6:27 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association is mulling over a proposal by MLB to delay the start of the 2021 season, and if the union does not provide a counteroffer early next
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Antonio Garcia tested positive for COVID-19 at some point during the Rolex 24 at Daytona and was pulled from the winning Corvette Racing team before the endurance event concluded. General Motors did not announce the Spaniard had tested positive until after the race ended Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. “As part of international COVID travel
The Pro Bowl may not be happening in the usual fashion this year due to COVID-19 concerns, but the virtual Pro Bowl is already delivering some big plays. Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, controlling the NFC in the first quarter, faced a difficult situation. Defensive stops by the AFC, controlled by Deshaun Watson, had put his
Gasly took his maiden grand prix win in the 2020 season Frenchman Pierre Gasly has become the sixth Formula 1 driver to contract coronavirus. The Alpha Tauri driver said he was “feeling OK and will continue to follow my training plan from home while I am in isolation”. The 24-year-old, who won last year’s Italian
The New York Rangers placed defenseman Tony DeAngelo on waivers Sunday. It was a surprising move considering New York signed DeAngelo, 25, to a two-year, $9.6 million extension this past October. “This isn’t about one incident, it’s not about one thing,” Rangers coach David Quinn told reporters Sunday. “This is a situation that the organization
The rules issue that Patrick Reed faced during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open is one that Rory McIlroy also confronted — without a rules official and with virtually no fanfare. Reed was allowed to take a drop from what he believed was an embedded lie on the 10th hole Saturday, sparking considerable
Report TN batsmen aced the chase after Siddharth’s 4-20 limited Baroda to 120 for 9 Tamil Nadu 123 for 3 (Hari Nishanth 35, Aparajith 29*, Sheth 1-20) beat Baroda 120 for 9 (Solanki 49, Siddharth 4-20, Aparajith 1-16) by seven wickets No R Ashwin (India duty). No M Vijay (personal reasons). No Washington Sundar (India
News “I’d like to think more opportunities will come from this and we’ll see what happens,” Overton says England hopefuls Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett and Jamie Overton all performed with the bat at the T10 League on Sunday, serving up some timely reminders of their talent in a year of great opportunity for
As mentioned repeatedly in our pre-season content, defenders matter more than ever in ESPN’s new standard fantasy game. Any manager who doesn’t take great care in overseeing their blue line is almost guaranteed to fall short of victory by the conclusion of this truncated, bizarre season. Join or create a league in the No. 1
Report Ismail’s new-ball spell of 3-0-9-3 helped reduce Pakistan to a precarious 20 for 4 South Africa Women 133 for 5 (Brits 66, Amin 2-21) beat Pakistan Women 115 for 7 (Riaz 39, Naseem 33, Ismail 5-12) by 18 runs A second consecutive half-century from Tazmin Brits and career-best figures of 5 from 12 from
LSU has gotten off to a fast start in the 2022 recruiting cycle and added to its class on Saturday when ESPN Junior 300 offensive tackle Will Campbell announced his commitment to the Tigers. Campbell is the No. 62-ranked recruit overall, a 6-foot-6, 275-pound tackle out of Neville High School in Monroe, Louisiana, and is
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Paul Casey left behind one of the unhappiest years of his golfing career by capturing his first title since 2019 with a four-stroke win at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday. The 43-year-old Englishman struggled to adapt to what he described as the “soulless” playing environment during the pandemic, with
Editor’s note: This story originally ran on Dec. 2, 2020. The story has been re-published ahead of the Chiefs’ appearance in Super Bowl LV. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Eric Bieniemy was a free-agent running back in 1999, he had some relatively lucrative contract offers with other teams. He instead signed a deal for the
News Foakes is set to keep wicket from the second Test onwards with Jos Buttler rested As Ben Foakes picked up his oversized Player-of-the-Series cheque following England’s clean sweep in Sri Lanka in November 2018, it was unthinkable – barring injury – that he would play only two out of their next 18 Test matches.
Report Mukidul Islam took four wickets while Khaled Ahmed picked up a three-for for the hosts, in Chattogram West Indians 257 (Brathwaite 85, Rishad 5-75) and 291 (Bonner 80, Campbell 68, Mukidul 4-59) drew with BCB XI 160 (Naim 45, Cornwall 5-47) and 63 for 2 (Yasir 33*, Shadman 23*, Reifer 2-7) A few more
With the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, Major League Baseball’s 2020 season was a pro sports version of “The Great Escape,” with the whole plan constantly on the verge of being destroyed. At the outset of the summer camp, the National Leaguer who would go on to win the MVP award, Freddie Freeman, caught the coronavirus
SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors swingman Klay Thompson said it “kills” him to be missing his second straight season, this time because of an Achilles tear, but the former All-Star said his rehab is coming along well and that he still plans on playing for “a long time.” Speaking for the first time since
Brisbane Heat 3 for 162 (Heazlett 74*, Peirson 43*) beat Sydney Thunder 8 for 158 (Billings 34, Cutting 34*, Steketee 2-22, Swepson 2-28) by seven wickets Sam Heazlett and Jimmy Peirson took full toll of some obligingly loose death bowling from the Sydney Thunder at Manuka Oval to rocket the Brisbane Heat into a preliminary
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