9:15 AM ET The 2020-21 international hockey calendar, like everything else during the coronavirus pandemic, is delicate. Aside from some friendlies played over the summer, many international games, tournaments and events have been canceled. International travel restrictions, outbreaks within club teams and plenty of other issues are going to continue to wreak havoc on planned
9:57 PM ET The NFL has fined the Las Vegas Raiders $500,000, coach Jon Gruden $150,000 and also took a 2021 sixth-round pick from the team for repeated COVID-19 protocol violations late in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. Sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano that the penalties, which were first reported by Yahoo, are the result
7:50 AM ET On July 6, 2019, Thiago Santos came closer than anyone else in the history of the UFC to legitimately defeating Jon Jones. Yes, Vitor Belfort had Jones in trouble with a submission attempt in 2012. Alexander Gustafsson beat him up pretty good in a unanimous-decision loss in 2013. And there are a
6:05 AM ET The Masters is, finally, here. After a seven-month delay from its normal April date because coronavirus pandemic, and 19 months since Tiger Woods won the event to claim his fifth green jacket and 15th major championship, the best in the world return to Augusta National. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT How to watch the Masters
3:23 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The Air Force–Army football game on Saturday is off because of COVID-19 issues at Air Force, sources confirmed
6:40 AM ET An invitation to the Masters is a cherished memento, physically and practically, for all who receive it, usually around the first of the year. While in almost every case it is expected and a formality, it still signifies something special: the opportunity to compete in one of golf’s most revered tournaments. But
7:00 AM ET This is not the offseason to make predictions. As Buster Olney and Jeff Passan have already outlined, due to the financial conditions in the sport due to the shortened season with no fans in the stands — and the uncertainty of what will happen in 2021 — there will be big rollbacks
3:30 AM ET In ESPN’s Insider Notebook, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under pressure once more following Man United’s bad week. PLUS: Virgil van Dijk’s injury is bad news for Spurs. Jump to: Van Dijk injury is bad news for Spurs | FA find COVID-19 irregularities at Lazio | No luxury in La Liga thanks to
SRH vs RCB: David Warner is behind only KL Rahul in IPL 2020’s top run-getters list.© BCCI/IPL David Warner has brought himself back to where he is at his best — scoring big runs at the top of the inning and leading his side with runs, scored at a rapid pace. His performance against Mumbai
11:00 PM ET ESPN Insiders The NBA season ended just under a month ago with uncertainty around when the 2020-21 season would begin. On Thursday night, the National Basketball Players Association player representatives completed a vote approving a Dec. 22 start date for a 72-game regular season. Per a report by Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA
11:17 PM ET The National Basketball Players Association’s formal player representatives vote has been completed Thursday night and they approved starting the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22 and playing a reduced 72-game schedule, a source told ESPN. The NBA/NBPA now will finish up financial terms on an amended collective bargaining agreement, which will take into
7:37 PM ET Four Atlanta Braves players highlighted this year’s Silver Slugger Awards, which were unveiled Thursday by Major League Baseball in honor of the best offensive players at every position in each league. Winning from the Braves were Ronald Acuna Jr., Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna, who each won the award for the second
3:19 PM ET Saturday’s football season opener between California and Washington has been canceled after a Cal player tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pac-12 announced Thursday. “The Pac-12 has approved a request from Cal to cancel the Washington at Cal football game scheduled for November 7,” the Pac-12 said in a statement. “This decision
11:27 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the San Francisco 49ers players remaining from 2018, Thursday’s game probably dredged up many unwanted but familiar feelings. Decimated by injuries and with the new twist provided by the COVID-19 pandemic making matters worse, the Niners opened Thursday night’s 34-17 blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers
9:29 PM ET Corey Anderson‘s Bellator debut could not have gone more perfectly. Anderson destroyed combat sports veteran Melvin Manhoef via TKO at 2:34 of the second round in the main event of Bellator 251 on Thursday night. The card took place in a bubble setting at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Anderson, one of
4:54 PM ET Milan have seemingly found the right blend of youth, versatility and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his pomp to go on an unbeaten tear. Xinhua/Alberto Lingria via Getty Images A lot of American soccer fans only dove fully into European club soccer when the Premier League started showing up live on their television about a
8:03 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Brandt Snedeker found a lot of fairways and greens at difficult Memorial Park, top-ranked Dustin Johnson returned from the coronavirus, and fans were back, too, Thursday at the Houston Open. Snedeker shot a 5-under 65 in the afternoon to take a two-stroke lead in the last event before
4:04 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a three-year, $8.4 million contract, the team said Thursday. The deal locks up the 24-year-old Russian, who was among the NHL’s top rookie defensemen in goals, assists and points last season. Gavrikov, who was a restricted free agent,