2:09 PM ET The slew of boxing postponements and cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic, including multiple world title fights, continued Monday. Top Rank postponed three events, most notably an ESPN card due to take place on March 28 at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada, headlined by unified light heavyweight world champion Artur
1:16 PM ET Greg Wyshinski K’Andre Miller has officially joined the New York Rangers after two seasons with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team. The 20-year-old defenseman has signed an entry-level contract with the Rangers that begins in the 2020-21 season. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound native of St. Paul, Minnesota, was selected No. 22 overall
11:57 AM BST The European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarterfinal fixtures have been postponed indefinitely on Monday due to the coronavirus outbreak, while England’s Premiership Rugby also suspended competition. The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quaterfinals were scheduled to take place on April 3-5, but have been postponed, the competitions’s governing body European Professional
10:42 AM ET The NHL has told its players they are allowed to leave their NHL cities as long as they self-isolate in their new location until at least March 27. That’s a reversal from the NHL’s initial directive, which asked players to stay in their home NHL cities as the league sorted out what
12:01 PM ET When Major League Baseball announced Opening Day would be delayed by at least two weeks, two words stood out: at least. As each day passes, and the coronavirus pandemic continues, it’s clear those two weeks could likely become two months — or more. Here’s the latest on what we’re hearing about a
10:04 AM ET The Women’s Tennis Association has suspended play until May 2 as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented shutdown of world sport on Monday. WTA said in a statement that tournaments in Stuttgart, Istanbul and Prague will “not be held as scheduled”. “We will make a decision in the week ahead regarding the
A member of tyre supplier Pirelli’s Formula 1 team has tested positive for coronavirus in Melbourne. It is the second positive test by an F1 team member, after a McLaren employee’s illness led to the cancellation of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Pirelli said the person is “following all the relevant procedures put in place
3:09 PM GMT Big Picture When the PSL left the UAE behind as a temporary staging venue, the expectation was that it would also mean leaving behind an era of matches often played with plenty of empty seats. But the Coronavirus outbreak has meant a form of spectator-less deja vu in Lahore for the first
8:45 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs were unable to reach a long-term deal with Chris Jones before Monday’s deadline to use the franchise tag, so they placed the tag on their star defensive lineman, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Tag numbers have not been released yet, but last season defensive ends got $17.128
8:30 AM BST James Harrington ESPN’s Six Nations Fantasy Rugby competition screeched to a not-unexpected halt on Friday when Wales vs Scotland was finally called off. The encounter in Cardiff had been the one game left standing, long after the other two scheduled matches of the final weekend, in Paris and Italy, had been postponed.
12:27 PM GMT In the battle of the big-budgeted clubs, Nahidul Islam‘s unbeaten 53 and two wickets helped Prime Bank Cricket Club to a nine-run win over Gazi Group Cricketers at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Batting first, Prime Bank posted 251 for 6 in 50 overs with Rony Talukdar top-scoring with 79
5:54 AM GMT As with sport around the world, Australia’s international season came to an abrupt end amid the increasing measures against coronavirus. On home soil the men’s team went unbeaten but life was tougher on the road. Here’s a recap of a season that featured Sri Lanka, Pakistan, New Zealand, India and South Africa
11:22 PM ET A member of the Vancouver Canucks full-time office staff has tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Sunday night. 2 Related The individual does not have a fan-facing role, Canucks chief operating officer Trent Carroll said in a statement, and is not in contact with the players, hockey operations personnel or
10:03 PM ET Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, NBA owners and executives are bracing for the possibility of mid-to-late June as a best-case scenario for the league’s return, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Fears exist of a season completely lost, especially based on what some experts see as the slow response of the
7:00 AM ET NHL experts When the NHL announced that the 2019-20 season would undergo a “pause” due to the coronavirus outbreak, there was an indication that the season would resume at some point and that a 2020 Stanley Cup champion would be crowned. As with much of the sporting world, there’s a great deal
1:00 PM ET ESPN staff Last Thursday, the NCAA announced it was canceling all championships, including the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, because of the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, there have been questions and speculation around what led to the decision. ESPN contacted commissioners, coaches, players and officials to get their takes on an unprecedented
4:50 PM ET The NFL still plans to start its new league year and 2020 free agency at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. That means, as of noon ET on Monday, agents for players whose contracts expire Wednesday will be allowed to talk to interested teams about contract terms. It has been a weird offseason,
4:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Brooks Koepka said Sunday that he has no interest in the Premier Golf League, another setback to a league promising guaranteed money and a team concept that now won’t have the top two players in the world. “I am out of the PGL. I’m going with the PGA Tour,”