May 15, 2020 Associated Press DETROIT — Pistons guard Bruce Brown had thumb surgery last month and is ready to play if the NBA season resumes. Brown said during a videoconference Friday that a ligament was placed back onto his thumb bone. “If the season was to start, I’d be back,” he said. “I think
7:52 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. The grandstands were completely empty. There wasn’t a single tailgate inside the track. Everyone wore face coverings — some with the team logos, others opting for plain disposable medical masks. It was nothing close to
10:47 PM ET The hours leading up to Sunday’s 400-mile race at Darlington Raceway — actually, the months leading up to it — were so strange. The moments immediately following the event, as Kevin Harvick reached a rarely achieved career milestone and did his celebratory donuts in front of an empty grandstand, they too were
8:14 PM ET Former major league player and manager Art Howe was released from a hospital in Houston on Sunday after spending time in intensive care last week with the coronavirus. “Relief, back in my own bedroom, it’s just sweet. It was a long five days or so. I’m finally feeling a little bit better.
7:06 PM ET The idea of Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson playing together on a Sunday in May, with Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff also part of discussion, would have been a pretty intriguing thought in a pre-COVID-19 world. Make it May 17 and you are talking about a major championship Sunday, what was supposed
12:15 AM ET The UFC wrapped up a whirlwind of three live events in a span of eight days on Saturday, and the last man standing was the seemingly ageless heavyweight, Alistair Overeem. Overeem capped off the week of UFC action with a second-round TKO over Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida.
11:41 AM ET ESPN 300 quarterback Dematrius Davis, the fourth-ranked dual-threat quarterback in the 2021 class, announced Sunday morning that he is committing to Auburn. Davis, who has led North Shore High School in Houston to consecutive Texas 6A state championships — including a 2018 title which received national attention for ending on a Hail
3:47 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com A pair of autographed, game-worn Air Jordan 1s, worn by Michael Jordan during the 1985 season with the Chicago Bulls just sold for $560,000 at an auction held by Sotheby’s. These shoes previously sold for $437,500 last July, according to The Action Network. His Airness is all over the place
3:29 PM ET Sam Acho said Sunday he doesn’t believe incentives for NFL teams to hire minorities as head coaches and general managers is the answer to solve the league’s diversity problem. Acho, a member of the NFL Players Association’s executive committee, said on ESPN Radio’s Sunday Morning that the solution is about giving deserving
6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’ “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood