Monday’s scheduled series opener between the Atlanta Braves and Nationals has been postponed as Washington continues to deal with a coronavirus outbreak, sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The hope is that the teams will play Tuesday at Nationals Park, sources said, if all goes well with Washington’s COVID-19 situation. Four Nationals players have tested positive […]
Day: April 4, 2021
9/11 Museum Acquires Prayer Bench Used By Rev. Mychal Judge
NEW YORK: A prayer bench used by the Rev. Mychal Judge, a Fire Department chaplain killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, was driven to the New York area on Sunday to join the collection of the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum, museum officials said. The bench formerly […]
Wisconsin earns top seed in 48-team NCAA women’s volleyball tournament
6:31 PM 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. Wisconsin was awarded the No. 1 seed in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament, which begins April 14. The bracket was released […]
Governors across the political spectrum push to expand in-person learning.
A bipartisan group of governors have decided it is time to get students back into classrooms, despite union resistance and bureaucratic hesitancy. Democratic governors in Oregon, California, New Mexico and North Carolina, and Republicans in Arizona, Iowa, West Virginia and New Hampshire, among other states, have all taken steps to prod, and sometimes force, school […]
Jordan Spieth — ‘Monumental’ to end drought with victory at Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO — Jordan Spieth ended a slump that lasted nearly four years, closing with a 6-under 66 on Sunday to win the Valero Texas Open for his first victory since the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Now he heads to Augusta National as one of the favorites at the Masters. “This is a […]
Divided Kingdom: Jordan Shaken by Split Between King and Ex-Crown Prince
AMMAN, Jordan — The kingdom of Jordan has long been considered an oasis of relative stability in the Middle East. While wars and insurgencies flared in neighboring Syria and Iraq, Jordan was for decades considered a secure and dependable ally of the United States, a buffer against attacks on Israel, and a key interlocutor with […]
GM Mike Rizzo still ‘in constant contact with MLB’ as Washington Nationals hope to host opener
WASHINGTON — The Nationals and Atlanta Braves still were waiting as of Sunday afternoon to find out whether Major League Baseball will allow their upcoming series to proceed as scheduled while Washington deals with a coronavirus outbreak that could prevent 11 players from participating. Four Nationals players have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past […]
NASA To Conduct Water-Drop Tests For Its Orion Spacecraft Structure On Tuesday
The Orion will carry astronauts to the Moon and beyond as a part of the Artemis missions. Virginia: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will air live its series of impact tests on the crew capsule of its Orion spacecraft to check how it responds to splashing into water, the space agency has said. The […]
PhonePe Users Can Now Purchase ICICI Bank FASTag Directly From the App: How to Use
PhonePe and ICICI Bank have announced their partnership for the issuance of ICICI Bank FASTag using UPI on the digital payments app. The national bank says that the integration would allow over 280 million registered PhonePe users to order and track the ICICI Bank FASTag conveniently via the app for Android and iOS. Since the […]
Detroit Tigers’ Akil Baddoo homers on first pitch of first MLB at-bat
DETROIT — Akil Baddoo had already turned heads with his productive spring. Now he has made his presence felt at Comerica Park. Baddoo homered in his first major league at-bat Sunday — on the very first pitch. The Detroit Tigers outfielder led off the bottom of the third inning with a drive to left field […]