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11:42 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Three straight finishes outside the top 10 for Denny Hamlin these days counts as a rough patch. He was once again smooth as they get Thursday night. Hamlin hung around the front of the pack all night, avoiding trouble that cost several playoff contenders in the
6:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was put on the 10-day injured list because of stiffness in his back and will not make his scheduled start in Thursday’s Opening Day game against the San Francisco Giants, the team announced. The Dodgers recalled right-hander Dustin May, who will make the
11:11 PM ET The NHL will have a five-second delay and artificial crowd noise when it restarts its season in Toronto and Edmonton beginning Aug. 1. The league distributed “Phase 4” information to teams and media this week, detailing life in the two city “bubbles” for the 24 teams returning to play. That includes how
11:18 PM BST English Premiership chiefs have expressed concerns regarding World Rugby’s decision to stage test matches in December as part of its revised international calendar for 2020. World Rugby on Wednesday proposed a temporary international window following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, with this year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship to take place
7:49 PM ET Wisconsin‘s athletic department is projecting revenue losses between $60 million and $70 million if the Badgers play a conference-only, 10-game season and losses of more than $100 million if the upcoming football season is canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to Wisconsin fans posted on the athletic department’s website
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story originally ran on April 21, 2020. BEN SIMMONS CAN still summon the bounces in his head. The first sprung high off the rim, then the ball descended straight back down to the iron, where it bandied about two, three, four times before finally nestling through the strings, coronating
9:32 PM ET Associated Press Eleven men’s and women’s tennis tournaments planned for China in October and November — including the WTA Finals — were canceled Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than try to move or reschedule any of those events, the ATP and WTA tours announced they were scrapping all of them after
8:10 AM IST Shakib Al Hasan has admitted to having “made mistakes” that led to his ongoing ban from international cricket. In an interview on ESPNcricinfo’s Cricketbaazi series, hosted by Deep Dasgupta, Shakib said he wanted to serve as a cautionary tale for other players. Last October, Shakib accepted three charges of breaching the ICC
4:17 PM ET BLAINE, Minn. — The day before the first round of the 3M Open, the pros practicing for the PGA Tour’s lone stop in Minnesota seemed surprised by chilly temperatures that dipped into the 50s. Things never seemed to warm up for Dustin Johnson, who withdrew because of a back injury after shooting
6:53 PM ET Nick Watney said Thursday he is “feeling great” after shooting 66 in his return to the PGA Tour following his positive coronavirus test on June 19. Watney was the first PGA Tour player to test positive, but despite getting over his symptoms, being cleared to drive home from Hilton Head Island, South
7:49 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Irad Ortiz Jr. won five races at Saratoga on Thursday, equaling his feat of a year ago. He won the second, fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth races from his eight mounts at the upstate New York track. Last July 31, Ortiz Jr. also won five races.
8:27 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — The virus outbreak has squelched the upbeat and welcoming vibe that marked the debut of the 3M Open last year. The fans might have been absent, but the soft greens were plenty friendly Thursday for Richy Werenski to take full advantage. “I have a good feeling they’ll
12:21 PM ET Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the “Washington Football Team” pending the adoption of a new name, league sources tell ESPN. This is not a final renaming and rebranding for the team; this is the name it wants to use until pending adoption of a new name at some point in the
6:57 PM ET NFLPA team player representatives are scheduled to convene on a conference call Friday morning as the players work to finalize an agreement with team owners on the rules and finances of the 2020 NFL season, according to sources. According to the sources, the two sides were still negotiating Thursday night on at
6:08 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes All-Star defenseman Dougie Hamilton didn’t practice Thursday and his status is unclear as the team prepares for the NHL’s return to play next week. The team’s website reported Wednesday that Hamilton left that day’s practice early “in some visible discomfort.” Asked about Hamilton not practicing
4:56 PM ET Former Oklahoma football coach John Blake has died at 59, the school announced Thursday. Blake, a former Sooners nose guard under Barry Switzer, coached his alma mater from 1996 to 1998 and was an assistant at the college and in the NFL. Switzer told KWTV’s Dean Blevins that Blake died of a
4:42 PM ET The year 2020 continues to surprise. On Thursday, it was announced that Mike Tyson, 54, will face 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition in California on Sept. 12. Tyson hasn’t stepped foot in the ring since 2005. Jones Jr. last fought professionally in 2018. “It’s because I can do it.