8:45 AM ET Associated Press Montreal is finally getting its long-promised women’s pro hockey franchise, though the Premier Hockey Federation put the brakes on adding a second expansion team entering its eighth season, the league announced Tuesday. In unveiling the U.S.-based, privately backed league’s seventh franchise and second in Canada, PHF commissioner Reagan Carey said
8:58 AM ET Michael Masi, the former Formula One race director who oversaw last year’s controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi, has left the FIA and relocated to his home country of Australia. Masi was removed as F1 race director ahead of the 2022 season after the FIA found “human error” was to blame for
2:17 PM ET Dodger Stadium concession workers have threatened a strike in the days leading up to the All-Star Game. Unite Here Local 11, the union that represents those workers, announced in a news release on Monday that “99%” of the employees voted in favor of going on strike, adding that one could occur “at
Jul 11, 2022 Carlos Sainz went from first time Formula One winner to non-finisher in the space of a week on Sunday after his Ferrari engine blew just as he was set for second-place at the Austrian Grand Prix. Sainz said he was unhappy with the speed of the rescue vehicles as his car burst
Jul 10, 2022 SPIELBERG, Austria — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said lifetime bans should be handed out to “brainless” abusive fans after a number of incidents among attendees at the Red Bull Ring overshadowed the Austrian Grand Prix. Multiple accounts of anti-gay, racist or sexist abuse were shared on social media by fans in the
5:23 AM ET Former world No. 1 Ash Barty has no regrets about retiring from tennis in March age 25 and does not plan to start playing golf professionally, ending speculation that she would now focus her career on that sport. Barty sent shockwaves around the tennis world when she unexpectedly announced her retirement at
3:00 AM ET Matthijs de Ligt is on the radar of several clubs including Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and Chelsea. Sportinfoto/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The summer transfer window is here, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of
Jul 10, 2022 Kendra AndrewsESPN LAS VEGAS — As Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga started to attack the hoop, he hooked the ball over his head to find a cutting James Wiseman. In one motion, Wiseman caught the ball in midair and threw down a dunk. It was the first possession of the Warriors’
2:25 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Big changes are coming to the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ home venue. Known as Heinz Field since it opened in 2001, the stadium will be known as Acrisure Stadium beginning this season, the team announced on Monday. Terms of the new 15-year deal were not released. But Acrisure, which operates as a
6:32 PM ET Evgeni Malkin will test free agency for the first time in his career as the star center and the Pittsburgh Penguins remain at a contract impasse, an NHL source told ESPN on Monday, confirming a TSN report. Malkin, 35, has spent all 16 years of his career with the Penguins. He was