9:12 AM ET Kevin Love is fretting about COVID-19. He's not obsessing over whether he'll get it, or grieving over the death someone close to him who contracted the coronavirus. He frets because he knows what can happen when people experience the loss of a loved one, become consumed with the loneliness…

9:00 AM ET "The Last Dance" is over, but let's lead off our five NBA things with some unfinished business: 1. Dishonoring a champion With precious few exceptions, great teams have a life cycle. They gain experience, win a lot, age, and get bad. There are ways to mitigate the pain, but almost never to…

8:07 AM ET Across the NCAA, seniors were left asking "What if?" in March when the coronavirus pandemic canceled the remaining winter and spring sporting events. Here are the stories that show the sudden, complicated, controversial and emotional ending athletes have been coming to grips with over the…

8:37 AM ET Jonathan Harding The first weekend back in the Bundesliga was one of mixed emotions. Football had returned, and with it came familiar reminders of the game the world loves -- the thrill of a Julian Brandt flick or the drama of Freiburg having a goal disallowed late by VAR against RB Leipzig.…

8:39 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Dusty Baker, in 1977, was sitting on 29 home runs on the last day of the season. No MLB team had ever featured four players with 30 or more home runs in a season -- and three of Baker's fellow Los Angeles Dodgers sluggers had already hit their 30th long balls. In the sixth…

8:05 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we'll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2006, I had dinner at the White House. Former President George W. Bush is a huge and knowledgeable baseball…

7:35 AM ET Tiger and Phil. Ryder Cup task force supporters. Business partners. Friends. And now ... coronavirus pandemic relief trailblazers. Hal Sutton must be shaking his head. The long-ago U.S. Ryder Cup captain once, in 2004, tried to make Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson partners, with disastrous…

7:46 AM ET Between the fourth and fifth rounds of his main event bout against Glover Teixeira on May 16 in Jacksonville, Florida, UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith walked to his corner, sat on a stool and told his team, "My teeth are falling out." And lo and behold, they were. Smith (33-15), who lost…

7:40 AM ET For a goalie who had just faced 102 shots on goal, Cory Schneider of the New Jersey Devils was looking curiously rested in his postgame interview. In fact, he hadn't even broken a sweat during the game. "There are games where you just have to give a lot of credit to your teammates. Tonight…

7:11 AM ET This story was reported and written by ESPN's Malika Andrews, Kyle Bonagura, Jeff Carlisle, Heather Dinich, Dan Graziano, Tom Hamilton, Baxter Holmes, Emily Kaplan, Zach Lowe, Jeff Passan, Marc Raimondi, Kevin Seifert, Ramona Shelburne, Mechelle Voepel and Brian Windhorst. A SKELETON STAFF…