1:11 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open chief executive Craig Tiley wants international tennis players arriving for the first Grand Slam tournament of 2021 to be exempt from the strict, 14-day hotel quarantines that are mandatory now for inbound travelers. Tiley on Thursday said he remained “absolutely” confident the Australian Open will
1:20 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — Before conducting the autopsy of the blowout that was Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night, a reminder: There is no physical prize for winning
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season having already crossed its halfway mark, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) face Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The match takes place on October 15. Both sides will be aiming for a win, with RCB currently at third spot,
12:04 PM BST Liam Napier Flick through the rugby almanac and history will reveal swift responses to All Black defeats. Last week’s opening Bledisloe Cup opener in Wellington finished with almost nine minutes of frantic squandered chances and a dramatic draw, of course. To the All Blacks, the feeling was defeat. The Ian Foster-Sam Cane
4:02 PM ET When the New England Patriots return to practice on Thursday, quarterback Cam Newton is expected to rejoin the team, a source tells ESPN’s Field Yates. That puts Newton on track to start Sunday against the Denver Broncos and return from the Reserve/COVID-19 list, which he was placed on on Oct. 3 after
6:30 AM ET ESPN News Services Brett Brown has resigned as the head coach of the Australian Boomers ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. He has informed Basketball Australia that a change in his personal circumstances over recent months has left him unable to commit to the men’s national team Olympic campaign. As a result,
8:04 PM ET Like most people, Australian tennis phenom Nick Kyrgios thinks his mum’s home cooking is some of the best there is – and he’s had plenty of time to come to that conclusion given he’s been living back at the family home since late February, when the COVID-19 crisis really took hold. “People
1:59 PM ET Saturday’s game between No. 10 Florida and LSU at “The Swamp” has been postponed after the Gators have seen a surge in positive COVID-19 tests this week, it was announced Wednesday. The game has tentatively been rescheduled for the SEC’s built-in bye week on Dec. 12, which is the week before the
7:30 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor announced Wednesday that he will return to the Octagon and face Dustin Poirier as the main event of UFC 257 on Jan. 23, and he’s hoping the fight will be held at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Will the UFC, which hasn’t hosted an event
2:29 PM ET Harry Maguire’s run of substandard displays stretches back longer than anyone would like and while his 21-month suspended prison sentence for a summer holiday incident in Mykonos overshadowed anything he has done for club and country, the depth of his on-field slump can no longer be hidden. England manager Gareth Southgate rallied
6:23 PM ET The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Brendan Gallagher to a six-year contract extension that averages $6.5 million per season. The deal keeps him in Montreal through 2026-27. Gallagher, 28, had 22 goals and 43 points in 59 games this past season with Montreal. His 2020-21 cap hit is $3.75 million in the
11:14 AM ET Associated Press The women’s world middleweight title fight Saturday between Savannah Marshall and Hannah Rankin in England has been called off after a trainer tested positive for the coronavirus. The trainer is Peter Fury. He is the uncle of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Peter Fury is Marshall’s trainer. Marshall, 29, was scheduled
4:31 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Clayton Kershaw coming back to start Game 4 is “a likely possibility” but still uncertain, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday, two hours before Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers will wait to see how Kershaw’s back responds Thursday morning ahead of that
6:29 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley said he believes the 2020-21 NHL season will begin on Feb. 1, a full month after the NHL’s current “target date.” Foley told KSHP’s Vegas Hockey Hotline that he expects the season will be less than 60 games, saying it could be “48 or 56 games.”
5:48 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is self-isolating at home, the university announced. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne also tested positive on Wednesday, according to the school. “I found out earlier this afternoon that I had tested positive for COVID-19,” Saban said in a statement. “I immediately
6:13 PM ET Steve KimESPN The rematch between WBA junior bantamweight titlist Joshua Franco and Andrew Moloney will take place on Nov. 14, in Las Vegas. The fight will be the co-main event of Terence Crawford’s welterweight title defense against Kell Brook (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET). On June 23, Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) won the
4:49 PM ET France stretched their unbeaten run against Croatia to eight games after a late goal by Kylian Mbappe gave the world champions a 2-1 win in their Nations League top-tier Group 3 match on Wednesday. – UEFA Nations League on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Replay: Mbappe nets winner over
1:05 PM ET The UFC has offered Conor McGregor a fight against Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23, 2021 — and according to UFC president Dana White, that’s the date. Take it or leave it. The promotion formally offered McGregor the Jan. 23 fight against Poirier late last month, shortly after McGregor proposed a charity exhibition