7:30 AM ET NHL Insiders We’re nearly two months into the 2019-20 NHL season, with a slew of trends emerging to either buy or sell. So, we gathered a panel of four of our NHL analysts to weigh in on whether they believe these early season statements. For this week, that includes: 1. Edmonton’s top-scoring
9:13 PM ET Oklahoma tight end Grant Calcaterra is retiring from football because of multiple concussions, including a recent one in practice. Calcaterra announced his decision Thursday in a video posted on Twitter. He hasn’t played since Oct. 5 against Kansas. The junior said in the video he has had his “fair share of concussions”
8:43 PM ET Junior welterweight Ryan Martin has been suspended for four years by UK Anti-Doping because he tested positive for two banned substances following his fight with Josh Taylor on Nov. 3, 2018. Taylor knocked out Martin in the seventh round of their quarterfinal bout in the World Boxing Series tournament at the SSE
6:39 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Canada won the decisive doubles match to beat Australia 2-1 and reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday. Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov defeated John Peters and Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-4 to give Canada its first Davis Cup win against the Aussies. Nick Kyrgios surprisingly
7:40 AM ET There’s still one month left in 2019, but the UFC is already in the process of booking its first quarter of fights for 2020. And as we head into the new year, two of the biggest names in the sport — the two names it seems, everyone has their eyes on —
6:04 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Santa Anita will race less, if at all, in inclement weather during its winter-spring meet that begins on Dec. 26, although what factors will decide whether racing occurs in such conditions haven’t been announced. Led by new chairman Gregory Ferraro, the California Horse Racing Board approved
6:15 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson handed out mini bottles of Patron at his retirement announcement — so perfectly on brand for the cool Californian who stormed to a record-tying seven NASCAR championships yet somehow bored fans who found him too vanilla for their liking. Nothing about Johnson was ever boring,
5:54 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Webb Simpson birdied seven of his last 10 holes at the Plantation Course on Thursday for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead in the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour event of the year. The top-ranked player in the field at No. 12, Simpson
5:29 PM ET Lleyton Hewitt’s decision to axe Nick Kyrgios from Australia’s Davis Cup quarter-final has backfired as Australia crashed out of the quarter-finals to Canada. Australia went down 2-1 with the inspirational Vasik Pospisil the hero for the Canadians who will now face Serbia or Russia in the semi-finals on Saturday. John Peers and
5:44 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — New Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe spent a decent chunk of a 30-minute morning skate on Thursday teaching instead of running drills. There’s a lot for his new team to learn and not much time to do it. The 39-year-old Keefe is now in charge of