3:32 PM ET A number of jockeys took a knee before horse racing resumed at Belmont Park on Wednesday. Including the jockeys, nearly 20 people were seen kneeling as part of a moment of silence. The display appeared to be a show of solidarity with protesters throughout the United States in the wake of George
2:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has rejected the players’ offer for a 114-game regular season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a counterproposal, sources confirmed to ESPN. Players made their proposal Sunday, up from an 82-game regular season in management’s offer last
10:26 AM ET Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer underwent surgery Tuesday to address thoracic outlet syndrome and will not pitch again until 2021. The Pirates announced Wednesday that Archer had the operation after “consulting with several leading vascular and orthopedic surgeons in recent weeks.” The surgery was performed in St. Louis by Dr. Robert Thompson.
12:50 PM ET On an Instagram post, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has pledged $1 million “to improve police training and address systematic racism through education and advocacy in our country.” It was Prescott’s first comments on social media regarding the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last week. “As our communities
11:04 PM IST Anil Kumble, the former India captain and chairman of the ICC’s cricket committee, believes cricket should utilise pitches to even up the contest between bat and ball. The legspinner, who is the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, said that it was time for teams to consider playing two spinners even in Australia
11:51 AM ET The NBA’s Board of Governors has a 12:30 p.m. ET call on Thursday with the intention of approving the league’s plan for a 22-team return in Orlando, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Each of the 22 teams will play eight regular-season games in Orlando for seeding purposes for the playoffs, sources told
12:19 PM ET Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has refused to rule out signing Sebastian Vettel for next year, but says his priority remains with keeping the drivers he currently has at the team. 1 Related Vettel, a four-time world champion, recently announced he would leave Ferrari at the end of the year, putting himself
10:28 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -John Majors, who coached Pittsburgh to a football national championship in 1976, starred as a player at Tennessee in the 1950s and then later returned to his alma mater as coach to lead the Vols back to national prominence, died Wednesday morning. He was 85. John Majors, who returned to
11:49 AM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour has announced a deal with Sanford Health to conduct COVID-19 testing of players, caddies and essential personnel five days before the season resumes. That applies to every stop on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. Sanford Health is based in South
7:50 AM ET THE ASSIGNMENT WAS simple: Catch up with Andy Ruiz Jr. ahead of the anniversary of his stunning upset over Anthony Joshua last June. Maybe relive that fight, and the spiritless loss to Joshua in the December rematch. Pretty wild year, right? His arrival as the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion and his departure