Austria’s government has approved hosting Formula 1’s season-opening races in July, according to reports. The races, scheduled for 5 and 12 July, will take place behind closed doors at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The 2020 season was due to start in Australia in March, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement of that
8:02 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1982, Cal Ripken began his consecutive-games streak. It ended 16 years and 2,632 games later, a streak that
7:00 AM ET Standing atop Mount Kilimanjaro, looking 19,341 feet down at the world below, San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Ben Garland had just made history. Garland had become the first active NFL player and military reservist (Colorado Air National Guard) to reach Africa’s tallest peak. But his thoughts weren’t on his own accomplishment. Instead,
5:37 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Dereck Chisora is considering a mixed martial arts fight in July while he waits for a date for his heavyweight fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
How, exactly, did Biffy Clyro’s lead singer Simon Neil end up teaching Formula 1’s Alpha Tauri driver Daniil Kvyat to play the guitar? Well, because the Russian offered to help get Scottish rocker Neil good enough to compete in one of Formula 1’s virtual grands prix. The pair met up thanks to BBC Radio 5
11:04 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket West Indies has decided to temporarily slash salaries and funding across the entire regional cricket system by 50% starting July to deal with the “debilitating” impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left the board facing a major loss of income in the absence of regular cricketing activities. According
7:00 AM ET Playing baseball is hard. Drafting baseball players might be even harder. To call the MLB draft a crapshoot isn’t exactly accurate because scouts and front offices actually do a really good job. It’s just that invariably there are going to be a lot of misses along the way. What follows is a
7:00 AM ET The 2020 MLB draft, to be held June 10 and 11, will be unlike any other. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the draft will be conducted remotely and limited to just five rounds, down from 40 in 2019. Teams will be able to sign an unlimited number of undrafted players, at a
3:46 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow said that the “black community needs our help” in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis. “They have been unheard for far too long,” the recent Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick said Friday on Twitter. “Open
7:43 PM ET Associated Press The Arizona Diamondbacks have laid off or furloughed about one-quarter of the team’s employees because of lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organization made the moves on Friday. Remaining staff will take pay cuts that average less than 15%, with the team’s highest earners losing a bigger percentage
2:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As the NBA’s board of governors met Friday afternoon to assess options for how to restart the season, the league’s general managers have expressed their preference to go straight to the playoffs. In a survey of all 30 general managers, which was viewed by ESPN, 16 said they would prefer
4:28 PM ET Associated Press The Power Five conference commissioners are asking Congress to move forward with federal legislation regarding compensation for college athletes. The commissioners of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference sent a letter dated May 23 to congressional leaders, as first reported by Stadium. The Associated
2:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke at a rally Friday afternoon in Minneapolis in remembrance of his friend George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in police custody after pleading that he could not breathe. “I’m here because they’re not gonna demean the character of George Floyd, my
7:09 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup series heads to Bristol, Tennessee on Sunday for the Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500. Chase Elliott took home an elusive checkered flag in Thursday’s Alsco Uniforms 500 in Charlotte. Who will win Sunday’s event (3:30 p.m. ET) at Bristol Motor Speedway? ESPN.com NASCAR senior
7:17 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News The NBA is planning a Thursday vote of the league’s Board of Governors — with owners expected to
9:28 PM ET Steve KimESPN A 10-round junior welterweight matchup between Ivan Baranchyk and Jose Zepeda has been finalized for July 7 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Baranchyk, 27, (20-1, 13 KOs), the former IBF junior welterweight titleholder, is coming off a fourth-round stoppage of Gabriel Bracero in October. His lone loss
6:14 PM ET Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said on Friday that he is “bullish about our opportunity” for the college football season to start on time, echoing a growing confidence among leaders throughout college athletics as they continue to navigate their way through the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m bullish about our opportunity, and more so
5:58 PM ET Steve KimESPN The California State Athletic Commission passed emergency regulations Friday with an eye to resuming combat events in the summer months. The commission met via video conference Friday morning and its guidelines were sent to the Calilfornia Office of Administrative Law. “When that process is finished, we’ll start,” said Andy Foster,