6:21 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Sam Poulin is taking a leave of absence from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Penguins general manager Ron Hextall announced on Wednesday that the 21-year-old Poulin, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick in the 2019 draft, is stepping away due to “personal reasons.” “The
3:32 PM ET Virginia football players with expiring eligibility will be granted an extra year by the NCAA in the wake of a shooting that killed Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry last month. Virginia confirmed to ESPN that it initiated and submitted the request to the NCAA. The decision affects only a
At around 1pm at Multan’s Ramada Hotel, a handful of England players (those who weren’t off to play golf with head coach Brendon McCullum) were milling around as a group of Pakistan players were getting a tune-up at the onsite barber. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes was holding court. It was, for all intents and purposes, a
12:40 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN On Wednesday night, the top seed in the Eastern Conference plays the top seed in the Western Conference. Is this a preview for the next NBA Finals? Are we likely to see the Boston Celtics face the Phoenix Suns again in June? And, more importantly, does it make sense to
4:18 PM ET Tiger Woods is ready to go for the latest edition of “The Match” on Saturday night, even if his right foot isn’t fully healed. Woods, a 15-time major champion, will team up with world No. 1 Rory McIlroy in a 12-hole match against Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas under the lights at
4:01 PM ET UFC star Israel Adesanya is likely to be cleared of charges after he was arrested last month in New York for possession of a weapon. The former UFC middleweight champion was given an “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal” Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the Queens County District Attorney’s Office. That means
2:16 PM ET Formula E will race in Portland, Oregon in 2023 for the first time, the championship announced on Wednesday. The race, set for June 24, was approved at Wednesday’s FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting. The all-electric racing series has raced in the United States since season one in 2015 with races in
6:52 AM ET Austin’s U.S. Grand Prix will be one of six Formula One races held under the sprint weekend format in 2023. Austin, Baku, Spa and Qatar will all host their first sprint in 2023, with Austria and Brazil retaining the format for another season. In 2021 and 2022 F1 had three events which
11:00 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Timothy Bradley Jr., the two-division champion who defeated Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, will join those fighters in the International Boxing Hall of Fame when the Class of 2023 is inducted next summer, it was announced Wednesday. Carl Froch, who faced a who’s who of the super middleweight division
Rohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Sen have been ruled out of the third ODI against Bangladesh because of their respective injuries. Rohit suffered a blow to his left thumb while fielding in the slips during the second ODI. He came out to bat at No. 9, with stitches on his hand, but is a