3:03 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — John Muckler, who coached four NHL teams and won five Stanley Cup championships with the Edmonton Oilers, has died. He was 86. The Oilers confirmed Muckler’s death Monday night. No cause was given. Muckler was part of the staff that put together the Oilers dynasty of the
5:44 PM ET After season-ending knee surgery for guard Spencer Dinwiddie, the Brooklyn Nets are expected to apply for a $5.7 million disabled player exception to use toward acquiring another player, sources told ESPN. Once granted, the $5.7 million exception — 50% of Dinwiddie’s salary — allows the Nets to trade for, sign or claim
10:23 AM ET Marshall coach Doc Holliday is out after 11 seasons at the school. Holliday tweeted Monday that university president Jerry Gilbert informed him that the school would not be extending his contract, which was set to expire at the end of June. He went 85-54 at Marshall (55-30 in league play) with a
11:16 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — ATP Cup champion Novak Djokovic and runner-up Rafael Nadal are set to return for the season-opening men’s team tennis event starting Feb. 1, but the United States will be missing because of a change in format that has halved the field. The inaugural event last year featured 24
News “He’s been cleared by all the medicos and he’s obviously gone through all the concussion protocols,” Langer says Will Pucovski has sought and received assurances from an independent neurologist about the long-term impacts of repeated concussions as he inches closer to a Test debut in one of the final two Tests against India in
8:39 PM ET Associated Press Jared Spurgeon‘s bosses had some news deemed important enough to deliver in person, so general manager Bill Guerin and coach Dean Evason dropped by the Minnesota Wild defenseman’s house on the eve of training camp for a visit with the family of six. Spurgeon’s 6-year-old daughter, Colbie, was skeptical. “She
6:43 PM ET Free agent Corey Kluber, the two-time Cy Young Award winner who has been derailed by injuries over the past two years, is on schedule for a normal spring training and will throw for interested suitors next week. Kluber will conduct a 30-pitch bullpen on the morning of Jan. 13 at Cressey Sports
8:31 PM ET The highly anticipated UFC welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns appears set to headline UFC 258 on Feb. 13. This is the third time the promotion has booked this fight. The UFC had to cancel their bout at UFC 251 in July after Burns tested positive for COVID-19.
8:56 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos put a lackluster bow Sunday on a numbingly disappointing, often maddening 5-11 season. It followed seasons of 7-9, 6-10, 5-11 and 9-7 since a Super Bowl 50 win that grows exponentially smaller in the rearview mirror with each passing year. In the wake of all that
11:48 PM ET It was a big night for Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warriors‘ superstar set a career-high with 62 points in Golden State’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco. Curry’s 62 points are the most by a Warrior since Rick Barry scored 64