9:25 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Friday night. The decision came on Jackie Robinson Day across the majors, and in the wake
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3:00 PM ET Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. He is president of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, chairman of the DeVos Sports Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida and director of the Institute for Diversity
8:00 AM ET Editor’s Note: This was originally published in July and has been updated to reflect recent events. As Major League Baseball players join other professional sports leagues in protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin — the latest in a seemingly endless string of such incidents — with postponements of
2:51 PM ET The Athletics–Rangers, Phillies–Nationals, Twins–Tigers, Red Sox–Blue Jays, Rockies–Diamondbacks, Orioles–Rays and Mets–Marlins games set for Thursday night have been postponed, with possibly more to follow. The action follows three games being postponed on Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted to the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man,
11:59 AM ET The Seattle Mariners have traded right-hander Taijuan Walker to the Toronto Blue Jays, the teams announced Thursday. In exchange, Seattle will receive a player to be named or cash considerations. Walker is 2-2 with a 4.00 ERA in five starts this season. He has a career record of 33-33 with a 3.95
9:38 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, who was back in action for the first time since coming off the injured list due to a right calf strain, might be headed back to the IL. The Yankees expected to
5:38 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin. Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres in San
11:07 AM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft In a season that has thus far been filled with injuries, fantasy baseball managers are surely seeking a bunch of replacements on the waiver wire. Here are three players well worth adding in ESPN leagues: Ian Anderson, SP, Atlanta Braves 1 Related While 2020 has been a season rich
7:00 AM ET The motif heading into the 60-game Major League Baseball season was straight out of a 1950s horror movie or a bad slogan for a 1980s Mariners team: Anything can happen. As we come upon the halfway point of the season, however, as much as we hoped for a crazy, unpredictable two months,
10:37 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw his first career no-hitter on Tuesday night, shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, on 101 pitches. Giolito, 26, walked one while striking out 13 using a combination of his fastball and changeup to hold the Pirates in check en route to the shortened season’s