8:00 PM ET Keyshawn Davis took several weeks to choose his path to boxing stardom after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the top professional prospect on the U.S. Olympic qualification team was facing nearly a year without an amateur fight that mattered. He could wait 16 months for his shot
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9:13 PM ET New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider offered a positive update on his fractured foot Monday, saying during a videoconference that it’s healing well and noting that he should be ready to play if the NHL season resumes. “My foot feels good,” Kreider said, according to NHL.com. “[My] foot was better a few
8:32 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The race is on among states willing to be the first to host NASCAR races without fans. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted Monday that NASCAR was working with Texas Motor Speedway on a plan to race there. “I hope to announce the exciting details in the
8:25 AM ET The 2019 Stanley Cup Final was an epic battle between the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins; what better way to finish the clash than a Game 7? We all know how the series ended, but you might’ve missed all the details revealed by the filmmakers responsible for the “Quest for the
7:18 PM BST Munster prop James Cronin has been banned for a month after committing an unintentional doping violation due to a mix-up at a pharmacy, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) said in a statement on Monday. Cronin, 29, tested positive for the steroid prednisolone and corticosteroid prednisone, which are on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s
6:38 PM ET The UFC’s planned return to action May 9 will have to be without one of its top champions. Amanda Nunes will not be defending her UFC’s women’s featherweight title against Felicia Spencer in the planned card, her agent, Dan Lambert, confirmed to ESPN. Nunes first mentioned the news to CBS Sports in
6:28 PM ET Wayne Gretzky said he hopes he is the first person to shake Alex Ovechkin‘s hand if Ovechkin breaks his all-time goals record. “I’m rooting for him as hard as anybody,” Gretzky told NBC Sports on Monday, in his first joint interview with Ovechkin. “I think it will be a great, wonderful day
5:30 PM ET UFC fighter Lyman Good tested positive for the coronavirus last month, he told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview Monday. He is the first UFC athlete to publicly acknowledge having tested positive for the virus. Good, 34, said he is now feeling “100%” and is in full recovery. The New Jersey
4:16 PM ET The idea of staging the Ryder Cup in September without spectators is being discussed, according to PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh. In a radio interview on WFAN in New York, Waugh acknowledged that “fans are the Ryder Cup, to a certain degree,” and that it’s “hard to imagine one without fans,”
4:50 PM BST World Rugby is set to investigate Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) chairman Ratu Vilikesa Bulewa Francis Kean over alleged homophobic comments. The Fiji chairman has come under pressure after the Sunday Times published quotes of Kean using homophobic language. A World Rugby statement read: “World Rugby notes allegations in the UK Sunday Times
4:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway called the staff of his team’s IT department “heroes” in the run-up to this week’s draft and said he expects any problems when the picks are officially made to be minimal. Elway and representatives from every other team went through
9:11 AM ET The Professional Fighters League pulled the plug on its 2020 regular season and playoffs because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume in the spring of 2021. That’s a big deal for the fight promotion and its athletes spread across six weight classes. The fighters will no longer get to
7:00 AM ET Success as a college football player doesn’t always translate to stardom in the NFL. Over the years, we’ve seen many top NFL prospects’ careers fizzle out, including Heisman Trophy winners like Matt Leinart, Robert Griffin III and Troy Smith. Here are the college football stars we’re most surprised didn’t make it at
2:32 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Sports around the world have been on hiatus only since mid-March, but when the numbers are crunched, the coronavirus pandemic‘s impact on the industry will be felt for years to come. Only 53% of the major sports events originally scheduled for 2020 are likely to take place this calendar year.
2:41 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The gloves have come off. Yannick Ngakoue‘s frustration that the Jacksonville Jaguars have yet to trade him bubbled over on Monday afternoon and he went on a short social media rant in which he called the team owner’s son a clown and urged the team to get “this s—
8:54 AM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing isn’t a league. It is one industry, but it’s fractured and divided due to the different promotional companies. Because of this, many of the sport’s best matchups are either delayed beyond the moment when they’d make the biggest impact or simply go by the wayside. Promotional rivalries and network
12:45 PM ET Associated Press Top 100 tennis player Nicolas Jarry was given an 11-month doping ban by the International Tennis Federation on Monday, stemming from a failed test at the Davis Cup Finals in November. In separate statements, Jarry, a 24-year-old from Chile, said he “accepted” the punishment, which will keep him from playing
12:17 PM ET Corey Gauff, the father and coach of teenage tennis phenom Coco Gauff, said Sunday that his daughter sometimes struggled with the pressure of her meteoric rise, but never was diagnosed with depression. In a post Gauff wrote for Behind The Racquet last week, the 16-year-old said she had a “dark mindset” before