7:00 AM ET On Friday, Major League Baseball decided to shorten the 2020 MLB draft to five rounds, despite clubs lobbying the league to make it 10 rounds. The league had the option, per an arrangement agreed to by the players’ union in March, to make the draft anywhere from five rounds up to 40
6:08 AM ET ESPN and Reuters Red Bull’s Max Verstappen reckons Spaniard Carlos Sainz is more likely to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next year than Daniel Ricciardo. Ferrari announced on Tuesday that four times world champion Vettel would be leaving them at the end of the season. Italian newspaper Gazzetto dello Sport is reporting
4:12 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB has launched an app that it hopes can act as a digital solution to keep children active while the UK is in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Junior programmes All Stars (for children aged 5-8) and Dynamos (8-11) have been paused during the lockdown, but the free
8:39 PM ET The NCAA won’t mandate or oversee a uniform return to college sports, NCAA president Mark Emmert said Tuesday, leaving decisions on start dates to state officials and university presidents. College athletics came to a halt in mid-March, when the NCAA canceled the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, along with all remaining winter
7:00 AM ET “You’re actually rooting for the clothes, when you get right down to it.” This famous line from “Seinfeld” might have been intended to mock sports fandom, but when it comes to uniform appreciation, it’s actually appropriate. In this case, we are rooting for the clothes — the best clothes in NBA history,
11:58 PM BST Scoring a try by grounding the ball against the post protector will no longer be possible after the World Rugby Council approved an amendment of the scoring law, rugby union’s governing body said in a statement on Tuesday. World Rugby said that with defending players currently obliged to stay behind the goal-line
11:18 PM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean women’s golf tour is starting up again with the KLPGA Championship opening on Thursday, an event that will be played without fans on the course. Women’s golf in South Korea joins Korea’s professional baseball and soccer leagues, which have already restarted in the
11:24 PM ET The 23-school California State University system will remain in a primarily virtual learning model in the fall as the country continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, CSU chancellor Timothy White said Tuesday, raising questions about the ability for member schools to field athletic teams for the rest of 2020. At this
9:19 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Major League Baseball made an opening presentation to the players’ union Tuesday on terms to start the coronavirus-delayed season. The presentation did not include an economic proposal, a person familiar with the discussion told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no
3:13 PM ET Colby Covington is still upset with the officiating of his UFC welterweight title fight against Kamaru Usman in December and predicted his next bout will be a rematch against Usman in July. Covington (15-2) suffered a fifth-round TKO loss to Usman at UFC 245, in one of the most exciting fights of