9:59 PM ET TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Lightning crushed the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 to take Game 1 of their first-round NHL playoff series on Tuesday. But it came at a price. The Lightning lost top-pairing defenseman Victor Hedman in the first period to an undisclosed injury, followed by forward Michael Eyssimont (after a
8:47 AM ET ESPN News Services China’s top basketball league has disqualified two teams from its postseason amid allegations of match-fixing. The ruling came after the Chinese Basketball Association determined that the Shanghai Sharks and Jiangsu Dragons engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct during a playoff series last week. The league said in a statement Monday that
6:19 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani will make his next mound start for the Los Angeles Angels in Friday night’s homestand opener against the Kansas City Royals. The two-way Japanese star threw just two innings and 31 pitches in Monday’s start at Boston before his outing was cut short by
Apr 18, 2023 Lachie Swinton’s World Cup hopes, and Waratahs’ Super Rugby chances, have been hit after the backrower copped a seven-week ban. It is the longest ban imposed on an Australian since Brumbies wing Chance Peni was hit with one of the same length five years ago. Waratahs will need to make the finals
10:27 AM ET The UFC has a new main event for its card next week. A scheduled bantamweight bout between Song Yadong and Ricky Simon will take the headlining spot of UFC Fight Night on April 29 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Monday night. Song vs. Simon was originally scheduled for the UFC Fight
9:04 PM ET The next UFC women’s bantamweight No. 1 contender will likely be decided next month. Raquel Pennington and Irene Aldana will meet in a rematch May 20 in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Tuesday. The two fought in July 2019, with Pennington winning
4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Jelena Ostapenko swept past Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-1 at the indoor clay Porsche Grand Prix on Tuesday for the British player’s second consecutive first-round loss. In a meeting of two former Grand Slam champions, the 2017 French Open winner from Latvia broke Raducanu twice in the first
11:39 AM ET Connor O’Halloran Manchester United manager Marc Skinner has criticised the English Football Association (FA) for only allocating 7,500 tickets for his side’s women’s FA Cup final clash with Chelsea at Wembley on May 14. United booked their place into May’s final with a 3-2 win over Brighton while Chelsea will take part
6:54 PM ET Texas A&M received good news from the transfer portal Tuesday when Boston College defensive back Josh DeBerry announced he was transferring to play for the Aggies. DeBerry entered the transfer portal during the spring window that started on April 15 and reported offers from Arkansas, Ole Miss, Wisconsin and Texas A&M among
2:27 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Myles Garrett said he has “retired” from participating in any future Pro Bowl Games after dislocating his right big toe during the event in February. Garrett said Tuesday that the toe injury he suffered then is still bothering him as he and the Browns begin their voluntary offseason program