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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says 'we are playing' but 'players need to be better' Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred remains confident the 2020 season can continue, telling ESPN's Karl Ravech on Saturday that "there is no reason to quit now" despite positive coronavirus tests that have led to the postponement of 17 ...
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Roundup: Giants, OL Nick Gates agree to 2-year, $6.8M extension With three starts in 2019, offensive lineman Nick Gates has garnered a two-year extension with the New York Giants with a base value of $6.82 million and a max of $10.32 million, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported Saturday morning. The team later ...
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Heat's Jimmy Butler changes jersey before game for one with name Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler had to change jerseys prior to the start of Saturday's seeding game against the Denver Nuggets because he originally came to the floor with a jersey that had no name on its back. An official blew a whistle, and ...
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Mystics' Essence Carson calls on the WNBA bubble to stand in solidarity, continuing to 'Say Her Name' This entire WNBA season is dedicated to Breonna Taylor. Her name is on every players' jersey, she is constantly brought up in media sessions by players. Before the first game of the season on national television, the New York Liberty and Seattle Storm held ...
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Players to Watch: Game 1 vs. MTL Here are your KeyBank Money Players to Watch and Starting Goaltenders for Game 1 of the Qualifying Round against the Montreal Canadiens. Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby. A big storyline throughout Pittsburgh's training camp was whether Crosby would be ...
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Clippers vs. Pelicans in NBA restart: Live stream, watch online, TV channel, odds, start time, prediction After four-plus months, the 2019-20 NBA season is back. The league's slate of "seeding" games got underway on Thursday night. The action continues Saturday with a five-game slate, including a bout between two teams vying for postseason position in the ...
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Aubameyang 9/10 as Arsenal clinch Europa spot with FA Cup crown Arsenal will have seen this FA Cup final as a chance to end a difficult season on a high. It didn't start how they would have liked though, as Christian Pulisic put Chelsea ahead just five minutes in. - Catch FA Cup, Serie A, MLS and more on ESPN+ (U.S. only)
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49ers' Jimmy Garoppolo wears George Kittle shirt for camp arrival The 49ers' most infamous bromance continues. You might remember Kittle wore a shirt featuring a topless Jimmy Garoppolo to the tight end's NFC Championship Game press conference after the 49ers clobbered the Green Bay Packers at Levi's Stadium.
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Jets' CJ Mosley opts out of 2020 season due to family health concerns, per report Throughout this entire week, reports have flooded in concerning NFL players opting out of the 2020 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, however, arguably the biggest name to opt out yet surfaced. According to ESPN's Rich Cimini, ...
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Mercedes are dominating, but rivals are falling short An empty Silverstone circuit might take some getting used to, but what happened on track looked no different to recent years, with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes on top in qualifying. Editor's Picks. British Grand Prix - U.S. TV schedule · How Hulkenberg's ...
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Report: WR Marqise Lee Becomes Seventh Patriot to Opt-Out of 2020 Season Players are dropping like flies for the New England Patriots. Today, recent free agent signing Marqise Lee has opted out of the 2020 season to take his own preventative measures against COVID-19, according to Jim McBride of the Boston Globe. Lee is the ...
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Reds' Trevor Bauer rips Tigers 'amateur' handling of rain delay before postponement Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer has never been one to hold back his thoughts. He had plenty to share Saturday after his scheduled start against the Detroit Tigers went into a last-minute rain delay before ultimately being postponed. In a pair of tweets, ...
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Bulls Trade Rumors: Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr. Draw Interest from Teams Multiple NBA teams have reportedly expressed interest in acquiring talented young bigs Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. from the Chicago Bulls. According to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, an NBA scout said there is a "handful of teams ...
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Illinois' Kofi Cockburn joins Ayo Dosunmu by coming back to school giving the Illini a title-contending team Dare to dream, Illinois fans, and dare to dream big. That was the heart of Brad Underwood's message to Illini nation in his introductory press conference in March 2017 as he laid out a vision for the program he inherited. "I dream big," Underwood said, making ...
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Several SEC players reportedly voiced coronavirus concerns in 'confidential' meeting with officials Several college football players reportedly expressed concern for their safety in a private meeting with Southeastern Conference officials and medical advisers the day before the league announced its plans to proceed with a shortened, league-only season in ...
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AFC South Division Preview: Is AJ Brown about to take over? The Yahoo Fantasy analysts will preview all eight NFL divisions during the 2020 fantasy football draft season. Here, we'll tackle each team's most pressing fantasy question, and team win totals. Be sure to also check out each team's full preview linked up ...
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Louisiana assistant coach DJ Looney, 31, dies after suffering heart attack at team workout D.J. Looney, an assistant coach for the University of Louisiana football team, died Saturday morning after suffering a heart attack at a team workout at Cajun Field in Lafayette. According to Sports Illustrated, Looney was pronounced dead after being ...
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Game On: NHL restart a small step toward return to normalcy TORONTO — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman took a short break from watching the final few exhibition games Thursday to ponder the significance of awarding the Stanley Cup some two months from now – should all go as planned. The magnitude of the ...
