the Rams, had previously criticized the logo. Now he took aim at the uniforms. Among
4:31 PM BST Premiership Rugby teams that breach salary cap rules in the future should be stripped of their titles, an independent report has recommended. The review, which was published by the league on Thursday, was carried out by former government minister and member of Britain’s House of Lords Paul Myners on behalf of the
4:27 PM ET Forward Dominik Simon is recovering from shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for six to seven months, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Thursday. He had a torn labrum repaired in his left shoulder during the surgery that took place on April 29, the team said. Simon, 25, suffered the injury against the San
7:00 AM ET Hockey fans can be a passionate bunch — which means a lot of them hold grudges. Some are petty, some are major, but the one truth is that fans of each of the 31 NHL teams have one thing they’re hung up on, and simply can’t get over. Whether it’s a perceived
9:14 PM ET It was a month ago when Kerry Tharp’s phone rang. The area code was a familiar one: 386, Daytona Beach, Florida. The man known throughout the racing world as “The Commander” is in his fifth year as president of Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s old-school equivalent to Fenway Park or Lambeau Field and a
10:05 AM ET Bobby Marks NBA teams will withhold more than $30 million from player paychecks on Friday, as players receive their first salary reduction since the league and the union agreed to a plan to temporarily cut pay by 25%. But five of the NBA’s top-10 earners this season — LeBron James, Stephen Curry,
3:35 PM ET Ryan Newman doesn’t remember his Feb. 17 crash at the finish of the Daytona 500, but he greatly appreciates the outpouring of support that continues to come from those who will never be able to forget the images of the frightening accident. “I feel like a complete walking miracle,” he said Thursday.