7:22 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Mel Stute, who trained Snow Chief to victory in the 1986 Preakness and the Eclipse Award as the nation’s best 3-year-old male, died Wednesday. He was 93. He died at a rental home near Del Mar racetrack north of San Diego, where his son, Gary, is training
8:42 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Moments after her dominant first-round win over former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka at the Top Seed Open on Tuesday, Venus Williams could barely contain her excitement during her on-court interview. After thanking the healthcare workers and the WTA, reflecting on what it was like to be back on court
3:40 PM ET Among the many things Tiger Woods will remember about his 2019 Masters victory is the noise ringing in his ears, the constant chanting of his name as he marched toward history, and the seemingly unending sounds of joy as he putted out for his 15th major championship victory. Imagine all of that
3:47 PM ET Paige VanZant has found a new home. The former UFC fighter says she has signed a new four-fight, exclusive contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Her debut for BKFC isn’t set yet, but the current plan is for her to compete in November. “It was an amazing contract, an amazing opportunity,” VanZant
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 Major League Baseball season was going to be remarkable from the get-go for a number of proposed rule changes. Now that we’re more than a quarter of the way through the season, we have a sense of how much these new rules have had an impact on the
11:45 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs officials expect fewer than 23,000 fans will be able to attend next month’s rescheduled Kentucky Derby under an updated health and safety plan. The plan eliminates general admission and standing room only areas, with total capacity limited to less than 14% of the 2015 attendance
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
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