7:00 AM ET Over the past two decades, there have been only two seasons in which USA Hockey reported dips in participation: 2004-05 and 2012-13. Both seasons corresponded with the NHL season being disrupted by a lockout. The NHL is desperate to return to the ice this summer to complete the 2019-20 season,…

Andre Dawson's new career differs dramatically from his days on the baseball field. The former Cubs and Expos star is a mortician in Miami and, like the rest of the world, is grappling with grief and uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic.  7:00 AM ET "YOU RETURN A MAN to dust and say, 'Return,…

5:48 AM ET DAMIAN LILLARD HAS never entered the Portland Trail Blazers' training center through the media entrance, but there's nothing natural about May 8, the first time he walks into the facility since the NBA shuttered it March 20 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Wearing a mask, Lillard steps…

Daniel Abt was sacked by Audi after he allowed a professional gamer to race under his name.  5:11 AM ET Audi sacked German driver Daniel Abt from their Formula E team because he "made a conscious decision to go against the rules" in an esports competition, the German carmaker said on Wednesday. Abt,…

8:00 AM ET As we await a potential agreement between MLB ownership and the union to play the 2020 season, there is still a long bridge to cross between policy and reality. In the end, it is a negotiation, and history tells us there must be compromise if there's going to be baseball this year. During…

4:44 AM ET This year's Dutch Grand Prix has been cancelled outright after the circuit confirmed it would not be part of Formula One's rejigged 2020 calendar. Following a 35-year absence, the Dutch Grand Prix was originally due to return to F1 on May 3 this year but was among the ten races called off…

Edge, who made his return to in-ring action earlier this year, is also a hockey fan.  7:00 AM ET When the NHL announced that a modified playoff format was in the works in an effort to resume play, starved hockey fans rejoiced. One of them is WWE superstar and Hall of Famer Adam "Edge" Copeland, who…

7:07 AM ET Tyron Woodley has been having some trouble sleeping lately, but it's not because he has too much on his plate. Woodley said he's 100 percent focused on Saturday's Fight Night main event against Gilbert Burns, which wasn't the case the last time he was preparing to step in the Octagon. Woodley…

Dobbs, who did an externship in Florida, says he was able to draw a correlation between football and launching a rocket.

12:26 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports" The Major League Baseball Players Association expects to counter MLB's economic proposal by the end of this week with a plan that includes more than 100 games…