4:25 PM ET Free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig is signing with the Atlanta Braves, a source told ESPN, confirming a report by MLB.com. The agreement comes after Braves outfielder Nick Markakis decided to opt out of the 2020 season earlier this month. A major league All-Star in 2014, the 29-year-old Puig batted .267 in 149 games
5:04 PM ET Chelsea celebrated a vital victory over last-placed Norwich on Tuesday. Getty Chelsea bounced back from defeat to Sheffield United with a 1-0 win over relegated Norwich that moves Frank Lampard‘s side four points clear of Leicester and Manchester United in the battle for Champions League qualification in the Premier League. What did you
3:33 PM ET Anti-corruption officials in tennis are bracing for a potential uptick in match-fixing alerts when the official tours restart later this summer due to the significant number of formal reports of “suspicious matches” that came to the attention of the Tennis Integrity Unit during the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. “We anticipate
1:31 PM ET While commissioners, athletic directors and coaches brace for the worst amid the growing coronavirus crisis, Oklahoma‘s Lincoln Riley said he remains confident there will be college football this season — even if it looks a bit different. After the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced a move to conference-only play and numerous college
12:45 PM ET Ahead of the August release of Madden NFL 21, we’re spending the week unveiling player ratings and rankings for the league’s best players. We’ll end with the wide receivers later this week, finishing with a SportsCenter special on Friday, July 17, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN app, which
3:06 PM ET Steve KimESPN Immediately after WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring’s July 14 fight against Jonathan Oquendo was canceled due to a positive coronavirus test, Top Rank was already planning a new date for the former Marine. “We’re looking to reschedule Jamel Herring for another date in August,” Bob Arum told ESPN Tuesday
12:33 PM ET The thought of returning to the PGA Tour crossed Tiger Woods‘ mind well before this week’s Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. But Woods, a five-time winner of the event, put his safety first. He wanted to wait and see how the first five tournaments were played during the coronavirus pandemic before committing
2:45 PM BST England prop Mako Vunipola committed his future to Saracens on Tuesday, despite the club’s relegation to the Championship. The reigning Premiership champions will drop into the second tier at the end of this season after being relegated for breaching salary cap rules. “I have no doubt the club will be back and
1:01 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Former top-10 tennis pro Lucas Pouille will have surgery on his right elbow and miss the return of sanctioned tennis — if the tours do return in August from their pandemic-forced hiatus. The 26-year-old Frenchman said Tuesday on Twitter that he would have the operation in Paris this
11:58 AM ET Associated Press The U.S. Tennis Association has canceled several amateur events scheduled in August because of the coronavirus pandemic but is still planning to hold the US Open starting Aug. 31. USTA National Championships in certain junior age groups for singles and doubles are being scrapped. That includes boys’ 18s in Orlando