May 6, 2020 Tennis star Sania Mirza takes pride in the fact that many of India’s sporting stars, outside cricket, are women even though she believes that it will take a few more generations before being a sportswoman is seen as a natural career choice in the country. “I take huge pride in the fact
May 6, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies’ current T20I team is better than the one that won the World T20 four years ago in India. So says Dwayne Bravo, who overturned his international T20 retirement in December to strengthen West Indies’ bid to defend their title. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo’s Alexis Nunes, Bravo was thrilled at
9:51 PM ET Steve KimESPN Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday that his company will begin putting on fight cards next month after being idle since February due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We are coming back in June,” Arum told ESPN. “These will be shows that will be on ESPN and ESPN+. They will
7:56 PM ET The National Hockey League condemned “misogynistic and reprehensible remarks” made by Washington Capitals forward Brendan Leipsic and Florida Panthers forward Jack Rodewald in an Instagram group chat that were leaked on Twitter and Reddit on Wednesday. Among the remarks made by the two players, they commented on the appearances of the wife
6:54 PM ET The Big 12 is canceling its preseason football media days, set for July 20-21 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and instead will hold the event virtually, the league confirmed to ESPN. The league proposed the change Wednesday to its football coaches and athletic directors, who agreed during a virtual meeting to
6:20 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts will host a call for all players on Friday, sources told ESPN. That’s the same day the league has permitted teams to reopen practice facilities for voluntary, social-distanced workouts in areas where that has been permitted by local public
6:52 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Golden Gate Fields will resume live horse racing on May 14 after receiving provisional approval Wednesday from public health officials in Northern California. The track in Berkeley temporarily suspended racing on April 2 at the order of Alameda County public health officials in response to the coronavirus
5:04 PM ET IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin said Wednesday that he doesn’t expect his first bout coming off the coronavirus pandemic to be against boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez, since Golovkin has an agreement in place to face undefeated mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta when the schedule resumes. That would open the door for Alvarez, the
4:22 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN FLINT, Mich. — Cars continue to form long lines to get free water bottles at local distribution sites here — even amid the coronavirus pandemic — with the water crisis continuing to plague the city since April 2014. So two-time super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell is trying to help his
4:19 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Trainer Mark Casse has more than $174 million in purse earnings, has captured two legs of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, and has been honored as Canadian trainer of the year a record 11 times. And now, election to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of
3:21 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN While Jadeveon Clowney remains open to re-signing with the Seattle Seahawks, the defensive end would have to take significantly less money than what the team previously offered him in order for a reunion to happen, a league source told ESPN on Wednesday. The Seahawks have not shut the door on
3:19 PM ET Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is recovering from a knee procedure he had Wednesday in Los Angeles. According to his manager, Jorge Guimaraes, Silva underwent a regenerative stem cell procedure on his right knee, which had been planned with his medical team for a while. According to his team, Silva, 45,
7:57 AM ET ESPN’s 10-part documentary “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, continues Sunday with Episodes 7 and 8. All 10 episodes will air on ESPN and the ESPN App in the United States and can be streamed outside the U.S. on Netflix. Jordan and the Bulls allowed NBA
2:31 PM ET Associated Press The Maryland Jockey Club and NBC Sports have set aside three possible dates for the running of the Preakness Stakes, a person with knowledge of negotiations said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because no decision has been made among the dates. The NBC
1:18 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa was the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 and has even bigger goals as he enters his second season. Meeting those expectations figures to be more difficult after the offseason trade in which the Niners sent defensive tackle DeForest
11:06 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Women’s cricket risks being sidelined amid the clamour to schedule matches at the small number of bio-secure venues in England and Wales, should the sport get underway this summer in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket, made the frank admission on
7:30 AM ET Michael Jordan stood under the basket, looking out over the 250 or so campers sitting before him. He needed a volunteer. Nearly everyone in the gym, including me, stretched their arms to the ceiling in hopes of being the one Jordan chose. It was the summer of 1989, long before Jordan’s six
11:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN LPGA Tour star Michelle Wie West, who has been out since last June with a wrist injury and is expecting her first child this summer, said she could return to competitive golf later this year. The rescheduled U.S. Women’s Open has given Wie West, 30, something to shoot for. Originally