1:44 PM IST Brendon McCullum has suggested greater New Zealand involvement in the Big Bash League later this year if international cricket or the availability of overseas players remains restricted by the Covid-19 pandemic. There are positive signs that the Australian season could be able to take shape somewhat as scheduled – there even remains
3:11 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Cheerleaders danced beneath rows of empty seats and umpires wore protective masks as a new baseball season began in South Korea. After a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, a hushed atmosphere allowed for sounds like the ball hitting the catcher’s mitt and bats smacking
11:55 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans plan to hire a facility hygiene coordinator, executive vice president of football operations Jack Easterby told Sports Business Journal. According to SBJ, this employee, who will “run coronavirus risk mitigation” throughout the Texans’ facilities, is the “first known case of a major U.S. pro sports team hiring
11:36 PM ET Although United States Tennis Association CEO and executive director Mike Dowse said last week that the US Open could conceivably be played in November in the California desert at Indian Wells, that is just one of several options the USTA is contemplating in its effort to host the final Grand Slam event
9:08 PM ET The San Jose Sharks signed goaltender Alexei Melnichuk to a two-year, entry-level contract on Monday, the team announced. Melnichuk, 21, played with SKA St. Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League this season. He went 8-5-1, posting a 1.68 goals-against average to go with a .930 save percentage before the season was canceled
8:32 PM ET UFC 251, originally scheduled for June 7th at Perth’s RAC Arena, has been postponed due to ongoing government restrictions on mass public gatherings. While Australia has managed to dramatically reduce the number of COVID-19 infections, laws still prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people in Western Australia, and thus the event would
7:00 AM ET With the 2019-20 NHL season on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (here’s the latest update on where things stand), we’ve started the NHL Viewers Club, highlighting some of the most rewatchable games from this season — such as when EBUG David Ayres beat the Maple Leafs — along with some cool
8:03 PM ET The NFL will release its 2020 regular-season schedule on Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. ET, the league announced Monday. The 2020 schedule will not include international games because of the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL announced earlier Monday. 2 Related Those games, two at Wembley Stadium that were to be hosted by
7:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN A short training clip of Mike Tyson recently went viral, and according to the man who was catching the former champ’s punches, the iconic heavyweight still has some fight left in him at age 53. “I didn’t know what to expect,” trainer Rafael Cordeiro told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Monday.
7:04 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic apparently broke confinement rules in Spain by going back to a tennis court on Monday. Djokovic posted a video on Instagram showing him exchanging shots with another man at a tennis club in the coastal city of Marbella, where the Serb has reportedly stayed. Djokovic filmed