6:35 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Teddy Bear Toss is one of hockey’s most joyous holiday traditions, as fans hurl thousands of stuffed animals onto the ice where they’re collected for charity. The trigger for this moment is when the home team scores its first goal of the game, which it appeared the Sheffield Steelers
6:08 PM ET An already significant Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Feb. 2 headlined by the Eleider “Storm” Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev light heavyweight title rematch was expanded to a four-fight show on Wednesday that will play out over the main network as well as ESPN+. Top Rank announced on Wednesday that the card will
6:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers forward Jujhar Khaira was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Wednesday for cross-checking St. Louis Blues defenseman Vince Dunn. Khaira was assessed a major penalty for cross-checking and given a game misconduct Tuesday night in the third period of the Oilers’
5:51 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — Major League Baseball, its players’ association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades. The agreement, which runs through Oct. 31,
3:44 PM ET Robin van Roosmalen remembers the first time he knew, without question, he had to eventually compete in MMA. It’s a pretty simple story, really. An easy memory to recall. The veteran kickboxer knew he had to compete in MMA the first time he hit pads with four-ounce gloves. “I didn’t really like
1:35 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners will play at T-Mobile Park beginning next year under a new 25-year naming rights deal. The team on Wednesday announced the agreement, which takes effect Jan. 1 and runs through December 2043. The Mariners’ ballpark has been known as Safeco Field since it opened in
1:27 PM GMT Former Welsh internationals Stephen Jones and Jonathan Humphreys have been appointed as assistants to incoming head coach Wayne Pivac, the Welsh Rugby Union announced on Wednesday. Jones and Humphreys will join up with Pivac and the national team following the 2019 World Cup in Japan. The WRU also confirmed that coaches Neil
12:52 PM ET ESPN News Services The Buffalo Sabres have placed suspended forward Patrik Berglund on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. The team declined further comment in announcing the move Wednesday. Berglund was suspended by the Sabres on Saturday for failing to report to the team for its road game at
12:48 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tennis’ governing bodies have promised to deliver a “timely implementation” of recommendations to tackle corruption in the sport. An independent review of corruption in tennis was prompted after the BBC and BuzzFeed News published reports in January 2016 alleging that governing bodies ignored widespread evidence of match-fixing involving
12:06 PM ET Steve KimESPN A rematch of one of the better heavyweight battles of recent years takes place between Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora at the O2 Arena in London, England on Saturday. For all the talk of how the recent bout between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury — which ended in