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10:52 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN On Sunday, there were four NBA playoff games, three WNBA games, two NHL playoff games, one MLS game and 14 MLB games. The same day, Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he tried to enter the driver’s

5:38 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the status of their game against the Cincinnati Reds, according to MLB.com. The Brewers’ meeting will take place after the historic postponement earlier in the day of three playoff games in the NBA, where players from the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the

10:37 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw his first career no-hitter on Tuesday night, shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, on 101 pitches. Giolito, 26, walked one while striking out 13 using a combination of his fastball and changeup to hold the Pirates in check en route to the shortened season’s

12:29 AM ET So many MLB no-hit bids end one out away from fame and glory. Maybe the pitcher tightens up. Maybe his luck runs out. Maybe the batter just hits a good pitch. It appeared that Lucas Giolito‘s luck for the Chicago White Sox ended on his 101st pitch Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates,

4:26 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians starter Mike Clevinger will pitch Wednesday for the first time since breaking team rules and Major League Baseball coronavirus protocols and being demoted for 10 days. Clevinger will return and pitch the series finale against the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins. The right-hander last pitched on Aug.

7:00 AM ET The motif heading into the 60-game Major League Baseball season was straight out of a 1950s horror movie or a bad slogan for a 1980s Mariners team: Anything can happen. As we come upon the halfway point of the season, however, as much as we hoped for a crazy, unpredictable two months,

10:45 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Almost a year ago, when Major League Baseball’s postseason expansion plans first leaked, a league official was trying to sell the idea. It would be good for competitiveness, he said, and would

7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The most unusual MLB trade deadline in the sport’s history is approaching, and we’ve got you covered with all of the trade rumors, reaction and analysis you need as your team ponders its next blockbuster move in a shortened 60-game 2020 season with the standings packed leading up to baseball’s

7:00 AM ET ESPN.com Staff With Major League Baseball teams reaching the midpoint of their seasons and next week’s trade deadline looming ahead on the sports calendar, even little more than a month’s worth of data is starting to take on meaning for general managers weighing decisions about potential moves they can make. Not least

9:35 PM ET CHICAGO — Like an aging prizefighter, the Chicago Cubs got off the mat just in time on Sunday to salvage a 2-1 win in the final game of their series against their crosstown rivals, the Chicago White Sox. The latter team has become one of the darlings of Major League Baseball, slugging

12:18 PM ET Veteran outfielder Hunter Pence has been designated for assignment by the San Francisco Giants. Pence, 37, is hitting just .096 with two home runs and six RBIs in 52 at-bats this season after rejoining the Giants in the offseason. He had seemingly resurrected his career last season with the Texas Rangers when

1:25 AM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox‘s recent power surge is breaking records, as they hit five more home runs on Saturday night in a 7-4 victory over the crosstown Chicago Cubs. Jose Abreu led the charge with his first career three-homer game, one day after he belted two at Wrigley Field. “I’m

12:35 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Trent Grisham hit three home runs and rookie Jake Cronenworth launched a grand slam in a wild nine-run second inning Saturday night, making the San Diego Padres the first team in major league history to hit five slams in six games as they cruised to a 13-2

1:19 PM ET Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg will undergo season-ending surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in his pitching hand, manager Dave Martinez told reporters Saturday. Strasburg, 32, has been placed on the 60-day injured list. His 2020 season consisted of two starts, including a 16-pitch outing in his final appearance against the Baltimore Orioles

2:54 PM ET Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg has carpal tunnel syndrome in his pitching hand, casting doubt on whether he will be able to pitch again this season. Manager Davey Martinez made the announcement Friday, a day after Strasburg visited a hand specialist. The reigning World Series MVP could have surgery to fix the

10:42 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Miguel Rojas hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat after being activated from the COVID-19 injured list, and the Miami Marlins snapped a five-game skid by beating the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night. Rojas connected in the second inning against Patrick Corbin (2-2), and that was

7:00 AM ET This will be the most unpredictable trade deadline we’ve ever seen. My colleague Brad Doolittle just did a great job outlining the issues teams face this deadline, along with a position-by-position look at who might be available and which teams have holes to fill. One big factor aside from the cash-flow problems

3:09 AM ET San Francisco Giants reliever Shaun Anderson threw another fastball near Mike Trout‘s head on Thursday, two days after throwing two fastballs near Trout’s head. The latest incident drew a warning from the umpiring crew and more pointed words from Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon, who previously identified Anderson as “a young