7:00 AM ET SAN JOSE — Matching the energy of an ethereal talent isn’t something every player can do. That is why playing on Connor McDavid‘s wing is a daunting task. “It’s the time and space you have to give him, to get him the puck in full flight. I think that’s maybe what some
9:37 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ben Olan, a sports writer and editor at The Associated Press for more than 50 years who was honored by the NHL Hall of Fame, has died. He was 96. Known for being nattily dressed during his days when AP headquarters was located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza,
10:00 PM ET Denny Hamlin did what he had to do, win at Phoenix to clinch his spot in the championship four. Say what you will about these points and championship systems, but it has put the focus on winning races, rather than on consistency, making each individual race more important, and the late-season races
12:30 AM GMT The adoption of the amendments proposed by the BCCI to its constitution would, if unchallenged, be tantamount to “ridiculing” of the Supreme Court and its endeavour over the past several years to introduce reforms in the richest and most powerful cricket board. That’s the opinion of Gopal Sankaranarayanan secretary of the RM
7:23 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah, the team’s leader in sacks, will undergo season-ending surgery this week for a torn pectoral muscle he suffered during Sunday’s loss at Tennessee, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ogbah has 5.5 sacks, which is one more than defensive tackle Chris
7:09 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Ed Orgeron says his boisterous and sometimes profane locker room speech after the top-ranked Tigers beat Alabama was not meant for public consumption and not meant to hurt anyone. An unidentified LSU player posted about 14 seconds of the speech on social media after
6:41 PM ET Houston cornerback Ka’Darian Smith was arrested and is facing charges of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury of a 60-year-old man last week. Smith, a senior who has appeared in four games this season, was arrested Wednesday and is suspended from football activities, the program announced on Monday. “We are aware of
5:26 PM ET Pete Alonso began the 2019 season fighting just to make the New York Mets‘ Opening Day roster. He ends it as the National League Rookie of the Year after slugging a rookie record 53 home runs, driving in 120 runs and becoming a cult hero for Mets fans for his energy and
5:10 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Defending champion Alexander Zverev pulled off another big win at the ATP Finals, beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4 Monday for his first career victory over the Spaniard. Nadal had a 5-0 record against Zverev but had an uncharacteristically mistake-filled performance at the O2 Arena. In his first
6:09 PM ET The UFC has released former lightweight title challenger Gilbert Melendez from his exclusive contract, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Melendez (22-8), who was once in consideration as the best 155-pound fighter on the planet, exits the promotion on a five-fight skid. FightBookMMA first reported his release. Melendez, 37, was not immediately available