Month: July 2020

11:42 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Three straight finishes outside the top 10 for Denny Hamlin these days counts as a rough patch. He was once again as smooth as they get Thursday night. Hamlin hung around the front of the pack all night, avoiding trouble that cost several playoff contenders in
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11:11 PM ET The NHL will have a five-second delay on broadcasts and artificial crowd noise when it restarts its season in Toronto and Edmonton beginning Aug. 1. The league distributed “Phase 4” information to teams and media this week, detailing life in the bubbles for the 24 teams returning to play. That includes how
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11:18 PM BST English Premiership chiefs have expressed concerns regarding World Rugby’s decision to stage test matches in December as part of its revised international calendar for 2020. World Rugby on Wednesday proposed a temporary international window following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, with this year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship to take place
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9:32 PM ET Associated Press Eleven men’s and women’s tennis tournaments planned for China in October and November — including the WTA Finals — were canceled Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than try to move or reschedule any of those events, the ATP and WTA tours announced they were scrapping all of them after
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8:27 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — The coronavirus pandemic has squelched the upbeat and welcoming vibe that marked the debut of the 3M Open last year. The fans might have been absent, but the soft greens were plenty friendly Thursday for Richy Werenski to take full advantage. “I have a good feeling they’ll
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7:49 PM ET Wisconsin‘s athletic department is projecting revenue losses between $60 million and $70 million if the Badgers play a conference-only, 10-game season and losses of more than $100 million if the upcoming football season is canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to Wisconsin fans posted on the athletic department’s website
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6:19 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw is nursing stiffness in his back and will begin the season on the 10-day injured list, prompting highly rated prospect Dustin May to temporarily replace him in the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ starting rotation. The Dodgers made the announcement about four hours before Kershaw was slated to throw
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4:17 PM ET BLAINE, Minn. — The day before the first round of the 3M Open, the pros practicing for the PGA Tour’s lone stop in Minnesota seemed surprised by chilly temperatures that dipped into the 50s. Things never seemed to warm up for Dustin Johnson, who withdrew because of a back injury after shooting
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4:56 PM ET BLAINE, Minn. — For the second week in a row, Tony Finau found himself atop the leaderboard of a tournament after his opening round. But his longtime caddie, Greg Bodine, was not with him Thursday. Finau, locked in a four-way tie for first place at the 3M Open on Thursday (some players
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5:10 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Callum Smith is the leading contender to face Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Sep.12, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. Smith’s fellow English boxer John Ryder,
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