Month: April 2020

7:04 AM ET Mercedes has repurposed its Formula One engine factory in Brixworth, England, into a facility to produce breathing aids to assist with the fight against coronavirus. Mercedes and University College London (UCL) have worked together to reverse-engineer a device known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). It is hoped the device will ease
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12:02 AM ET Around AU$5 million (US$3.08 million) will be refunded to spectators of last year’s Boomers vs. Team USA two-game series at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium, after the Australian consumer watchdog found promoter TEG Live had made false claims about its seating plan. The 20,000 refunds will be paid out to those who had purchased
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12:15 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and its players are increasingly focused on a plan that could allow them to start the season as early as May and has the support of high-ranking federal public
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10:35 PM ET ESPN News Services The NFL is delaying the start of its offseason workout program while formulating a plan with the NFL Players Association on how to proceed during the coronavirus pandemic. At least for the time being, NFL coaches won’t be allowed to communicate with players via videoconferencing. Normally, Monday would have
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9:37 PM ET A man has been charged after he entered the Nebraska home of UFC fighter Anthony Smith unlawfully early Sunday morning, according to police. Luke Haberman was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, according to Sgt. Wayne Hudson of the Douglas County (Nebraska) Sheriff’s office. Smith said in an interview
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8:39 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — For this most unusual year, the Houston Open gets its old spot back one week before the Masters. Augusta National picked Nov. 12-15 as the best date to move the Masters, postponed from this week because of the coronavirus. That week on the schedule previously belonged to the
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6:39 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Todd Gurley is no longer a Los Angeles Ram, and that’s not exactly a scenario that Rams coach Sean McVay says he could have imagined over the
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