2:05 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — The California Horse Racing Board has chosen a longtime veterinarian as its new chairman. Gregory Ferraro was elected Thursday during the board’s meeting at Del Mar racetrack north of San Diego. He was appointed to the governing body five months ago by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Ferraro
1:47 PM ET Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov will not play Thursday against the Chicago Blackhawks because of an upper-body injury, according to coach Jon Cooper. Cooper said the Lightning were hopeful that Kucherov would be able to play, but now they are unsure whether the reigning league MVP will return for Saturday’s game
11:27 AM GMT Former Scotland captain Tom Smith has been diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer, the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) confirmed on Thursday. The 48-year-old prop — who was capped 61 times by his country between 1997 and 2005, and played six times for the British and Irish Lions — has had chemotherapy and
11:00 AM ET Red Bull holds the world record for the fastest pit-stop in a Formula One race — it can now boast the first pit-stop performed in zero gravity conditions. The former world champions took its 2005 F1 car to an altitude of 33,000 feet on board an Ilyushin Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane,
10:49 AM GMT Saracens will not ask their England players to put club before country despite their Premiership status being jeopordised by a 35-point deduction for breaching salary cap regulations, coach Mark McCall has said. English and European champions Saracens were also fined £5.36 million this month and the club has opted not to appeal
10:02 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic defeated Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-3 to seal Serbia’s victory over top-ranked France in the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday. The result gave Serbia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over the French before the doubles match. Filip Krajinovic had defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the first
12:58 PM ET The National Hockey League is offensive. As in, there are a lot of goals being scored. Why, what did you think we meant? Through the quarter mark of the 2019-20 season, about 317 games, scoring has continued to surge. There have been 529 different skaters with at least one goal, 72% of
9:19 AM ET UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has her next assignment. Shevchenko is scheduled to meet top contender Katlyn Chookagian on Feb. 8, sources told ESPN. The fight will be on a pay-per-view, but it’s unclear whether it will be labeled UFC 246 or 247. That decision hinges on whether Conor McGregor returns
4:37 AM ET Boxing referees and judges involved in the Rio Olympics, who were all suspended following the Games, will not be allowed to officiate at Tokyo 2020, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) task force said on Wednesday. All 36 referees and judges from Rio 2016 were suspended in the wake of the Games as
8:57 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Spain tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut has withdrawn from the Davis Cup Finals because his father is ill. Bautista Agut left the team on Thursday, a day after defeating Nikola Mektic of Croatia in two sets. Organizers said Bautista Agut returned home because the health of his father