12:38 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Lindy Ruff completed his New Jersey Devils staff, hiring Chris Taylor as an assistant coach and Dave Rogalski as the goaltending coach. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the moves Friday. Ruff previously retained Alain Nasreddine and hired Mark Recchi. Taylor started his professional coaching career with Rochester
12:58 PM ET Max Verstappen said his collision with Lance Stroll in the second practice session for the Portuguese Grand Prix was completely avoidable, although both drivers avoided punishment for the incident. Verstappen and Stroll made contact at Turn 1 late in the session. Verstappen had moved alongside Stroll on the run down to Turn
12:59 PM ET Steve KimESPN An all-British super middleweight title clash will take place on Dec. 4, when WBO titlist Billy Joe Saunders faces Martin Murray at the SSE Arena in Wembley. This will be the second title defense for Saunders (29-0, 14 KOs) and his first fight in 2020. “I am very happy to
10:03 AM ET McLaren CEO Zak Brown says his team would have acted differently to Racing Point had one of its drivers showed the same symptoms Lance Stroll experienced at the Eifel Grand Prix. Stroll missed the race due to an upset stomach but was not tested for COVID-19 until he had travelled home on
9:56 AM ET The 2020-21 Premier League season has been in full swing for just over a month, and it’s already promising to be the most entertaining and unpredictable in the history of the competition. Going into the weekend’s games, Everton and Aston Villa are the surprise pacesetters, with the early season slip-ups by Liverpool
4:06 AM BST The Wallabies have ruled out taking a knee during the national anthem in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in next Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney after a unanimous vote by the players. Wallabies coach Dave Rennie said the idea was discussed in their team camp in the NSW Hunter
Yorkshire have announced an investigation into Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism during his time at the club © Getty Images Gulfraz Riaz, the chairman of the National Asian Cricket Council, has voluntarily stepped down from the independent panel convened to investigate allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire. Mesba Ahmed, the NACC’s vice-chair, has taken over
7:30 AM ET It’s the nature and depth of the conversation that has marked the biggest change for Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver Rashod Bateman and his teammates. Since the viral video of George Floyd’s death began to circulate on Memorial Day, you’ll find Bateman and Minnesota football players from a variety of backgrounds regularly
1:38 PM ET The 2020 NBA draft on Nov. 18 will be held virtually and hosted from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Connecticut, the NBA and ESPN announced Thursday. Commissioner Adam Silver will be in studio at ESPN to announce the selections for the first round, and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum will be in studio to
7:16 AM ET One of my favorite things anyone has said in the buildup to the UFC 254 main event this weekend came from Khabib Nurmagomedov as he was discussing being on “Fight Island.” Nurmagomedov (28-0, 12-0 in the UFC) will be looking to unify his lightweight championship against interim belt holder Justin Gaethje (22-2,