7:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Boston Bruins forward David Backes three games without pay for an illegal hit to the head of New Jersey Devils forward Blake Coleman. The league considered Backes a repeat offender. Based on his salary, he will lose almost $220,000. The discipline also means
6:26 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — The two LSU players involved in an attempted armed robbery that left one man dead are available to play in the Fiesta Bowl, coach Ed Orgeron said Thursday. Sophomore running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and freshman linebacker Jared Small both made the trip to Arizona just days after their
7:23 AM ET This winter’s free agent market is moving into its annual holiday freeze, slowing already brutal conditions for a players’ union still festering over the struggles for free agents last winter. Consider what we’ve seen so far this offseason: • The other day, Nelson Cruz — who has at least 37 homers in
8:47 PM ET Steve KimESPN Whether you like it or not — or if you had forgotten about it altogether — Floyd Mayweather will be engaging in what is being described as a “three-round exhibition” on the RIZIN 14 card, that features a full ledger of MMA bouts on New Year’s Eve at the Saitama
5:39 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley will not play Sunday in the regular-season finale against the San Francisco 49ers, coach Sean McVay
6:23 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Teddy Bridgewater said he has “the chills” thinking about Sunday, when he will make his first start since suffering a devastating knee injury in the summer of 2016. New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton said Friday that Bridgewater will start at quarterback in place of Drew Brees against the
6:06 PM ET Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan — Nathan Oystrick has stepped down as coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos. The 36-year-old Regina native was hired in July, three months after 16 members of the junior hockey team — including coach Darcy Haugan — were killed when the team’s bus and a semi-truck
3:53 PM ET Roy Jones Jr.’s promotional company and the UFC announced a deal on Friday under which UFC’s Fight Pass service will stream Jones’ boxing cards over the next three years. UFC Fight Pass will stream up to 72 Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions events through 2021, according to the announcement. Japan’s Masayuki Ito
4:30 PM ET Mayara Munhos This isn’t the first time Amanda Nunes is experiencing last-minute changes to her weekend fight plans. The women’s bantamweight champion — along with the 25 other fighters scheduled for Saturday’s UFC 232 — had to shuffle this week when the event was moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. A
9:23 AM ET Today is the last day that voters can turn in their ballots to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, to determine which players — if any — among the 35 eligible to be elected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will gain the highest honor the game can