12:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK -- Agent Scott Boras recommends that his clients refuse Major League Baseball's attempt to cut salaries during negotiations with the players' association, claiming team financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have their origin in management debt financing.…

10:34 AM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports violates the civil rights of female athletes, the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has ruled. The ruling, which was obtained Thursday by The Associated…

ESPNU will re-air four of Eddie Sutton's most memorable victories after the legendary coach died last week.

11:13 AM ET The first major VALORANT event upon launch will be a Twitch Rivals tournament. A $200,000 prize pool will be up for grabs on June 2, the day VALORANT will be released to the public. Riot Games and Twitch will collaborate on the event. Confirmed regions to participate are North America, Brazil,…

10:20 AM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Summer tournaments provided women's soccer with its most indelible images, from Brandi Chastain in the Rose Bowl in 1999 to Megan Rapinoe in Lyon two decades…

10:34 AM ET The Premier League is set to resume on June 17 after the clubs gave "Project Restart" the green light at a shareholders meeting on Thursday. - ESPN+: Stream ESPN FC TV daily and 30 for 30: Soccer Stories- Insider Notebook: United battle Liverpool for Werner Sources have told ESPN that Manchester…

9:30 AM ET ESPN Esports staff VALORANT is going dark ... but only for a few days. The game's closed beta officially ends today, and Riot Games are now preparing for its release on June 2. Our writers spent quite a bit of time playing the beta -- familiarizing themselves with the agents, the maps, and…

9:17 AM ET It's now exactly nine years since Pep Guardiola last laid hands on the trophy he most cherishes: the Cup With The Big Ears -- which the champions of Europe have hoisted to the sky every year since 1956. That was at Wembley, May 28, 2011. And for Manchester City fans, I guess there's some…

9:30 AM ET The conversation I've been having inside my head this week: Hockey Brain: "Hooray, hockey's comin' back!" Cynical Brain: "This 24-team tournament and elaborate draft lottery are merely the framework for a possible return to finish the 2019-20 NHL season. It's candy for the sugar-starved.…

9:29 AM ET UAB incoming freshman Jamari Smith drowned in a lake while swimming with friends Wednesday, according to Alabama authorities. He was 18. Smith, a former standout basketball player for state champion Robert E. Lee High School in Alabama, was set to play safety for the Blazers. "Our hearts…