6:14 PM ET Associated Press The Breeders’ Cup is donating cash to help racetrack backstretch communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Lexington, Kentucky-based organization gave $25,000 to the Race Track Chaplaincy of America. The money will be allocated to help those most in need at various backstretch communities. Breeders’ Cup also donated 4,500 gloves,
7:02 PM ET Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scott Chaney has been named executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, replacing Rick Baedeker, who retired last month. Chaney’s appointment was announced Thursday by racing board chairman Greg Ferraro. Chaney has been a steward in California since 2005, serving initially on the Southern California thoroughbred
5:52 PM ET Georgia football staff member Jeremy Klawsky, who was hospitalized for six weeks while fighting the coronavirus, was released from a hospital on Thursday. According to social media posts by family members, Klawsky, 32, was in critical condition at the ICU at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital on March 18. He was intubated and
7:30 AM ET Dean Evason waited 21 years for an opportunity that might have lasted 12 games. He was named the head coach of the Minnesota Wild on Valentine’s Day, replacing Bruce Boudreau. The 55-year-old Evason first stepped behind the bench with the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers back in 1999, the season his professional playing career
4:56 PM ET Still no golf this past week, but that doesn’t meant it wasn’t busy. There were the re-airs of classic Masters, including Tiger Woods‘ memorable 2019 win. On Thursday, the PGA Tour announced a return in mid-June and a revised schedule, lending hope that golf will return in mid-June. What else happened? More
4:45 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo came up with a curveball to spice up the regular video conferences he has been holding with his Toronto coaches while baseball is shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re having so many Zoom conference calls and stuff, I changed it
3:04 PM ET The United States Tennis Association will decide in mid-to-late June whether to hold the US Open this year, based primarily on the advice of a panel of medical professionals. “We’re very fortunate to be the fourth Grand Slam to go, so time is on our side. Obviously, our ambition is to run
8:00 AM ET Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha The
2:52 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic Games, has died. He was 94. Williamson died of COVID-19 complications April 8 at a hospital in Toledo,
Formula 1 teams and bosses are to meet next week to discuss a proposal to reduce the sport’s budget cap to $130m (£104.6m) by 2022. A meeting on Thursday broke up without agreement but all sides described it as positive and constructive. The main discussion was over a plan to set a cap of $145m
1:26 PM ET With numerous medical and government entities suggesting that widespread testing for the coronavirus is necessary as the country attempts to open again, PGA Tour officials acknowledged Thursday that they are keen to study and see ramped-up testing as a revised schedule was announced. The tour has plans to resume its halted schedule
6:53 AM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Sayif Saud was at home in Dallas on April 6, trying to figure out logistics. His gym, Fortis MMA, was closed like many businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet
11:00 AM ET Every decade or so, we see landscape-altering conference realignment. Florida State to the ACC, Texas A&M to the SEC, Nebraska to the Big Ten. And when schools aren’t on the move, they’re rumored to be on the move. So let’s take a look at some conference realignment scenarios that almost happened and
The PGA Tour hopes to play 14 more events in 2019-20, starting with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 11-14 and ending with the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta on Sept. 4-7, followed by the start of the 2020-21 season and the U.S. Open, the
1:29 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A horse broke down after completing a workout at Santa Anita and was euthanized, marking the 11th fatality at the track since late December. M C Hamster, a 4-year-old filly, suffered a fractured left front ankle after a three-furlong workout on the main dirt track Wednesday. It
8:57 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 Terence Crawford is one of the very best boxers in the sport, a mesmerizing blend of technique, skill, athleticism and versatility. Simply
12:18 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The PGA Tour has scrapped its contract to hold annual golf tournaments at a resort owned by billionaire West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice after turnout lagged and federal prosecutors eyed the lavish retreat. The Greenbrier resort issued a statement Thursday saying it came to an agreement with
8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash Although we are seeing an abundance of talented, athletic off-ball linebackers leave the college ranks for the NFL, there’s still a very gifted crop returning to college football this fall. Using a combination of Pro Football Focus grades and PFF’s wins above average (WAA) metric, we present the top 10