2:43 PM ET Associated Press Boxing and mixed martial arts competition may resume in California after the state athletic commission approved new safety regulations for the coronavirus pandemic. The commission will require a “quarantine bubble” around participants in every event, including referees and judges. The events also must be held without fans. Golden Boy Promotions
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7:15 AM ET The NFL pulled off a relatively normal 2020 offseason amid the coronavirus pandemic, a wild and weirdly comforting accomplishment that belies the current scramble to finalize plans for training camp and the regular season. It extended its labor peace, moved through free agency, conducted its draft and managed a virtual offseason, events
6:17 AM ET The restart of the 2019-20 NBA season is almost here, as all 22 teams ramp up practices inside the bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. With scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely
2:00 PM BST Aramide Oladipo Leicester Tigers wing Nemani Nadolo has criticised a supporter of “casual racism” after the fan suggested the club should sign “players with names we can pronounce.” The club made five new signings on Monday including Nadolo’s Fiji international teammate Kini Murimurivalu. The supporter responded to the club’s Facebook post of
1:50 AM ET Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is confident of silencing his critics this weekend when he makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon. On Saturday night (Sunday afternoon AEST), the Australian will face Britain’s Darren Till (18-2-1) — who is making just his second appearance at 185 pounds — on Fight Island
1:35 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom has signed a three-year, $9 million contract extension just weeks after completing radiation treatment for a rare form of bone cancer. Lindblom, 23, has not played since being diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around
12:24 AM IST Sir Andrew Strauss, the former England captain, is confident that the cricket-loving public will get behind next week’s #RedForRuth day at Emirates Old Trafford and help raise awareness and funds for the Ruth Strauss Foundation, even though the Covid-19 pandemic means that no spectators will be present to emulate last year’s inaugural
7:00 AM ET John Tortorella gathered around his Columbus Blue Jackets for their first day of training camp in the NHL’s restarted season. The famously direct coach explained what he expected from them under the league’s COVID-19 “return to play” protocols. “We don’t want a bunch of drama. We’re trying to win a Stanley Cup,”
7:05 AM ET Temple football was a laughingstock when Bill Bradshaw took over as the Owls’ athletic director in 2002. Recruiting was a mess. The coaching staff was forced to bring in a host of junior college transfers, which led to a precipitous decline in academic performance rates. The previous five coaches had all been
10:56 AM ET Associated Press The International Tennis Federation plans to resume its lower-level World Tennis Tour the week of Aug. 17 and its junior and beach tennis tours two weeks later when the US Open is scheduled to begin. All ITF tours have been suspended since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The governing
Ferrari have restructured their technical department in the wake of a disappointing performance at the start of the 2020 season. Head of aerodynamics Enrico Cardile will lead a newly created performance development department. And there is a more prominent role for Rory Byrne, who was chief designer when the team dominated the early 2000s. The
Rugby Australia boss Rob Clarke has taken another shot at sections of Australia’s rugby league media amid the contract tug-o-war for Joseph Suaalii, as the code attempts to keep the talented multi-sport athlete in the 15-man game. News that Suaalii had changed his mind and rejected a three-year deal from South Sydney in order to
10:33 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday for the Super Start Batteries 400 Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Austin Dillon held on for his first Cup series victory of the season on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas. Who will take the checkered flag under the
7:29 AM ET MIKE BROWN WAS sitting at a desk in Jorge Masvidal‘s Las Vegas hotel room. It was July 5, hours before Brown was scheduled to accompany Masvidal on a flight to “Fight Island” for UFC 251. While Brown, one of American Top Team’s head MMA coaches, was on his laptop, Masvidal’s manager, Abe
7:48 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back in full swing, albeit without the crowds we’re accustomed to. Jon Rahm took home the title at the Memorial Tournament and claimed the world No. 1 ranking in the process. The tour now heads to Minnesota for the 3M Open. Which players are good
7:00 AM ET Opening Day of the 2020 MLB season is just days away with baseball adapting a 60-game schedule as the sport tries to return amid the coronavirus pandemic. With specific adjustments to make play possible this year and some rule changes that were already in the works for this season, the sport figures
Team Ineos are set to be renamed before this year’s Tour de France. Cycling’s biggest team will become the Ineos Grenadiers, named after a new model of car being released by billionaire Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe in 2021. Ineos recently announced they would not renew the contract of four-time Tour champion Chris Froome beyond