2:53 PM ET The Seattle Kraken have signed their first player. Luke Henman, a 21-year-old center, inked a three-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s 32nd franchise on Wednesday. Henman, the team captain and leading scorer for Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL), was a fourth-round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2018. He went unsigned by the
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL season was — hopefully — the most unique campaign that any of us will witness. Arenas had reduced numbers of fans — or no fans — and as a result of the U.S.-Canada border being closed, the divisions had to be realigned to sequester the Canadian teams; that decision
News Last season’s beaten quarter-finalists lean towards spin-heavy strategy for Blast Qais Ahmad, the Afghanistan legspinner, has signed for Kent for the whole of T20 Blast and two County Championship fixtures, adding to the burgeoning list of teams he has represented around the world in short-form cricket. Ahmad, 20, was due to join Gloucestershire as
2:28 PM ET The Valdosta (Georgia) Board of Education is scheduled to meet Monday to revisit its earlier decision not to renew embattled football coach Rush Propst’s contract, according to an agenda posted on the school district’s website. The school board voted on April 27 not to renew Propst, who was placed on administrative leave
1:36 PM ET Britain’s Lizzie Deignan won the 2020 edition of La Course, a one-day women’s race before the Tour de France. Photo by Stuart Franklin / various sources / AFP The women’s Tour de France is set to be revived next year after a 33-year absence as race director Christian Prudhomme said it will be
11:16 AM ET The New York Rangers fired coach David Quinn and three of his assistant coaches on Wednesday, capping off a wild week and a half for the franchise. In addition to Quinn, assistant coaches David Oliver, Jacques Martin and Greg Brown also were fired, the team announced. Goalie coach Benoit Allaire was the
7:00 AM ET The Super League may have come and gone already, from its introduction on April 19 to its collapse on April 20, but the lingering question remains as to when, not if, the game’s biggest clubs will try again. In fact, three of the teams — Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid — are
News Franchise tournament to be staged immediately after India’s white-ball tour Sri Lanka Cricket have announced that the second season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be played from July 30 to August 22, with further details about the franchise tournament yet to be confirmed. The window falls immediately after Sri Lanka’s home series
7:51 PM ET All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell will not play in the Utah Jazz‘s final three regular-season games as he continues to recover from a sprained right ankle, the team announced Tuesday night. The determination was made after Mitchell was reevaluated by the team’s medical staff Tuesday. He will continue treatment in Salt Lake
10:01 AM ET Associated Press Players at the French Open will be allowed a daily one-hour window outside their social-distancing bubble, tournament organizers said Wednesday. Guy Forget, the director of the clay-court Grand Slam, said players will have the chance to get out for a jog or enjoy some fresh air during their stay in