10:32 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, out with an upper-body injury, left the team to return home before the end of an American road trip and is considered week-to-week, coach Jay Woodcroft announced. With Edmonton in a tight battle for one of the final postseason spots in the
Month: March 2022
Feb 28, 2022 NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said Monday that Ben Simmons still has not been cleared for practice as he recovers from the back soreness that he’s been dealing with as he prepares to return to game action for the first time in almost nine months. Simmons will not practice
4:26 PM ET ESPN News Services JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball has canceled Opening Day, with commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will scrap regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management’s deadline. Manfred said he is canceling
9:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryota Murata is all that stands in the way of a third fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin. And now, there’s finally a date for the middleweight title unification between Golovkin and Murata. They’ll meet April 9 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
9:24 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kent Waldrep, a TCU running back who became an advocate for people with disabilities after a spinal injury during a game left him paralyzed, has died. He was 67. His mother, Denise Waldrep, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that her son had died Sunday in Natchitoches,
10:49 AM ET Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion, was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder and booked into Santa Clara (California) County jail, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday morning. Velasquez is being held without bail, per online records. He has a court date set for Wednesday. The San Jose Police
8:55 PM ET One of the top women’s fighters in the world will be back in the cage before summer. A women’s flyweight title bout between champion Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos is being targeted for UFC 275 on June 11, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. MMA Fighting was the first to report the
4:20 PM ET Roman Abramovich rarely speaks in public, and so when the Chelsea owner released a statement on the club’s website this past Saturday, it felt like a significant moment. “During my nearly 20-year ownership of Chelsea FC, I have always viewed my role as a custodian of the club, whose job it is
6:21 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Mitchell Trubisky signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills to reset his career after four years in the spotlight with the Chicago Bears. But the Bills are being realistic about the quarterback’s future, understanding that he’s likely to get an opportunity to compete for a starting role
6:21 PM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic and coach Marian Vajda are no longer working together, splitting up after 15 years and 20 Grand Slam titles. A statement that went up on Djokovic’s website on Tuesday said that the two men “agreed to end their partnership” after last year’s season-ending ATP Finals. “Marian has been