10:53 AM ET Associated Press Churchill Downs will recognize the first Saturday in May with a “Kentucky Derby at Home” online party, highlighted by a virtual Derby featuring 13 former Triple Crown winners in an effort to raise $2 million for coronavirus relief. The 146th Kentucky Derby was moved from May 2 to Sept. 5
10:15 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is finding that, after spending 20 years in New England, moving to a new city doesn’t come without an adjustment period. Brady was told last week by a city employee that he couldn’t work out in a public park in downtown Tampa due
9:02 AM ET Steve Kim 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 When boxing returns, we will eventually return to a full slate of fights. Some will be bouts that were previously on the
8:17 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 23, 2019. PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s a shot that will be replayed for years to come, one of the all-time postseason moments as Damian Lillard closed out the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games from almost 40 feet to give himself an even
2:44 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq is sceptical of playing international cricket without fans at venues, terming it “strange”. He believed it would see much of cricket’s charm lost, particularly if the T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin in October in Australia, was played in empty stadiums. Imam is the first Pakistan player
Apr 23, 2020 We don’t yet know that much about it — like where it will be played and when. But we do know that “The Match: Champions for Charity” is planned for next month, likely in Florida, with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as participants. Proceeds from the event will
7:46 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 1952, Hoyt Wilhelm hits a home run in his first major league at-bat. Wilhelm, a notoriously bad hitter,
8:36 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals have told the Miami Dolphins multiple times that they would not trade the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday’s NFL draft, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Dolphins called on more than one occasion over the past few weeks but were told by the Bengals that they are
9:07 AM ET We don’t yet know that much about it — like where it will be played and when. But we do know that “The Match: Champions for Charity” is planned for next month, likely in Florida, with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as participants. Proceeds from the event will
2:09 AM ET NHL greats Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin might not be the greatest when it comes to virtual hockey, but their deadlock Wednesday night left plenty of winners as they helped raise over $40,000 for relief efforts related to the coronavirus pandemic. With over 300,000 watching their EA Sports NHL 20 showdown via
“Training, simulator, cooking – that is basically my days,” says Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of his life during lockdown. The cooking is not going that well, it seems. “I am still very bad at it. Pasta, chicken. I am not taking too much risk.” The simulator, though, is another matter. Leclerc is quite new to
9:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith A few years ago, a guy in his late 20s approached famous jockey Ron Turcotte and rolled up his sleeve. Turcotte is best known as Secretariat’s rider, and he was in Virginia that weekend signing autographs and swapping stories for the legendary horse’s birthday party. Yes, Secretariat might have died
8:30 AM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had a message for his general managers this week. “We don’t live in a world of perfect anymore. We’re going to have to make adjustments,” he said. “If we can’t do ideal, if we can’t do perfect, then we’ll have to figure out what’s next to perfect.” To
8:25 AM ET The 1990s Chicago Bulls will always be remembered as Michael Jordan‘s team, but the triumphant basketball dynasty was bookended by virtuosic performances that go beyond the GOAT. Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman provided the team with defensive greatness that helped ensure the Bulls went a perfect 6-0 in the NBA Finals. Both
8:07 AM ET Simon Cambers It was around 4:30 p.m. local time on March 8 when Petra Kvitova landed in Los Angeles. The two-time Wimbledon champion collected her bags and headed to a car, bound for Indian Wells and the first big North American hard-court event of 2020, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
2:04 AM GMT What’s the latest situation at Cricket Australia? The majority of staff, approximately 200, will be stood down next week on 20% of their salary or the equivalent of the Australian government’s JobKeeper payment of A$1500 per fortnight, which was introduced to help companies during the pandemic, until the end of the financial
6:41 PM ET “Just wondering … am I the only one thinking that now is the time for men’s and women’s tennis to be united and come together as one?” It would be a seemingly innocuous statement had it been written by any tennis player or fan with time to contemplate the state of the
8:24 PM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman discussed a potential four-arena plan for a season restart, a draft held before the season is completed and fans returning to games during a wide-ranging interview with Sportsnet on Wednesday. “Anything we’re considering doing starts with health and well-being, whether it’s the players or other personnel or fans