8:25 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Golf Australia said Tuesday that the Australian Open tournament will be postponed indefinitely and if played will not be held until early 2021. The tournament was scheduled for Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, which has been in lockdown due to a large increase in COVID-19 deaths
1:15 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN Major League Baseball is seeing its first coronavirus cancellations since the restart of the 2020 season. An outbreak of COVID-19 spread throughout the Miami Marlins clubhouse, bringing the total cases in recent days to at least 13, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers. As a result, the Marlins
5:34 PM ET Michigan State says 16 athletes and four staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in the school’s latest round of testing. The latest totals include two staff members and one athlete whose positive tests Michigan State announced last week. Michigan State on Friday announced the entire football program had entered a 14-day
10:46 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving is helping to make sure WNBA players can sit out the season and not stress about a paycheck. The Brooklyn Nets star is committing $1.5 million to supplement the income of players who choose not to play this season, whether because of coronavirus concerns or
3:52 PM ET Associated Press Camilo Villegas‘ daughter, Mia, has died at just 22 months old after cancerous tumors were found in her brain and spine. Four-time PGA Tour winner Villegas revealed last month that he and his wife, Maria, took their daughter to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami for scans in March as they
10:30 AM ET The 2019-20 Premier League has finally come to an end, with every on-field issue having been resolved despite the 100-day coronavirus shutdown that threatened to leave England‘s top flight in a state of disarray. Liverpool have been crowned champions for the first time since 1990, Manchester United are back in the Champions
3:48 PM ET Associated Press The 20th edition of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship will not be staged this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oct. 1-4 were due to be the dates for the tournament to take place on the Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. Tournament organizers
1:00 PM ET The phone call from the Seattle Seahawks came several weeks ago. Joe Douglas wasn’t surprised. Everybody in the NFL knew star safety Jamal Adams wanted out, so the New York Jets‘ general manager figured he would receive multiple inquiries. And he did, but the Seahawks were the most aggressive suitor. The two
12:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Golden Boy Promotions rolled out the full card for its Aug. 28 show at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, headlined by three-division champion Jorge Linares facing Javier Fortuna in a 12-round lightweight bout. In the semi-main event, Rashidi Ellis (22-0, 14 KOs) will face Brad Solomon (28-3,
12:10 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan have announced a 20-man shortlisted squad for the three-Test series against England starting August 5. The experienced pair of Wahab Riaz and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed have returned to the Test set up, while middle-order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed has been left out. Initially, the PCB had announced a combined squad
12:27 PM ET The NHL announced Monday that it has not received any positive coronavirus tests over the past week. The league administered 4,256 tests to more than 800 players during that span. It’s a positive sign as the NHL enters Phase 4 in its return-to-play plan. The 24 teams participating in this summer’s tournament
Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has issued a statement “clarifying his thoughts” and confirming he is not anti-vaccine after sharing a video linked to unfounded conspiracy theories about a coronavirus vaccination. Hamilton originally shared the post about Bill Gates and vaccine trials on his Instagram story to his 18 million followers. It stayed up for
10:48 AM ET Associated Press The NASCAR weekend in late August at Dover International Speedway will take place without fans. Delaware state officials denied the track’s request to host a limited number of fans Aug. 21-23 in the interest of public health and safety. The track is to host a NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR
Formula 1 will organise an anti-racism protest before Sunday’s British Grand Prix following criticisms of the sport’s approach to the subject. The move comes in the wake of Lewis Hamilton accusing F1 and governing body the FIA of “lacking leadership” on the issue after the last race in Hungary. F1 is to specify a time
9:18 AM ET The Miami Marlins‘ home opener against the Baltimore Orioles Monday night has been canceled, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, as coronavirus cases continue to pop up among the team. The Marlins remain in Philadelphia and continue to undergo testing after their weekend series there. Eight more players and two coaches with the
7:30 AM ET More than a decade later, Amari Spievey is still troubled by what he saw that day. The former All-Big Ten cornerback for Iowa knows it could have been him. It was spring of 2009. Iowa’s Derrell Johnson-Koulianos had been late for a meeting, and Chris Doyle, the team’s longtime strength and conditioning
Formula 1 is monitoring Spain’s coronavirus situation following a spike in cases, amid concerns about the country’s grand prix. F1, along with other elite sports, has an exemption from the UK government’s newly imposed 14-day quarantine on all travellers returning from Spain. That means the race can still go ahead on 14 August in current
6:45 AM ET After a 4½-month hiatus, the NBA season resumes Thursday in Orlando, Florida. The Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans tip things off, followed by a nightcap between the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers. The Clippers’ duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George had ample time to recover from nagging injuries during