9:24 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi The UFC is pressing forward with its UFC 249 pay-per-view event on April 18, just as the promotion’s president Dana White had promised. Of course, there have been significant changes
8:32 PM ET Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith said on Wednesday that the members of the organization who tested positive for the coronavirus have recovered. “The good thing is that everyone that had it didn’t have horrible symptoms [like] what we’re seeing on TV and [with] some of the people that have really struggled,” Smith
8:18 PM ET Associated Press Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp said Wednesday that officials believe a 13-game college football schedule would be possible even if the start of the season was delayed until October because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is scheduled to begin with seven FBS games Aug. 29 before the majority of
7:03 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers says he isn’t sure what shape or form the NBA will take if it can resume this season, but he is certain that Kawhi Leonard will be in “phenomenal” shape if there’s a postseason. As teams try to remain prepared during this unprecedented time, with the season
5:35 PM ET Four-time world titleholder Erik Morales will donate three months’ salary to be used on groceries for communities in need in his native Baja California during the COVID-19 pandemic. Morales, of Mexico, said he began distributing groceries in Mexicali, Tecate, Ensenada and Rosarito on Monday, and he hopes to expand to more affected
Apr 9, 2020 Almost every day is the same in Kenny Wiggins‘ garage. Get a plan. Get the tools and then get to work in his home woodworking shop. It started in 2015, when the Detroit Lions offensive lineman and his wife, Jennifer, bought their current home in Northern California. She gave approval for part
Apr 9, 2020 Brian Burke is now an analyst for Sportsnet, but most people know him as the former general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Hartford Whalers, and 2010 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team — and also as a man with unvarnished opinions on just about everything. Burke joined Greg
7:31 AM ET This is an entirely fictitious account of what might have been had Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus met at the Masters near the end of their primes. Close your eyes, open your mind and imagine the unimaginable. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus standing on the first tee at Augusta National, in the
7:52 AM ET Jim Nantz had a decision to make as the final, dramatic moments of the 2019 Masters played out before him at Augusta National. Does he stay in the broadcast tower behind the 18th green to watch what he believed would be the finishing touches on Tiger Woods’ victory? Or does he head
7:30 AM ET NHL players are creatures of habit, living a regimented life of training, nutrition, rest and recovery. Their bodies are machines built to withstand an 82-game regular-season grind and whatever postseason action their team earns beyond it. What Gary Roberts fears is that these machines aren’t built for several months of home confinement,
4:27 PM ET Add Nick Saban to the list of people who’ve had to find new ways to work while social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama football coach said Wednesday that he finally has his own email account. “I’ve come a long way,” Saban said during an Instagram Live with ESPN’s Maria Taylor.
4:13 PM ET The NBA and ESPN are finalizing plans to televise a H-O-R-S-E shooting competition, with stars Chris Paul of Oklahoma City, Trae Young of Atlanta and Zach LaVine of Chicago among those expected to participate, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The competition will include a couple of WNBA stars and fairly recent NBA
5:08 PM ET Associated Press A Florida man has filed a lawsuit against Tiger Woods and his caddie, claiming he suffered injuries from the caddie pushing him out of the way during the Valspar Championship that Woods played two years ago. The civil complaint, filed Tuesday in Pinellas County, alleges Brian Borruso tried to take
7:00 AM ET If the question of when, where and how Major League Baseball begins its 2020 season is still completely up in the air, just imagine how the 250-plus minor league teams across the country must be feeling right now. Unlike the majors, there seemingly are only best- and worst-case scenarios for minor league
2:22 PM ET Associated Press Alexis Lafrenière, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rimouski Oceanic forward and hundreds of fellow prospects is learning when and by whom they will be selected. Forward Quinton Byfield and defenseman
1:42 PM ET Sal D’Amato was sitting in the airport lounge, getting ready to board a flight to return to the United States just hours after the conclusion of UFC Brasilia — the promotion’s empty-arena event on March 14 in Brazil’s capital city. D’Amato, who is one of the most active mixed martial arts judges
11:59 AM ET Associated Press The group charged with monitoring gambling and punishing corruption in tennis found nearly double the number of suspect matches during the first three months of 2020 — an increase it tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The London-based Tennis Integrity Unit issued its quarterly report Wednesday and said it received 38
9:00 AM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim There have been attempts at tournaments in boxing through the years, to varying degrees of success. Over the past 20 years, a few