8:39 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The two-time defending National League East champion Atlanta Braves took a huge blow when young pitching star Mike Soroka was lost for the season Monday night after tearing his right Achilles tendon against the New York Mets. Soroka was hurt in the third inning after delivering a pitch
Month: August 2020
2:53 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The damp, foggy, chilly surroundings at TPC Harding Park on Tuesday are not exactly the type of conditions Tiger Woods is embracing heading into the PGA Championship. But Woods is well aware of summertime conditions in the Bay Area, and despite his lack of tournament preparation of late, he
2:50 PM ET Steve KimESPN The proposed bout between unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and IBF belt holder Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) tentatively set for Oct. 3 is officially in jeopardy. According to a report from The Athletic, Lopez is balking at the $1.25 million offer from Top Rank for the
4:02 PM ET The Seattle Kraken are the NHL’s best-selling expansion identity launch ever, beating the previous record set by the Vegas Golden Knights by four times, according to Fanatics, the league’s official retail partner. Twelve days after the Kraken officially unveiled their name, logo and colors, the team is still responsible for two of
7:19 AM ET Real Madrid left-back Sergio Reguilon is in talks to join Chelsea, with discussions already at an advanced stage, sources have told ESPN. The defender, 23, has attracted interest from a number of top European clubs after impressing in La Liga this season on loan at Sevilla. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+
2:36 PM ET Associated Press Defending champion Rafael Nadal will skip the US Open because of the coronavirus pandemic, putting on hold his bid to equal Roger Federer‘s men’s tennis record for Grand Slam titles. Nadal explained his decision in a series of tweets sent in Spanish and English on Tuesday. “The situation is very
3:12 PM ET The SEC has pushed back the first allowable start of football practice from this Friday to Aug. 17, the conference announced Tuesday. The change comes after the conference approved a 10-game, conference-only schedule last week that aims to kick off the season on Sept. 26 rather than the original start date of
11:47 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — The Madrid Open in September was canceled on Tuesday because of a new spike in coronavirus cases in Spain. The joint men’s and women’s tournament was originally scheduled in May, but moved when Spain became a hotbed for the virus. Its new slot in September allowed it again
2:38 PM ET FIA president Jean Todt has praised Lewis Hamilton’s efforts to promote an anti-racism message in Formula One, but says other drivers should not feel forced into making gestures or statements they are not comfortable with. Hamilton, Formula One’s only Black driver, has been a prominent voice on matters of diversity and racism,
Aug 2, 2020 Kevin Magnussen opted against taking a knee during F1’s anti-racism protest at the British Grand Prix, joining the six Formula One drivers who have done so since the beginning of the season. F1 gave its drivers an allocated moment ahead of the race to make a statement against racism in whichever way