3:00 AM ET Welcome to our live report for the opening Test from Adelaide as the eagerly anticipated series between Australia and India gets underway. We’ll provide analysis, colour, stats and graphics throughout the match. You can, as always, also follow our ball-by-ball commentary *If the blog doesn’t load first time, please refresh your page
4:40 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is appealing his $13,369 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct for dropping $21 into the Salvation Army kettle following a Thanksgiving Day touchdown against the Washington Redskins. The only time Jason Witten traded jerseys with a foe was with Eagles tight end Zach Ertz, who
4:11 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Baker Mayfield won’t lobby for Lincoln Riley, but Mayfield believes his former college coach is ready for the NFL. “Lincoln’s been ready,” Mayfield said Wednesday as the Browns prepared for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. “Just who he is, how he coaches, the respect level he’s had from
3:35 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brett Moffitt needs a job for next season to defend his NASCAR Truck Series championship. Hattori Racing Enterprises informed Moffitt it will hire a driver who can bring funding to the team next season. Team owner Shige Hattori had sponsorship woes that threatened to shut his team
3:30 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The continuing offensive explosion in the 2018-19 NHL season has produced an intense race for the Hart Trophy, has tightened the field for the Calder and has created a Vezina race where only a few goaltenders are head-and-shoulders above their peers’ plummeting save percentages. Here’s the NHL Awards Watch for
2:15 PM ET Former light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson underwent emergency brain surgery following his knockout loss Saturday night and remains in a medically induced coma, his doctor confirmed Wednesday. “Mr. Stevenson underwent surgery on the night of Saturday to Sunday and has since been admitted to the intensive care unit,” Dr. Alexis Turgeon,
2:32 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t landed a superstar player yet to pair with LeBron James — and Kevin Durant thinks they may struggle in that effort. In a recent interview with Bleacher Report, Durant discussed the challenges associated with playing with James. “It depends on what kind of player you are,” Durant
5:25 PM ET The International Boxing Hall of Fame will make room for a Cobra, a Hawk and a Buddy this summer. Former welterweight and junior middleweight world champion Donald Curry, known as “The Lone Star Cobra,” Julian “The Hawk” Jackson, who won world titles at junior middleweight and middleweight, and James “Buddy” McGirt, who
I get it. Lions don’t compare themselves with humans: it says so in his Twitter bio. But lions still need to be fed and paid for and, crucially, they take up space. The prospect of Zlatan Ibrahimovic returning to Milan has been hailed as both “romantic” and “outside-the-box” thinking. It would obviously be the former,
11:56 AM ET The Original Six is well represented on Forbes’ latest list of the most valuable NHL teams, with the New York Rangers sitting on top. The Rangers were valued at $1.55 billion, followed by the Toronto Maple Leafs ($1.45 billion), Montreal Canadiens ($1.3 billion), Chicago Blackhawks ($1.05 billion) and Boston Bruins ($925 million).