10:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge grew up in Eugene, Ore., and after a stellar four-year career at BYU, made his living over his 14-year NBA career as a tough, hard-nosed guard who could shoot. Decades later, Ainge fell in love during the draft process with another Oregon
9:00 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — If Friday night turns out to be the last we see of fans at the Australian Open in 2021, Nick Kyrgios and world No. 3 Dominic Thiem didn’t disappoint, treating the vocal John Cain Arena crowd to a memorable evening of Grand Slam tennis, one which featured multiple code
2:00 PM ET Next week features the NHL’s most unusual game site of the season, when the Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins drop the puck outdoors at Lake Tahoe. The Flyers are due to play at home on Wednesday before flying out west to meet the Bruins on Sunday, February
12:05 PM GMT France coach Fabien Galthie has made two changes to the team who beat Italy as he prepares for what he called “chaos” against Ireland at the Aviva stadium in the Six Nations on Sunday. Anthony Jelonch comes in for Dylan Cretin in the third row and Damian Penaud starts for Teddy Thomas
Malhotra will be in charge of game development and operations © BCCI Delhi Capitals CEO Dhiraj Malhotra will replace Saba Karim as the BCCI’s General Manager. He will be in charge of game development and operations. Malhotra, who has been in the cricket industry for more than two decades, has also held senior positions at
11:45 AM GMT Billy Burns and Jamison Gibson Park have replaced the injured Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray for Ireland’s Six Nations clash with France on Sunday at the Aviva in Dublin. Ulster’s Iain Henderson will captain the side for the first time and will be joined by Tadhg Beirne in the second-row. Both Sexton
11:34 AM ET Ferrari has fired up the engine of its 2021 car for the first time ahead of its launch on February. Ferrari is coming off the back of its worst season in recent memory. It finished 2020 in sixth position – its lowest finish since the 1980 season. On Friday, Ferrari posted a
10:43 AM GMT England wing Anthony Watson has struck out at criticism surrounding some of the England players taking the knee calling it “a double standard.” Watson, 26, was one of 16 England players to take the knee ahead of their match against Scotland but has faced criticism over his decision to do so. –
11:01 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Kenya Open will be followed by a new tournament in the East African country next month, the European Tour said Friday. The Kenya Savannah Classic was added to the 2021 schedule for March 23-26 at Karen Country Club in Nairobi and will form a doubleheader
3:14 PM ET UFC veteran Frankie Edgar intends to fight again in 2021 following a vicious knockout loss to Cory Sandhagen on Saturday in Las Vegas. Edgar (24-9-1) fell awkwardly to the canvas after he was knocked out cold by a Sandhagen flying knee just 28 seconds in. The 39-year-old eventually walked out of the