7:00 AM ET The first night of the 2020 MLB draft is in the books, but there are still several big names left on draft boards whom some expected to be long gone by Day 2. Among them are prep stars expecting bigger money to lure them away from their college commitments and college players
6:29 AM ET Eintracht Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Arena is being lined up by UEFA to host a Europa League mini-tournament in August, sources have told ESPN. The final was due to be held in the Polish city of Gdansk, but European football’s governing body is preparing contingency plans to move the final away due to the
6:02 AM ET Ferrari has set up a joint initiative with motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, to find the next female racing star. 1 Related As part of a four-year deal, the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) will partner with the FIA’s Girls on Track – Rising Stars programme with the aim of finding female racers
10:43 PM IST Jason Holder, West Indies’ captain, says that his team must prepare to embrace the “new normal” after touching down in England to embark on a historic Test series, but admits that the shift in global narrative, from the Covid-19 pandemic to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, could help to galvanise his
3:14 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kim Pegula is staying on as Buffalo Sabres president with a continued focus on making the small-market franchise economically sustainable, while in the face of criticism the team has been mismanaged under her leadership. The team’s co-owner told The Associated Press in a recent interview she believes
2:16 AM ET UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has promised to send a message to the critics in his title rematch with Max Holloway, guaranteeing he will put him away inside five rounds when they face off on Fight Island. Volkanovski, 31, is back into full training at his Freestyle Fighting Gym in Australia having
11:16 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. cruised down the stretch and won his first NASCAR Cup race of the season on Wednesday night in the first race under the lights at Martinsville Speedway. Truex, the 2017 Cup champion, has been one of NASCAR’s biggest winners over the last three years,
11:38 PM ET Bryson and Blaine Green, twin brothers who are both in the 2021 ESPN 300 recruiting rankings, committed to Oklahoma State on Wednesday, they announced on social media. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound receivers from Allen High School in Allen, Texas, had matching offers from Auburn, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Mississippi State and Nebraska, among
11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Harry Glickman, the founder of the Portland Trail Blazers and general manager of the franchise’s only NBA title-winning team in 1977, died Wednesday. He was 96. The team announced Glickman’s death. No cause was given. The father of professional sports in Oregon, a true Trail Blazer.
6:36 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — New Colts starting quarterback Philip Rivers knew about the criticism from his struggles at times during the 2019 season while with the Los Angeles Chargers. He didn’t go seek out everything that was said about him because he knows negativity comes with the job at times. But as he points