Month: August 2020

10:29 AM ET Saturday’s game between the Reds and Pirates has been postponed after a Cincinnati player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, a source told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The teams were informed of the positive test after Friday’s game in CIncinnati. The Athletic first reported that a Reds player had tested positive. The Reds
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3:11 PM ET Multiple Vanderbilt football players, including senior linebacker and leading tackler Dimitri Moore, have informed coach Derek Mason that they plan to opt out this season over concerns about the coronavirus. The 14 SEC schools, including Vanderbilt, are scheduled to begin practice on Monday. “We’ve had five or six opt out, and I
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12:28 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans dismissed coach Alvin Gentry, sources told ESPN on Saturday morning. After a disappointing performance in the NBA’s Orlando restart, the franchise moved quickly on Gentry’s removal. Gentry had one year left on his contract. The Pelicans move into the coaching marketplace with the Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls.
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2:24 PM ET Scotland’s Connor Syme carded an incredible bogey-free 63 to take a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Celtic Classic in Wales. England’s Sam Horsfield had taken a one-stroke lead into Saturday with Syme four shots off his lead and struggling to keep up with Belgium’s Thomas Pieters. However, Pieters
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1:01 PM ET Romanian top seed Simona Halep beat compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets in the semifinals of the Prague Open on Saturday to set up a final with third seed Elise Mertens of Belgium. Halep was broken three times in the first set but managed to win the tiebreak before Begu, who finished
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1:01 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jil Teichmann reached the third final of her career by beating Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-2 Saturday at the Top Seed Open, the first tennis tournament in the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The 116th-ranked Rogers, who is from South Carolina, was coming off a
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7:30 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 Carl Frampton insists his career is still in his own healed hands despite a delay in fighting caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Northern
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10:12 AM ET Austin Dillon will not compete in Sunday’s Cup Series race on the Daytona International Speedway road course after testing positive for COVID-19, Richard Childress Racing announced Saturday. “In accordance with NASCAR’s safety protocol, Dillon is self-quarantining away from RCR’s facilities and will not be competing in this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race
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