7:50 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 1968, Nolan Ryan won his first major league game. Nolan Ryan is not the greatest pitcher of all
7:56 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Wearing a face mask to the ballpark to watch your baseball team? What about hand sanitizer at every aisle that you have to use before going to your seat at an NBA game? Should there be temperature checks when entering the arena? And can fans say goodbye to high-fives, hugging
7:43 AM ET Former Lions defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison says he didn’t want to play in Detroit and was “hell-bent on getting out” of the Motor City. The Lions traded for Harrison on Oct. 25, 2018, sending a fifth-round pick to the New York Giants. “I was a bit angry,” Harrison said of the
7:47 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer The night after she won an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio, Monica Puig found herself waking up every 30 or so minutes to make sure it wasn’t all a dream. She had wanted to stand atop the podium for as long as she could remember,
7:00 AM ET The first women’s professional golf event to be staged in Saudi Arabia has been rescheduled for Oct. 8-11 after it was postponed last month due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers have confirmed on Tuesday. The Saudi Ladies International, which is part of the Ladies European Tour (LET), will be hosted at the
11:35 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Michael Hussey thinks MS Dhoni is the greatest finisher of all time. Having shared a dressing room with the former India captain for seven years across two IPL stints, Hussey also believed Dhoni’s instincts and mental toughness at his peak made opposition captains blink first under pressure. “In my mind,
Apr 14, 2020 New Zealand Rugby says the concept of Australia staging every match in a rapid-fire Rugby Championship this year is a long way from becoming a reality. NZ Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson said a host of options are being considered around what form domestic and international rugby in the southern hemisphere could
The Tour de France looks set to be postponed following the French government’s extension of a ban on mass gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic. President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that restrictions on public events would continue until mid-July. Cycling’s biggest race, won by Team Ineos’ Egan Bernal last year, is due to run
Apr 14, 2020 An anticipated Easter resolution to the pay talks between Rugby Australia and the players’ union hasn’t eventuated by early Monday evening, with the clock now ticking especially loud for the NSW Waratahs. Going into Easter RA had been optimistic of getting a deal on salary cuts done with the Rugby Union Players’
7:00 AM ET General managers of baseball teams are constantly making decisions that will impact the future of their clubs. Grading them on only two decisions might be a bit unfair, but it makes for an interesting exercise. As we did with the American League earlier this week, now it’s the turn of every National
8:05 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN It was the early ’80s, at the Golden Gloves Gym on Gragson Avenue in Las Vegas. Freddie Roach was a young pro in his early twenties, but the kid who caught his eye couldn’t have been more than five or six. That kid was working the mitts with his uncle
9:40 PM ET When a race car crashes, what do we do once we know the driver is OK? We instantly try to assess the damage. How bad is the wreck? Is the car done for the day? Where will it end up in the final finishing order? Then, just as quickly, we move on,
7:30 AM ET In 2013, director Kevin Connolly’s “Big Shot” was released as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary series. It chronicled the fraudulent attempt by a Dallas businessman named John Spano to buy the New York Islanders for $165 million, and the subsequent fallout. It was notable for featuring a sit-down interview with
8:22 PM ET Mississippi State defensive lineman Fabien Lovett, who entered the NCAA transfer portal after criticizing Bulldogs coach Mike Leach’s tweet that showed a meme of a woman knitting a noose for her husband during self-quarantine, announced Monday that he’s transferring to Florida State. Lovett, a redshirt freshman from Olive Branch, Mississippi, will have
7:31 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo says he is still willing to defend his 135-pound title on the originally scheduled date of May 9 but would like the promotion to let him know soon if it’s feasible. Cejudo (15-2) was scheduled to face Jose Aldo at UFC 250 in Rio de Janeiro, but
7:17 PM ET Associated Press Nebraska fans can scratch their football itch Saturday when the school’s athletic department streams a virtual spring game on its social media platforms. All 39 spring games scheduled this week have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Nebraska spring game typically draws as many as 85,000 at Memorial
11:04 AM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Nick Friedell Close ESPN Staff Writer Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse
6:06 PM ET Hundreds of cars lined the shoulder of Highway 16 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, on Monday to honor Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave as his family returned to their hometown. Cave, 25, died Saturday at a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. According to a memo posted to