10:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Two Texas football players have tested positive for coronavirus this week and a third tested positive for the COVID-19 antibody, the university said Wednesday night. Texas brought in 58 players this week to the campus that is otherwise closed to students. One of them presented symptoms during pre-screening and
10:43 PM ET Johnny Boychuk, who suffered a gruesome-looking eye injury just days before the NHL season was paused in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, told Newsday on Wednesday that he’s fully recovered and will be ready to play if action resumes. The veteran defenseman needed 90 stitches to repair a cut above his
6:30 PM ET ESPN.com staff From the first round Wednesday night to the second through fifth rounds that follow Thursday night, the 2020 MLB draft is here and we’ve got everything you need for all 160 picks. The Detroit Tigers had the No. 1 overall pick and grabbed Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson, followed by
9:03 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni was like everyone else in the NBA whose world was rocked by the abrupt halt to the season on March 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. He cycled through emotions of shock, frustration, acceptance, then adjustment to the “new normal” as he prepared for a potential resumption
6:34 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: Manchester United and Inter battle for Tolisso signature RMC Sport pundit Mohamed Bouhafsi believes Manchester United and Inter Milan are in a tussle to sign
9:32 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour is not simply picking up where it left off. Very little about the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial resembles the opening round of The Players Championship on March 12, the last professional golf played before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf and most
7:56 PM ET Associated Press One player and three caddies on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour have tested positive for the coronavirus. The PGA Tour says it administered 1,559 tests — at home and at tournament sites — for the PGA Tour event in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Korn Ferry Tour event in Ponte
8:42 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Two professional sports franchises in the Twin Cities have made significant contributions to racial and social justice campaigns in light of the killing of George Floyd, a black man, when former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes on May 25
8:21 PM ET The stars and bars have been banned from NASCAR racetracks. Finally. On Wednesday afternoon, three days after the Cup Series showed a unified front against racism at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and only a few hours before Bubba Wallace’s No. 43 Chevy hit the track at Martinsville Speedway adorned with an image of
5:00 PM ET Two days after Bubba Wallace called for NASCAR to ban all Confederate flags at racetracks, the organization did just that. NASCAR communications put out the following statement Wednesday: “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans,