Month: May 2020

4:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Sixty of the 5,754 people in a study of the Major League Baseball employee population tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, a rate lower than what similar studies run in California found, the
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2:06 PM ET Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer organized a giveaway after his phone number was mistakenly shown during an ESPN broadcast of the Korea Baseball Organization. Bauer was being interviewed over FaceTime early Sunday morning and his number was visible on the top of his screen for several seconds during a game being shown
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12:21 PM ET Alex Antetokounmpo, the youngest brother of NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo plans to skip college and play professionally in Europe to prepare for the NBA. Alex Antetokounmpo, who graduated from Dominican High School in Wisconsin, told EuroHoops.net of his plans on Saturday. He had reportedly received offers to play at DePaul, Ohio and
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12:11 PM ET Associated Press The president of the University of Virginia says he hopes college football can be played this fall, though he cautioned that he does not expect it to seem like “normal football seasons.” James Ryan told CBS’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday that athletic director Carla Williams and football coach Bronco
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7:17 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff After admitting to the charges of corruption issued against him by the Afghanistan Cricket Board, including one that said he was trying to fix a match in the Bangladesh Premier League in 2019, wicketkeeper-batsman Shafiqullah has been banned from all cricket-related activities for six years. An ACB release on Sunday
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7:43 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — The French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros could be held without fans later this year, the president of the French Tennis Federation said on Sunday. The clay-court tournament at Roland Garros was initially slated to be held May 24-June 7, but was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic
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