9:38 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball may be weeks away from playing again, but the factory that supplies bats to many of its players resumed production Monday in Kentucky. The Hillerich & Bradsby plant that makes Louisville Slugger bats had been idled for nearly two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Workers started
May 10, 2020 The world embraced live sports for the first time in weeks on Saturday as the UFC returned with a stacked lineup at UFC 249. There were several breakout performances in Jacksonville, Florida, on the night, but none bigger than Justin Gaethje‘s interim lightweight title win over Tony Ferguson, Henry Cejudo‘s bantamweight title
8:21 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Pac-12 has discussed an 11-game regular season played solely against conference opponents as one possibility for keeping college football going this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Southern California coach Clay Helton confirmed the all-conference idea Monday as one of several scenarios being evaluated by the Pac-12’s
7:22 PM ET Tracy Walker says he still can’t make sense of it. He has tried for months to understand why his cousin Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in broad daylight in their hometown of Brunswick, Georgia. The Detroit Lions‘ safety says he has questions he has been trying to answer. When
6:03 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — French horse racing resumed Monday after a break of nearly two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, while the sport in Britain was made to wait until June 1 at the earliest for a restart. Jockeys wore masks or face coverings, and there was limited personnel on the
2:24 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr had to laugh when asked what it’s been like to relive his tenure with the Chicago Bulls as “The Last Dance” continues to dominate the national conversation. “It’s definitely weird,” Kerr told ESPN. “And I know it’s about to get weirder.” That’s because Kerr, who won
5:34 PM ET Efficient coronavirus testing is a major key to the return of combat sports in earnest. The Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) is set to help unlock some of those doors. SMRTL has been “cleared and certified” to begin doing coronavirus testing for sports, lab president Dr. Daniel Eichner said Monday
5:28 PM ET Phil Mickelson has been planning a move to Florida, and now he’s got a place to play golf there, too. Mickelson said on The Dan Patrick Show on Monday that he is joining Michael Jordan‘s exclusive “The Grove XXIII” club, which opened last fall in South Florida. Mickelson, 49, said he and
7:00 AM ET What would happen if Michael Jordan played in today’s NBA? It’s a popular hypothetical in the middle of this “The Last Dance” run, with a vast number of variables to consider when making comparisons across eras. But no matter how you look at the question, it becomes clear that MJ would dominate
4:36 PM ET Associated Press Canada’s National Bank is offering cash grants to each of 23 tennis players from the country who are facing financial issues because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tennis Canada announced the grants of $10,000 to $20,000 in Canadian dollars, or about $7,000 to $14,000 in U.S. dollars, from National Bank on