2:04 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he’s exploring ways to get his football team on the field as quickly as possible, including a spring season that begins in early January and wraps up before the NFL draft in late April. Day, speaking to reporters just one day after the Big Ten postponed
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2:13 PM ET Associated Press Kristyna Pliskova upset second-seeded Petra Martic 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open on Wednesday. Pliskova, ranked 69th, hit nine aces and 28 winners on the way to her first win over her 14th-ranked opponent. It’s the eighth clay-court quarterfinal for the hard-serving Czech since she
Pakistan assistant coach Waqar Younis said on Wednesday he hopes the tourists will be able to “cash in” on England being without Ben Stokes during this week’s second Test. Star all-rounder Stokes is heading to New Zealand, where his father is convalescing following a serious illness and will miss both the second Test, which starts
7:00 AM ET Yes, there would an asterisk. Charlie Blackmon acknowledges it. Everyone in Major League Baseball acknowledges it. If Ted Williams were alive, you can be damn sure he would say hitting .400 over 60 games is a terrific feat but not the same accomplishment as doing it over a full season. In Blackmon’s
Jul 31, 2020 The box sat in storage for who knows how many years. Four? Five? Eight? Inside were requests from children all over the United States, of military serving overseas and families searching for gifts for husbands, children and grandchildren. All of the letters were addressed to the same man. He would have responded
11:44 AM ET The Masters Tournament rescheduled for November will take place without spectators or guests because of the coronavirus pandemic that saw the event postponed from its original date. Augusta National and Masters chairman Fred Ridley released a statement in which he said “Ultimately, we determined that the potential risks of welcoming patrons and
6:00 AM ET As we approach the 2020 postseason, the NBA title remains fully up for grabs. No one should be considered a clear favorite to win it all, and given the quirks of the bubble environment, more teams than ever are heading to the playoffs with visions of triumph. But one reason there’s no
11:12 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two years after filing a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a harness-racing bettor has received $20,000 in the settlement of his claims that he was cheated out of his winnings when a doped horse won a race in New Jersey in 2016. After the lawsuit was filed in March 2018,
Sebastian Vettel will have a new chassis for the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend after Ferrari discovered a “small fault” in his car. The German struggled in comparison to team-mate Charles Leclerc in the last two races at Silverstone. Ferrari said they discovered a problem with his monocoque after the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix on
9:04 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 Carl Frampton, Michael Conlan, David Benavidez and Otto Wallin return to the ring in key fights this weekend for the first time
6:11 AM ET Let’s not kid ourselves. As conferences call off their fall sports, as the 2020 college football season remains beyond the grasp of a country desperate for the comforts of an autumn Saturday, it’s impossible to strike the balance between public health and a return to normalcy. There isn’t an exact parallel, but
10:00 AM ET Associated Press Roush Fenway Racing announced a 12-race sponsorship deal Wednesday with Guaranteed Rate to fund Ryan Newman‘s car through the remainder of the 2020 NASCAR season. The deal between Roush and the retail mortgage lender is a large one in the current economic climate; teams are piecing together funding in small
Chris Froome lost ground on Team Ineos rival Egan Bernal on the first day of the Criterium de Dauphine. Bernal sits five minutes 33 seconds ahead of Froome after the gruelling opening 218km stage from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Christo-en-Jarez. Jumbo-Visma’s in-form rider Wout van Aert won the stage, six seconds ahead of Bernal – who was
Joe Root said it won’t be long before James Anderson adds another five-wicket haul to his tally.© AFP James Anderson is set to be given an immediate chance to come good against Pakistan with England captain Joe Root saying on Wednesday it was “likely” the veteran paceman would feature in this week’s second Test. By
10:23 AM BST Stade Francais has put its side into isolation after an increase in positive coronavirus cases, the club said in a statement on Monday. Montpellier have also halted training after a player’s partner came into contact with someone who had tested positive for the virus. 1 Related “Following the COVID-19 tests carried out
The UCI’s Road World Championships will not take place in Switzerland in September. The event had been scheduled to go ahead in Aigle-Martigny on 20 September, but the Swiss government has extended its restrictions on gatherings of more than 1,000 people to 1 October amid the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers are now searching for an alternative
7:00 AM ET The fans’ volume increased as Vegas Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch raced into the Colorado Avalanche zone during overtime. They let out a jubilant roar when he snapped a shot over goalie Philipp Grubauer to win the game and earn his team the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference half of
6:58 AM ET The start of the NHL’s Stanley Cup quarterfinals set the bar rather high. Like, five overtimes high. Before the next day of competition, please check out our staff picks for each series, including the uncomfortable number of us predicting that the best team in the NHL during the regular season will get