12:10 AM ET Mike Babcock, fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs earlier this season, has been named a volunteer adviser for the University of Vermont’s men’s hockey team. Catamounts coach Todd Woodcroft, who has worked on staffs with Babcock, had a unique opportunity to add the NHL’s eighth-winningest coach to his program. Babcock,
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6:45 PM ET ESPN staff World number one Ashleigh Barty has confirmed that she will not play in the U.S. Open due to the coronavirus pandemic. Barty, the reigning French Open champion, said in a statement on Thursday (AEST). “My team and I have decided that we won’t be travelling to the U.S. for the
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7:45 PM ET Justin Thomas‘ regular caddie, Jimmy Johnson, is not feeling well enough to work at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week, so Phil Mickelson‘s former caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, will take over this week, and likely next week for the PGA Championship, as well. Mackay, who worked for Mickelson for 25 years
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4:14 PM ET Steve KimESPN Top Rank CEO Bob Arum would like to make a fight between WBO welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford and WBA titlist Manny Pacquiao in the fall. But Arum said it’s far from a done deal — despite some reports saying it’s close. “Right now, all we’ve done is we’ve contacted Crawford
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6:11 PM ET Bellator MMA two-weight champion Ryan Bader will defend his light heavyweight title for the first time in nearly three years at Bellator 244 on Aug. 21. Bader (27-5) told ESPN on Wednesday that he has signed a contract to face Vadim Nemkov in a 205-pound title fight at Bellator 244 at Mohegan
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4:47 PM ET The ACC Board of Directors voted Wednesday to proceed with an 11-game football season that begins the weekend of Sept. 12 and with Notre Dame playing a full league schedule, but only if public health guidance allows. All ACC schools and Notre Dame will play 10 conference games plus one nonconference game
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6:26 PM BST English Premiership leaders Exeter Chiefs said on Wednesday that they will keep their logo but retire mascot ‘Big Chief’ following a review of the club’s branding in the wake of a petition calling for an end to their use of “harmful imagery”. The Chiefs’ badge and mascot both feature a Native American
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5:10 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly has been handed an eight-game suspension by Major League Baseball for his role in the benches-clearing situation that occurred at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Tuesday night. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was issued a one-game suspension and Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker was fined, MLB
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4:05 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar driver Conor Daly will have a new lead engineer for next month’s rescheduled Indianapolis 500: NASCAR Cup-winning crew chief Cole Pearn. Ed Carpenter‘s team made the announcement Wednesday. Pearn was considered one of the top crew chiefs in NASCAR before announcing a surprise resignation in December so
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1:08 PM ET The 120th U.S. Open will be played in September without fans at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, the United States Golf Association announced Wednesday. Spectators also won’t be allowed at next week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Following months of
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