7:00 AM ET This was supposed to be Opening Week, the time when MLB fans everywhere look forward to making a season’s worth of memories. Since we won’t have games to get excited about for a while, we thought it’d be fun to take a walk down memory lane by reliving some of our personal
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8:00 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia OXFORD, Miss. — It happened so fast, Tyrone Nix can’t
Mar 20, 2020 It was a routine play for the Baltimore Ravens and center Matt Skura. On a fourth down, quarterback Lamar Jackson ran against the Los Angeles Rams, and Skura locked up nose tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day. Then, Rams defensive lineman Michael Brockers accidentally crashed into Skura’s left knee. It’s a hit that would cost
4:00 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. It’s a strange time of isolation and uncertainty across the globe as we collectively try to combat
12:56 PM ET In the aftermath of the sudden halt of the burgeoning 2020 baseball season because of the coronavirus outbreak, thousands of minor league players were thrust into an uncertain limbo. Invariably, numerous questions arose for minor leaguers. Where would they live? When would they be paid? Exacerbating the uncertainty was the lack of
11:03 AM ET Franchon Crews-Dezurn has one of her women’s super middleweight world titles back. The WBO announced that it has reinstated Crews-Dezurn as its 168-pound titlist in the wake of a positive drug test by Alejandra Jimenez. Jimenez won a disputed split decision over Crews-Dezurn to claim her unified WBO and WBC belts on
11:19 AM ET Associated Press Amid a slew of postponements and cancellations in golf, the LPGA Tour announced a September date for what traditionally is its first major championship of the year. The ANA Inspiration, previously scheduled for April 2-5 in Rancho Mirage, California, now will be played Sept. 10-13. That date previously was for
10:34 AM BST England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) have announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 domestic rugby season, excluding the Gallagher Premiership, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision means the end of this season’s RFU Championship among other competitions, including cup competitions. Subsequently, the Newcastle Falcons have finished top of the
The global coronavirus crisis has sent shockwaves through sport and Formula 1, like all other major organisations, is grappling with the question of how to move forward. The season has been thrown into disarray. The first six races have been postponed – or cancelled completely in the case of the Monaco Grand Prix, the jewel
9:59 AM BST A quarter of the Gallagher Premiership’s clubs have told players they will be taking a 25% pay cut in what looks set to be a league-wide measure due to the postponement of professional rugby in the coronavirus outbreak. London Wasps released a statement on Friday to say they had taken the decision
10:40 AM ET It seemed only appropriate when recently acquired Falcons defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. took to social media Thursday and nudged his “big brother” Todd Gurley to join him in Atlanta. The former Los Angeles Rams teammates, who played in Super Bowl LIII together at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, only to lose to New
4:44 AM BST The suspension of rugby’s Guinness PRO14 2019/20 competition has been extended indefinitely, and the final scheduled for June has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Thursday. The competition, which features leading clubs and provinces from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa and Italy, had already been put on hold
12:51 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB has formally charged Umar Akmal with two breaches of its anti-corruption code for two unrelated incidents. If guilty, the penalty for the cricketer will range from a suspension of six months to a lifetime ban. The charges come under Article 2.4.4, which deals with: “Failing to disclose to
8:45 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” On the days when it feels like too much, like the world is caving in, Rene Saggiadi will walk toward the front door of the apartment he’s not allowed to exit and
Formula 1 teams are aiming to work out a plan to increase the supply of medical equipment to fight coronavirus within a few days. F1 and the teams are working with the UK government and health authorities to produce more ventilators, which are needed in intensive care units. F1 teams have engineering capabilities that could
The coronavirus pandemic is having a “devastating” impact on Wales’ cycling industry, with parks closing and others limiting their activity. Mountain biking is worth more than £54m a year to the Welsh economy, but the sector faces challenging times ahead. Three parks in north Wales have already closed temporarily. Uplift services at Cwmcarn Forest in
7:30 AM ET NFL teams have scooped up more than 70% of the ESPN’s original top 100 free agents this week, either through market signings or by using the franchise and transition tags. That doesn’t mean the well is dry, however. Here are 15 of the best players remaining. As always, we’ve focused this list
11:27 AM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Former Scotland offspinner Majid Haq has announced on Twitter that he