7:05 AM ET Like most NHL seasons, the 2021-22 campaign started with offenses way ahead of defenses and goals being scored with great frequency. “Every year it starts with scoring up because teams haven’t locked things down yet,” said New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz, who is in his 23rd NHL season. Except they never
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11:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One thing, more than any other, took Freddie Freeman by surprise during his first series from Dodger Stadium — the amount of times fans chanted his name, after a decade-plus of jeers when he played for the visiting Atlanta Braves. “They’re chanting every time I go up to bat,”
11:16 PM ET Tom Brady said on Monday that despite announcing his retirement, he knew he could still handle another season in the NFL and that he began to think about a return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when free agency began last month. “I knew my body, physically, could still do what it could
1:11 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — 76ers star Joel Embiid heard Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse complain about the way Embiid was officiated in the opener of the teams’ first-round playoff series on Saturday night. So, after Embiid finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds and went 12-for-14 from the free throw line — taking
2:56 AM ET Amir Khan said on Monday he had been robbed at gunpoint in London but that both he and his wife were unharmed in the incident. “Just had my watch taken off me at gunpoint in East London, Leyton,” Khan wrote on Twitter. “I crossed the road with Faryal [Makhdoom], luckily she was
2:14 AM ET Michael Zerafa says he can’t wait to put Issac Hardman “to sleep” after punches were thrown with their world title eliminator weigh-in descending into chaos. For the second time the pair had to be separated, after they also came to blows at a pre-fight media conference last month. “Pretty Boy” Zerafa and
IPL 2022: Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker this season.© BCCI/IPL Rajasthan Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal expressed happiness after he got the first hat-trick of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, against Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday. Jos Buttler‘s 103-run knock, his second of the season, and Chahal’s five-wicket haul, which also included a hat-trick, powered
Five-time Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins says he was groomed by a coach when he was a child, and that he “buried it”. Briton Wiggins, 41, claimed Olympic gold medals at the Athens, Beijing, London and Rio Games, and also won the 2012 Tour, before retiring in 2016. In an
10:33 PM ET Ash Barty is returning to the sports world stage, this time wielding a golf club rather than a tennis racket. The former world No.1 will play in a teams exhibition event in New Jersey from June 30 to July 1, alongside some of sport’s biggest names. Barty, who announced her shock retirement
6:44 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was annoyed with his team’s lack of determination as their slim LaLiga title hopes were shattered on Monday with a 1-0 defeat to Cadiz at Camp Nou. Lucas Perez scored the only goal of the game after 48 minutes to silence the home crowd
12:07 PM ET LSU Tigers running back Corey Kiner announced on Monday that he has entered his name in the college football transfer portal. Kiner, the No. 9-ranked running back in the 2021 class, was second on the team in rushing yards as a freshman last season. He ran for 324 yards and two touchdowns
7:10 PM ET Former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta announced Monday that he’s retiring after a 12-season career. “Well, I haven’t signed the papers, man, but I’m done. It’s time for me to step away from the game,” Arrieta said on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast. “At some point the uniform goes to somebody
7:19 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. It’s the first DPOY award for Smart, who is the first primary guard to take home the honor since Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season. Smart received 257 points (37 first-place votes) to finish
5:43 PM ET Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year’s Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player, has accepted a six-month ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The period of ineligibility began on April 14, which was the date he accepted the
6:34 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal was fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct for making contact with a player on the ice while on the bench during Sunday night’s loss at Toronto. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the supplemental discipline Monday. While sitting on the
6:11 PM ET After briefly considering retirement earlier this year, legendary heavyweight Fabricio Werdum still wants to compete in the PFL. A former UFC champion, Werdum, 44, signed with PFL in 2021, but has only made one appearance for the promotion thus far. And when the promotion announced its regular-season heavyweight matchups for April 28,
2:35 PM ET The Cleveland Browns are signing Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward to a five-year, $100.5 million contract extension that includes $71.25 million guaranteed, Tory Dandy of CAA Sports, who negotiated the contract, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. At age 24, Ward is now the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history. The $20.1 million average annual
6:16 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former NBA player J.R. Smith has scored a name, image and likeness deal with apparel brand Lululemon that will make him the brand’s golf ambassador. Smith, who went straight from high school to the NBA in 2004, has been a walk-on on the North Carolina A&T golf team after returning