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Yankees' schedule in chaos amid Phillies' coronavirus confusion Now what? Who knows what's in the plans for the Yankees after their home game against the Phillies scheduled for Monday. MLB Network's Jon Heyman reported Saturday that it had been postponed. Or was that a false negative? Later, the New York Post's ...
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College Football News drops preseason power rankings The final weeks of July ended with great optimism across college football as several Power 5 conferences announced their plans for revised scheduling, and best of all, a plan to go through with the upcoming season, one with unprecedented challenges.
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Hamlin-Harvick duel resumes as Cup Series hits New Hampshire Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick spent the final lap at New Hampshire a year ago jockeying for the lead, the two clearly the class of the field as the NASCAR Cup Series race approached the checkered flag. It turned out to be a harbinger of the wacky 2020 ...
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Nets vs. Wizards: Another Key Conference Matchup for Brooklyn When the Brooklyn Nets play their second game of the NBA restart on Sunday, they'll be facing off against a Washington Wizards team operating under similar circumstances. The Nets are in Orlando without several frontline players, and added five new ...
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Padres' Kirby Yates: Pulled from save situation Yates gave up two runs on three hits and two walks in two-thirds of an innings before he was pulled from Friday's game against the Rockies. Called upon to protect an 8-5 lead, Yates retired two of the first three batters he faced but could not buy an out from ...
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Royals' Jakob Junis: Named starter for Sunday Junis (not injury related) will start Sunday's game against the White Sox, Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star reports. Junis has been on the injured list since late July due to a positive COVID-19 test, but he'll be able to make his season debut Sunday after ...
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Saratoga Pick 5 odds, predictions: Handicapping champion reveals Aug. 1 horse racing best bets Horse racing continues to take place daily during the coronavirus pandemic, and on Saturday 11 of the country's best 3-year-old sprinters collide in the wide-open 2020 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The Tom ...
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OTF Roundtable: Nashville Predators Postseason Predictions We gathered the staff back for another roundtable, this one discussing how we think the 2020 postseason will go for the Nashville Predators. Nick. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Given the chaotic nature of this season overall—from the coaching change to the five-month layoff—I ...
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Oilers beat Blackhawks, win Stanley Cup in EA Sports' NHL 20 simulation The Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers kick off their five-game qualifying series for the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday. One postseason simulation doesn't offer a strong outlook for the Hawks, however. The Oilers took down the Pittsburgh Penguins in six ...
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Joe's return provides spark to talented 2020-21 Hoop Hogs Roster By Kevin McPherson. LITTLE ROCK — As second-year Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman continues to build a national brand and program in Fayetteville, his first full roster as Head Hog has a chance to splash big on the national stage in 2020-21 with a ...
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Heat's Meyers Leonard: Coming off bench in opener Leonard will come off the bench during Saturday's opener against the Nuggets, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reports. Leonard will play his first game since Feb. 3, as he missed the final 16 games before the hiatus due to a significant ankle injury.
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Player tests positive for COVID-19 at Palermo Open PALERMO, Sicily — A tennis player entered for the Palermo Ladies Open tested positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from the tournament, organizers announced Saturday. While noting that the player is asymptomatic, the WTA Tour said in a ...
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Regional networks get their night baseball, defy pandemic in process The question that couldn't be answered when big-league baseball announced its plan to return to play with a 30-ballpark format was this: What would be the standard for positive coronavirus tests to cause teams to be withheld from competition?
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76ers' Mike Scott: Questionable for opener Scott is questionable for Saturday's opener against the Pacers due to right knee soreness. This is the first we're hearing of Scott dealing with knee soreness, so it's possible the issue cropped up in practice. If he ends up on the shelf, that could mean more ...
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NBA bubble intel: Schedule and live updates for Day 2 of seeding games For Giannis Antetokounmpo, attacking the paint is now a science. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar was in MVP form early during his first game of the NBA restart, as his Statue of Liberty dunk highlighted the first quarter. "Right in between the half-court and the ...
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Joel Ayayi returning to Gonzaga for junior season Joel Ayayi, whose breakout performance was one of the keys in Gonzaga's 31-2 record last season, is coming back for an encore. Gonzaga announced Saturday that Ayayi is returning for his junior season and he will not pursue any professional options.
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Clemson Football: SEC decision hurts the Tigers more than anyone The Clemson football team enters the 2020 season as one of the favorites to compete in the CFB Playoff, but those chances were not increased due to the SEC's most recent decision. The University of Presidents of SEC schools voted Thursday afternoon to ...
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Ondrej Kase joins Bruins in Toronto after extended absence The Boston Bruins have been without Ondrej Kase for some time now, but the forward finally has joined the team in Toronto. Boston tweeted a photo of Kase working out with the team, indicating he's returned from an absence that stemmed from him being ...
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Chiefs vets say lack of practice will test team's film study habits KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After missing out on valuable practice time, including rookie mini-camps and organized team activities, the Chiefs' veterans expect new players will need to study hard headed into the 2020 season. "Just getting the playbook," linebacker ...
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