12:50 PM ET STEVE TRAX WAS in his office in Reston, Virginia, not far from Dulles International Airport when the phone rang. It was mid-October 2013, around 11 a.m. The caller was Brandy Halladay, and she sounded distraught. "He needs help. He knows it. I know it," Trax remembers Brandy telling him.…

12:56 PM ET Each week, Arda Ocal will break down one major topic in the world of battle royale titles, from competitive play to general gameplay, collaborations, content and much more. Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, Apex Legends and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds are all on the table. For our first…

11:30 AM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. If and when the 2020 WNBA season takes place, there will be a lot of new in…

11:32 AM ET Major League Soccer is in the process of altering its plans for its proposed return-to-play tournament in Orlando so that the event will fit within a shorter time frame, multiple sources with knowledge of the league's thinking told ESPN. MLS has been shut down since March 12, and earlier…

11:33 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady took to Instagram on Wednesday to reflect on the lessons he learned from participating in "The Match" charity golf tournament with Peyton Manning, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods this past weekend. "Amazing what happens when groups…

11:17 AM ET There is a decent chance, assuming the NFL plays games this fall, that Tom Brady's first season in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform will end up reminding you of something you've already seen. Not his 20 years with the Patriots but his golf swing. At times, I predict he's going to be a mess,…

8:35 AM ET With professional sports hit hard by the global coronavirus pandemic, leagues without salary caps -- like most of the football world -- are bringing them back up in conversation as a way to ensure stability. German FA president Fritz Keller says it's something "they have to think about,"…

9:00 AM ET ESPN Esports Staff The London Royal Ravens soared to new heights this weekend as they reached their first home series final, where they ultimately lost 3-1 to the Chicago Huntsmen. In a serendipitous turn of events on Sunday, which was National Brother's Day, the final had everyone seeing…

9:12 AM ET ESPN News Services LeBron James and other high-profile athletes have taken to social media to voice their outrage over the death of a black Minnesota man who was pinned down by police. George Floyd, 46, died Monday night while in Minneapolis police custody. A bystander's video showed an officer…

9:12 AM ET Moussa Cisse, the No. 8 prospect in the ESPN class of 2021 recruiting rankings, has elected to graduate from high school a year early and reclassify to 2020, he informed ESPN on Wednesday. Cisse will now be eligible to enroll in college this summer, and will have the option to enter the 2021…