11:51 PM ET NEW YORK — After the Nets took a 2-0 series lead over the Celtics on Tuesday, Brooklyn All-Star guard Kyrie Irving contemplated the reception that he would receive from the TD Garden crowd when his team travels to Boston — where he used to play — for Game 3 on Friday. “I
India women’s opening batter Smriti Mandhana has said that she never felt that she would experience a day-night Test. India Women will play against Australia Women in a day-night Test later this year at the WACA, Perth. The match would be played from September 30-October 3. “Frankly, when I used to watch day-night Tests of
7:00 AM ET Winning a national title in college football generally requires both greatness and a little bit of luck, and some of the greatest teams in the sport’s history haven’t gotten quite enough of the latter to emerge with a ring. As we slowly gear up for another season, let’s take a moment to
8:00 AM ET Alex Thomas and Scott Jones remember being knocked down by the riot officers’ shields, falling to the pavement on Seymour Street in Vancouver. It was June 2011, moments after the Canucks lost Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final on home ice to the Boston Bruins. The city was on fire.
3:57 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn’t know already how tough it is to be manager of Manchester United, he does now. Despite finishing second in the Premier League and preparing for the first final of his time in charge, he still looks like a man trying to hold the club together.
7:17 PM ET Minute Maid Park in Houston opened at full capacity on Tuesday, just in time to welcome the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that seemingly hasn’t forgotten about how the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal might have cost them another title four years ago. “It’ll always be something weird there,”
7:47 AM ET Canelo Alvarez added another world title to his collection by defeating Billy Joe Saunders on May 8 in Arlington, Texas. After an extended run at No. 2, the victory finally pushed him to the top spot in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings. Terence Crawford, the former No. 1, hasn’t been in the ring in
7:31 AM ET With a rare off week on the UFC calendar, it’s a good moment to take a step back and look at the biggest stories across several key divisions, with each having its own questions surrounding the championship and the greater title picture. The heavyweight division is seemingly headed toward a rematch of
6:35 AM ET Three teams face elimination on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Pittsburgh Penguins are reeling after consecutive losses and now must earn a series-saving win at the Nassau Coliseum. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Wild and Florida Panthers are hoping to build on momentum-shifting Game 5 wins to extend their series one
2:12 AM ET For as long as they have shared basketball rights — and hearts — in Los Angeles, there have been remarkably few playoff matchups between the Lakers and Clippers over the years. Like zero, to be precise. Fifteen years ago, the Lakers were one win away from creating the first “Hallway Series” at
3:42 AM BST Super Rugby could be set for yet another structural change and a return to Asia after it was revealed that discussions have taken place around a new tournament that would pit leading Japanese Top League clubs against those from New Zealand and Australia. As the lack of competition from Australia’s five franchises
It is impossible to completely wipe off racism from the world, feels fast bowling great Michael Holding, who would “bruise his knee” to the grave if he was still an active player but doesn’t want anyone to take the gesture as “a tick-in-the-box exercise”. Holding was speaking on Sky Sports’ ‘The Cricket Show’ on the
8:38 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Corey Kluber‘s bid to match Johnny Vander Meer’s feat of consecutive no-hitters ended when Toronto’s Bo Bichette reached on an infield single with one out in the third on Tuesday night, and the New York Yankees removed the 35-year-old right-hander after the inning. Two innings later,
7:23 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gile Bite Starkute holed a 30-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the first extra hole and Arizona, which grabbed the last qualifying spot, stunned top-seeded Stanford in the quarterfinals of the NCAA women’s golf championship. Stanford earned the No. 1 seed with a 13-shot victory over
4:20 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Count Matt LaFleur among the many who watched his quarterback on Monday night in Kenny Mayne’s final SportsCenter, but it didn’t change anything in the mind of the Green Bay Packers‘ coach. “Aaron definitely knows how we feel about him, how he’s such an important part to our
3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list with a bruised left forearm on Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Sunday. The outfielder, who is in an 0-for-16 slump, was held out of the Phillies’ lineup for the past two games. Manager Joe Girardi
8:05 PM ET Associated Press The Big 12 Conference is distributing about $345 million of revenue to its 10 schools, the second year in a row that figure has been lower because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each school will get about $34.5 million for the 2020-21 fiscal year, down from $37.7 million announced at this
2:57 PM ET The Deshaun Watson case has entered into discovery, which could play out well into the 2021 regular season, with depositions set to begin in September. The 22 women who are suing the Houston Texans quarterback would be deposed before Watson, who’s not scheduled until early 2022, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin said Tuesday.