6:44 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl has been suspended two games for a high-stick penalty against the Calgary Flames‘ Elias Lindholm. Hertl received a minor penalty for the infraction on Sunday night. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Monday that Hertl will miss two games
10:00 AM ET Argentina now have a third star embroidered on their famous white-and-blue-striped shirts after Lionel Messi and his teammates emerged victorious over France in one of the most enthralling, topsy-turvy World Cup finals of all time. 2 Related The Albiceleste eventually won the game on penalties, but only after surrendering a two-goal lead
3:42 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Flyers forward Cam Atkinson will have neck surgery Wednesday and miss the entire season, another setback for one of the worst teams in the NHL. The 33-year-old has not played at all this season. Atkinson scored 23 goals and had 50 points last season in his first year
12:00 PM ET ON THE AFTERNOON of Sept. 21, Phoenix Suns employees logged onto an all-hands Zoom session led by team president and CEO Jason Rowley. Hours earlier, Robert Sarver had announced he was selling the Suns and Phoenix Mercury amid continuing and widespread anger over his conduct as majority owner. While employees eagerly anticipated
2:43 PM ET A highly anticipated middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa will not happen at UFC 284 as planned, sources told ESPN. The UFC still has the 185-pound contest officially listed on its website for the UFC 284 event, which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 11 in Perth, Australia, but
Dec 19, 2022 Associated Press TORONTO — The Maple Leafs acquired Dryden Hunt from the Colorado Avalanche for fellow forward Denis Malgin on Monday. Hunt has put up 14 goals and 42 points in 193 regular-season games in parts of six NHL seasons with the Florida Panthers, Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers and Avalanche. He
10:30 AM ET The headlines and the spotlights are all on Argentina’s Lionel Messi, and so they should be. The last dance, if that is what it was, proved to be the best dance as the “Little Genius” won the World Cup at the fifth time of asking. But it would not have happened without
12:12 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Stuart Skinner to a three-year, $7.8 million contract extension Monday. The 24-year-old from Edmonton has a 9-8-1 record, a 2.83 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage for the Oilers this season. He was drafted by Edmonton in the third round (78th)
10:27 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts All-Pro running back Jonathan Taylor is feared to have a high ankle sprain and seems “likely” to miss the remaining three games of the season, a team source told ESPN. The Colts have not made any final decisions on Taylor’s fate, but considering his injury to
12:00 PM GMT England have named Leicester Tigers’ Steve Borthwick as head coach to replace Eddie Jones, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Monday. Borthwick will take over in time to lead England at the Six Nations, with his first game to be against Scotland on Feb. 4. England have just nine Tests remaining
File image of Virender Sehwag© Twitter Cricket fans around the world was in for a shock on Sunday as the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane ended in just two days. The Australians recorded a six-wicket win over the Proteas late Sunday after 19 wickets fell on the second day on a
8:00 AM ET JERRY KILL CONSIDERS himself something of a Mr. Fix-It for programs in need of a serious overhaul, the college football equivalent of an HGTV host who must convince an overwhelmed couple that the crumbling mess they just took out a mortgage to buy can, with a little hard work and the right
9:14 AM ET Katie Taylor paused and looked around before stepping into the ring. On the last day in April, a packed crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York awaited her arrival and chanted her name. A fighter from Ireland in the most iconic venue in boxing history, in the city where if you
10:41 PM ET DETROIT — Kevin Durant got so hot in the third quarter of Sunday night’s 124-121 win over the Detroit Pistons that even one of the NBA’s all-time great offensive players lost track of how well he was shooting the ball. Durant scored 26 points in the third, a career high for most
6:54 AM ET CHAIM BLOOM HAS been reliving the negotiations with Xander Bogaerts in his head. “There are a couple of regrets,” the chief baseball officer of the Boston Red Sox told ESPN a week after Bogaerts signed with the San Diego Padres. When Bogaerts landed an 11-year, $280 million deal this month, the question
7:00 AM ET Every December, we celebrate the best sound bites in college football and a collection of quotes, tweets and memories that exemplify the arc of the season. Except for the ones by Mike Leach. They always seemed to be about anything but football. Leach, who died last week at 61, was the most
PAK vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 3 Highlights: England 112/2 at stumps© AFP PAK vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 3 Highlights:Rehan Ahmed ran riot with the ball, bagging a 5-wicket haul for England on Day 3 of the third Test against Pakistan. In the process, Pakistan were bundled out for 216 in the second innings,
3:41 PM ET Lionel Messi has said he will not retire from international football after scoring twice as Argentina lifted the 2022 World Cup in a thrilling penalty shootout victory over France on Sunday. Messi scored the opener from the penalty spot at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar, before striking again in extra time