10:33 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Promoter Frank Warren hopes to stage professional boxing events behind closed doors at hotels, television studios or purpose-built venues around Britain by early July.
10:36 AM ET Associated Press Roy Lester, who sandwiched a disappointing three-year stint as Maryland‘s football coach between a highly successful career at the high school level, has died. He was 96. Lester’s daughter, Amy Lester Greco, said in a Facebook post that her father died Sunday in Rockville, Maryland, due to complications from the
8:59 AM ET Steve KimESPN Boxers are always thinking about fighting, whether it’s the previous bout or the next one. Those who step into the ring rarely get the chance to take a step back and understand all they’ve been through. However, with the sport on hold, many world-class fighters have had a chance to
6:19 PM IST The world champions are taking an early flight home from Nairobi. Australia had beaten India in seven straight ODIs prior to this to be the outright favourites coming into the first quarter-final of the ICC Knockouts, but a young Indian team looking to emerge from the shadows of the match-fixing scandal made
8:35 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Australian manufacturers Kookaburra are developing a wax applicator that could be used to shine cricket balls without using sweat or saliva. ESPNcricinfo revealed last month that, in the wake of Covid-19, the ICC’s medical committee had discussed the dangers of using saliva to polish the ball. The ICC’s cricket committee
7:00 AM ET Bottom 10 Inspirational Thought of the Week As we got on the floor, was embarrassing, trust meThe saleswoman walk me straight over to HuskyI still got stonewashed denim, Bobby Brown patent leatherMembers Only jacket, ain’t nobody fresher than me I said I got on my good clothes — “Good Clothes” by Little
9:40 AM BST ESPN staff Veteran flanker Sam Cane has been announced as the All Blacks’ new captain, after Kieran Read departed the role following last year’s Rugby World Cup. Coach Ian Foster made the announcement on Sky Sport’s The Breakdown on Tuesday night. Cane, 28, made his Test debut back in 2012 and was
8:05 AM ET When the PGA Tour schedule was put on pause because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tiger Woods had already been out of action for a month, with questions about his health and whether he’d even be fit to defend his Masters title. Seven weeks later, and Woods’ back issues — relatively speaking —
7:38 AM ET Tony Ferguson waded in with a left knee to the body. Josh Thomson saw it the whole way. He wrapped his arms fully around Ferguson and dumped him to the mat for an easy takedown in the first round of their 2015 fight. Thomson was in control, or so he thought. Ferguson
10:00 AM ET When the NHL paused its season because of the coronavirus on March 12, San Jose Sharks president Jonathan Becher was congratulated by a friend for “having summer vacation early.” Like most things related to COVID-19, there was perception, and then there was reality. “I feel busier than I have felt in a