5:01 PM ET The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play, commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday. “As we seek some return to normalcy, this is an important day for NHL fans,” Bettman said of
Month: May 2020
7:03 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has extended the following invitation to Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal: Meet me in July. Usman (16-1) told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s been training since February and has offered to defend his 170-pound UFC championship in April, May, June and now July. Many expected Usman’s next
4:44 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Major League Baseball has proposed cutting the salaries of the highest-paid players in
3:55 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Chris Dufresne, an award-winning former sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times, has died. He was 62. He died suddenly Monday while dining with his family at home in Chino Hills, 30 miles east of Los Angeles, according to a Times staff memo posted Tuesday on Facebook. “Chris
5:01 PM ET Associated Press The NHL announced Tuesday it will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play. Commissioner Gary Bettman said the decision is not a guarantee that games are coming back. The NHL and
1:36 PM ET XFL owner Vince McMahon said Tuesday in bankruptcy court that he will not attempt to buy back the league. In a court filing, McMahon called accusations that he was secretly maneuvering to use Chapter 11 as an avenue to cheaply retain the XFL “inflammatory” and “unsubstantiated.” The XFL filed for bankruptcy on
12:00 PM ET The final, fleeting fight for 30 teams to resume the NBA’s season is raging through these last days of indecision. Hours of commissioner Adam Silver’s time are being spent engaging owners and high-level executives making the case for how the league should march into the summer’s playoffs, including those desiring the entire
5:21 PM ET Steve KimESPN The WBA will test its new coronavirus protocol at a six-fight card Saturday in the Dominican Republic. The event will take place without fans at the Coliseo Carlos “Teo” Cruz in Santo Domingo. A 10-round junior bantamweight bout between Norbelto Jimenez (29-9-5, 16 KOs) and Eliezer Aquino (21-4-1, 14 KOs)
11:41 AM ET Old audio of Michael Jordan has surfaced in which he says he told NBA executive Rod Thorn, who was part of the USA Basketball selection committee, that he wouldn’t play on the Dream Team in 1992 if Detroit Pistons star point guard Isiah Thomas was also selected to the team. “Rod Thorn
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