1:31 PM ET Steve KimESPN Eleider Alvarez has suffered a training injury to his shoulder that will cause his July 16 bout versus Joe Smith Jr. to be pushed back, according to Yvon Michel, Alvarez’s promoter. Alvarez-Smith is part of an elimination process intended to fill the WBO vacancy at light heavyweight. The winner of
1:04 AM ET Marc J. Spears Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul, president of the National Basketball Players Association, told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Saturday that the players’ union and the league are collaborating to allow players to wear jerseys with personalized social justice, social cause or charity messages on the backs instead of their
8:52 PM ET Denny Hamlin and his No. 11 Toyota cruised to a victory in the weather-delayed Pocono 350 in the NASCAR Cup Series Sunday in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Kevin Harvick, who won the Cup Series race at the same track on Saturday, finished in second place, with Erik Jones taking third. Hamlin maintained at
8:59 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Dylan Frittelli became the fourth PGA Tour player to test positive for the coronavirus and had to withdraw from Rocket Mortgage Classic next week in Detroit. Frittelli missed the cut at the Travelers Championship, playing the opening two rounds with Ian Poulter and J.T. Poston. The South
8:40 PM ET Cam Newton led the Carolina Panthers to Super Bowl 50. Will he get a chance to get the six-time champion New England Patriots back to the big game? Newton, the 2015 NFL MVP, reached agreement on a one-year, incentive-laden deal with the Patriots, league sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter.
8:35 PM ET The Korea Baseball Organization is trading in its cardboard cutout fans for real ones. South Korea announced Sunday it will begin reopening stadiums to spectators this week. A KBO official said the league is working to welcome fans back as soon as Friday. “We haven’t yet established specific guidelines, and we have
2:33 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United will square off with Chelsea as the draw for the FA Cup semifinals was revealed Sunday. Arsenal await the winners of the Newcastle United–Manchester City match on Sunday. The semifinal round will be played July 18-19 while the final will be contested on
7:31 PM ET Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to retire the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag following widespread, increased pressure that came in part from the world of sports. Mississippi’s House and Senate voted in succession Sunday afternoon to retire the flag, with broad bipartisan support. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will
6:31 PM ET Associated Press PINE HALL, N.C. — The owner of a North Carolina racetrack said he has faced death threats, lost employees and seen “all but two” of his sponsors evaporate amid the backlash over his social media post invoking the noose found in the garage stall of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace.
5:23 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Nothing about the PGA Tour’s return was ever going to be easy. If that wasn’t clear before, this week at the Travelers Championship quickly brought back the reality of just how complicated playing golf is going to be each and every week. Perhaps two quiet weeks after a three-month