2:22 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Bruins say goaltender Tuukka Rask has been granted a leave of absence from the team for a personal matter. The team didn’t offer an explanation, but general manager Don Sweeney said shortly after the announcement on Friday that it was not health related. He also asked for
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Join Mark Donaldson in ESPN FC’s Fantasy Premier League at ESPNFC.com/FantasyFC. MANCHESTER — Jose Mourinho is sweating on the fitness of Paul Pogba ahead of the Manchester derby after the Frenchman was forced to miss training on Friday, sources have told ESPN FC. The midfielder did not take part in the penultimate session before the
8:00 AM ET DRESSED IN A BLACK Pittsburgh Steelers shirt, the woman sniffed back tears as she made her way through the still-crowded memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, gently, unconsciously rolling a small stone in her right palm. I never intended to start this “week with the Steelers” diary with
7:16 AM ET Joe Root, England’s captain, praised his side’s adaptability and game awareness, after they ended a run of 13 overseas winless Tests by sealing a memorable 211-run victory over Sri Lanka on the fourth day in Galle. Having set Sri Lanka an improbable 462 for victory, England sealed the deal in the final
2:56 PM GMT Huw Richards Close • FT’s rugby writer from 1995 to 2009• Also writes for the International Herald Tribune and the Sunday Herald Winning your first cap is a great day for any player, and to have it against the All Blacks must provide an extra dimension. To both end up on the winning side
10:31 AM ET Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, will join the Haas F1 team as a test driver next year and make his F1 debut at this year’s end-of-season test in Abu Dhabi. Fittipaldi, 22, has raced in IndyCar and Japanese Super Formula this year and was due to take
10:23 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — America’s chances of retaining the Fed Cup this weekend improved on Friday when two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was ruled out of the opening singles for the Czech Republic due to illness. Kvitova was the second top-10 player lost to the Czechs, after Karolina Pliskova was ruled out
10:12 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. — Suspended crew chief Rodney Childers vowed that the illegal rear spoiler on Kevin Harvick‘s car did not win Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, arguing that other teams were working
11:00 AM ET Corey Kluber will be 33 years old next April and if he was about to hit free agency, there would be important questions about the high risk of a long-term investment in a pitcher with more than 2,000 innings logged in professional baseball. But Kluber, the Cy Young award winner in the
11:14 AM GMT Eddie Jones says he will pay little attention to the haka when the All Blacks perform it on Saturday and has joked he would not notice if the Spice Girls were singing instead. The England head coach responded with the disparaging put-down after being asked whether he liked the England fans trying