Zion Williamson says it has been hard to watch from the sideline as the New Orleans Pelicans lost their first two games in the NBA bubble while his minutes have been limited. "It's very tough to be honest because as soon as I start to break that sweat, I look ...
Blues vs. Avalanche. 6:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV, SN360, TVAS2, ALT. The defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche each play their first game of the round-robin portion of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers at Rogers Place in ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- White Sox prospect Nick Madrigal had the first four hits of his promising big league career, including two during a seven-run seventh inning, and Chicago beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.
The New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes has opted out of the 2020 season after he did not report to Truist Park for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves, according to general manager Brodie Van Wagenen. Van Wagenen addressed Cespedes' decision ...
The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder are a part of a five-team group bunched from third to seventh place in the Western Conference standings. With seven games remaining in the regular season in the NBA's restart near Orlando, games among ...
Gardner Minshew was one of five Jacksonville Jaguars players that the team placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Sunday. Along with Minshew, running back Ryquell Armstead, tight end Charles Jones, receiver Michael Walker and safety Andrew Wingard ...
The Washington Wizards lost to the Brooklyn Nets 118-110 on Sunday afternoon in Orlando, FL. Here are five takeaways from what went down... Playoff hopes are vanishing. The Wizards' time in Orlando was always going to be about player development ...
The coronavirus pandemic made this a Serie A season like no other, but as it concluded, the table had a familiar look with Juventus crowned champions for the ninth straight season. Below them, Inter made a late run to claim second, while Atalanta and Lazio ...
A group of Pac-12 football players on Sunday threatened to opt out of the coming season unless its concerns about competing during the COVID-19 pandemic and other racial and economic issues in college sports are addressed. The players posted a ...
Eight days shy of a year after his last big-league start, Jake Arrieta gets the ball for the Phillies in Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Arrieta will oppose Yankees ace Gerrit Cole as the Phillies restart their season eight days after their last game. Since his last ...
Buffalo Bills cornerback E.J. Gaines became the latest NFL player to opt out of the 2020 season over COVID-19 concerns, general manager Brandon Beane announced Sunday. Gaines missed the entire 2019 season with a core muscle injury and was ...
The clock is ticking for NFL players to make a decision regarding their playing status for the 2020 season. The league is expected to set an opt-out deadline for Wednesday, August 5, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. While the decision is not finalized, ...
Geronimo Allison's Lions debut will have to wait until 2021. The former Packers wideout, who signed a one-year contract with Detroit this offseason, has opted out of the 2020 campaign, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Sunday, per an informed source.
Tyler Alexander put on a pitching clinic Sunday and tied a Detroit Tigers and American League record by striking out nine straight batters. But it wasn't enough for the Tigers, who fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3, in the first game of what is believed to be Major ...
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Sunday that Blackhawks forward Drake Caggiula has been suspended for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers after delivering an illegal check to the head on Edmonton Oilers forward Tyler Ennis in Game 1.
Since the 2019-20 NBA season resumed Thursday, the battle for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference has gotten tighter. Things might be even closer after Sunday's action from the NBA bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World.
Iowa's Luka Garza, the Big Ten's player of the year last season, announced Sunday that he was withdrawing from the NBA Draft process and will return to the Hawkeyes for the 2020-21 season. Garza entered the draft process hoping to work out for NBA ...
The St. Louis Cardinals have multiple new positive tests for coronavirus within the organization, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan Sunday. On Saturday, the team had one player and three staff members test positive, while four more members of the ...
The original 60-game schedule for the delayed 2020 major-league season had the Milwaukee Brewers opening with six consecutive games, followed by an off day, then 17 games in a row. Pretty stiff challenge after taking 3½ months off, then scurrying ...
New York Giants defensive tackle Leonard Williams has been designated with a non-football injury as the team made several moves to get to the 80-player limit. Williams was acquired from the Jets in October for two draft picks. He has 17 1/2 sacks in five ...
Deuce Tatum wasn't able to be in Orlando to watch his father take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, but he still found a way to steal the show. Don't miss NBC Sports Boston's coverage of Celtics-Heat, which begins Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. with Celtics ...
The Houston Astros have placed closer Roberto Osuna on the injured list with soreness in his pitching elbow. The Astros announced the roster move Sunday, after Osuna left Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels in the ninth inning because of pain ...
After sleeping on it, the Winnipeg Jets doubled down on the accusations that Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk intentionally injured Mark Scheifele during their Western Conference qualifying-round series opener. In the immediate aftermath of ...
