2:08 PM ET The NBA's cleanest method of resuming its season is to bring the 16 current playoff teams to its designated "campus," seed them as they are now -- eight East, eight West -- and play the NBA's normal postseason. Sticking to 16 limits the number of bodies, which cuts the chance of COVID-19…

1:21 PM ET The UFC's next two events have officially been approved. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) voted unanimously in a phone meeting Wednesday morning to allow a pair of UFC cards to run in Las Vegas over the next two weeks -- this Saturday and on June 6. Both events will take place…

1:28 PM ET Phil Mickelson, fresh off the success of Sunday's charity exhibition with Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, says he'd like to see "The Match" become an annual event. "I think you could showcase guys like Steph Curry and Michael Jordan or Tony Romo and Patrick Mahomes, who are all…

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,"…