9:28 AM ET Having had to scrap local and sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open amid the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Golf Association on Thursday announced exemption criteria for the 120th playing of the major championship, which was rescheduled for Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. An expanding of
10:00 AM ET The most frustrated I’ve ever been with the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee was 10 years ago, when its members snubbed coach Pat Burns. He was dying of cancer. “I know my life is nearing its end, and I accept that,” Burns said in April of that year. The Hall of
7:27 AM ET The reason the UFC secured a venue it calls Fight Island was to make it easier for international fighters to compete without coronavirus-related travel restrictions in the U.S. But New Zealand’s Dan Hooker didn’t get a ticket to Fight Island, he was booked for Saturday’s main event against Dustin Poirier in Las
9:59 AM ET Vince Carter confirmed that he has retired from the NBA, ending his 22-year career. Carter, 43, announced his retirement on The Ringer’s “Winging It With Vince Carter” podcast, saying he is “officially done playing basketball professionally.” Carter initially announced last year, when he signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks, that
10:00 AM ET Any other year, the fantasy hockey crew here at ESPN would conventionally wrap up regular-season coverage by summarizing and highlighting what went down in the previous few months, along with a look ahead to next season. This, of course, has been anything but any other year. Now, months after the NHL abruptly
9:49 AM ET Formula One chairman Chase Carey is donating $1 million to set up a new foundation as part of an initiative to increase diversity in the sport. Formula One said in a statement on Thursday that the foundation would finance primarily internships and apprenticeships for underrepresented groups. “We fully recognise that Formula One
9:41 AM BST The Rugby World Cup held in Japan last year was the most economically successful World Cup to date, attracting some 242,000 international visitors and adding £2.3 billion to the country’s GDP, a report said on Wednesday. It was also “the biggest single-sport event ever held in Japan,” said the report, which was
8:06 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB’s plans to professionalise the domestic level of women’s cricket have been stepped up with the announcement of 25 Regional Retainers, in spite of the complications caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. The recipients are split across the eight regions of the women’s game, and represent the first tranche of
7:41 AM ET The meeting between British heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce has been rescheduled for October 24 in London’s O2 Arena, promoter Frank Warren announced on Thursday. The fight was originally supposed to take place on April 11 but had been postponed to July 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the pandemic
6:57 AM ET World no. 3 Dominic Thiem is “extremely sorry” for the way players conducted themselves at Novak Djokovic‘s Adria Tour exhibition event after which four players tested positive for coronavirus, the Austrian said on Thursday. Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki tested positive after playing in the charity tournament in Serbia