The Penguins waited more than four-and-a-half months for their chance to play meaningful hockey. And, in a worst-case scenario, it could all be over in about four days. After dropping Game 1 to Montreal in overtime, 3-2, the Penguins don't have much time or ...
The New England Patriots will begin training camp with three players on the physical unable to perform, or PUP, list. Patriots wide receiver Mohamed Sanu, running back Sony Michel and special teams standout Brandon King all have been placed on the PUP ...
MIAMI (AP) — For the second day in a row, the Miami Marlins had no positive tests among their players and staff still in Philadelphia, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because details of the ...
The Liberty have been able to make their mistakes and learn from them. Their esteemed rookie leader, Sabrina Ionescu, once described their hiccups as "growing pains." Head coach Walt Hopkins has echoed the same. Struggling and learning are tough pills ...
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid downplayed what appeared to be a tense exchange with teammate Shake Milton at the end of the first quarter in Saturday's 127-121 loss to the Indiana Pacers. "It's basketball," Embiid said, per Sixers Wire's Ky Carlin.
The Steelers added two more players to the NFL's reserve/COVID-19 list. Running back Jaylen Samuels and wide receiver James Washington became the third and fourth players the team placed on the list. The reserve/COVID-19 placement means Samuels ...
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Foye Oluokun has become the sixth player to go on the team's reserve/COVID-19 list since the start of training camp. Olukum started two ...
The Las Vegas Raiders begin their first season in a new city and a new $1.9 billion stadium. The Raiders hope a change in scenery will begin a new era of competitiveness. The Raiders relocated to Las Vegas this year, ending a relationship with the city of ...
The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Homer Bailey on the 10-day injured list with right biceps tendinitis. The move was made retroactive to July 29. Bailey, who signed with the Twins as a free agent this offseason, won his first start for Minnesota last week ...
Although the Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy with the best record in the NHL, Philly will have a chance of earning the No. 1 seed in the East due to the Round Robin format. The Bruins and Flyers will meet in their first Round Robin games of the 2020 ...
The Mariners optioned Odom to their alternate training site ahead of Sunday's game against the Athletics. Seattle elected to prioritize bullpen depth over a third catcher in Odom, as the team recalled reliever Erik Swanson in a corresponding move.
Orioles third. Anthony Santander grounds out to second base, Brandon Lowe to Jose Martinez. Renato Nunez homers to left field. Pedro Severino grounds out to shortstop, Willy Adames to Jose Martinez. Chance Sisco singles to right center field. DJ Stewart ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout is expected to return to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday after missing four games to be with his wife and newborn son. The three-time AL MVP is likely to play in Seattle at the start of a six-game road trip, Angels manager ...
The New York Empire went .500 in the regular season and barely squeaked into the playoffs. Two upsets later, and they're the 2020 World TeamTennis champions. The Empire earned their first championship Sunday, topping the Chicago Smash 21-20 in a ...
London (AFP) - England's Sam Horsfield held his nerve to claim a maiden European Tour title at the English Open on Sunday. Horsfield took a one-shot lead into the final round at the Forest of Arden near Birmingham and carded a closing 68 to finish 18 ...
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has long been outspoken about the social and political landscape in this country. And though Popovich decided to stand for the national anthem ahead of the Spurs' first game of the NBA restart, the Spurs head ...
Pac-12 football players published a list of demands "to protect and benefit both scholarship and walk-on athletes" on Sunday, as athletes voiced concerns over safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic and threatened to sit out the 2020 season. Most teams are ...
The Baltimore Ravens waived former Texas A&M defensive tackle Daylon Mack on Saturday in what could be described as a surprise move by the team. However, by waiving Mack along with rookie punter Dom Maggio gets the Ravens down under the ...
The tough times in 2020 continued for Kyle Busch at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Busch scraped the wall in the opening laps off of Turn 2 in the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at the 1.058-mile track. Shortly after on Lap 16, a cut tire on the No. 18 Joe ...
I don't know what to say. I have never seen anything like this, and that's saying a lot in a year like 2020. The Mets are playing an early-afternoon game today, and announced just before first pitch that they flat-out don't know where outfielder Yoenis Cespedes ...
Every football fan remembers Dennis Green coaching the Cardinals in 2006 screaming at the podium after a loss to the Bears: "They are who we thought they were, and we let them off the hook!" Green's rant was an all-time classic and spawned memes and ...
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