11:15 AM BST Kathleen McNamee Wales coach Wayne Pivac has said the time is right for the northern and southern hemispheres to look at synching their rugby calendars and to create a “level playing field” for teams. The European calendar runs from September to June while teams in the southern hemisphere start their season in
12:45 AM ET Former major league pitcher Matt Keough, a special assistant with the Oakland A’s, has died, the team announced on Sunday. He was 64. The Athletics did not disclose details on the cause of death. Keough spent parts of seven seasons with Oakland as a player, ending in 1983, and was named an
9:12 PM ET Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is signing a one-year deal worth up to $7 million that includes $3 million guaranteed with the Dallas Cowboys, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Dalton, released from the Bengals this week, already has a home in Dallas and doesn’t even need to move.
8:00 AM ET The finals in the MLB The Show Players League are set. After a scorching-hot, undefeated start to the season from Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo ended in a surprise first-round playoff defeat, Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Blake Snell and Chicago White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito will face off in the championship series.
7:21 PM ET Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Charlatan romped in the first division of the Arkansas Derby, leading all the way to win a race pushed back three weeks to help fill a void when the Kentucky Derby was postponed until September. The 146th Derby usually would have dominated the first Saturday in
6:32 PM ET Associated Press Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners — 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/4-mile race featuring computer-generated imagery was held Saturday, the same day the 146th Derby had been scheduled until it was postponed by
6:19 PM ET Four days after Trey Mancini detailed his diagnosis and treatments after having a cancerous tumor removed from his colon in March, his Baltimore Orioles teammates joined him on a Zoom call on Saturday. Their message was simple for a player who wears No. 16 on the field: #F16HT The guys surprised Trey.
5:59 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Bengals have informed wide receiver John Ross that they will not be picking up the fifth year of his rookie contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Ross, who was selected ninth overall in the 2017 draft, has struggled to stay on the field during his first
3:38 PM BST Bill Beaumont has been re-elected as World Rugby chairman for another four years, the governing body announced on Saturday. Beaumont, 68, defeated former Argentina captain Agustin Pichot by 28 votes to 23 to secure a second consecutive term. “I am honoured to accept the mandate of the World Rugby Council to serve
2:17 PM ET Less than a month after advising that all combat sports should be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Association of Ringside Physicians is relaxing its stance. On Saturday, the ARP released a statement that is more agreeable with combat sports resuming — as long as added precautions are taken. The ARP