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1:34 PM ET CHICAGO — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani is not in the starting lineup on Monday against the Chicago White Sox but is available off the bench after suffering a minor groin injury running to first base on Sunday, according to the team. “We got him out of the game yesterday, more
7:00 AM ET Spring practice is over. The NFL draft has come and gone. College football is headed to its offseason, which once meant exactly that, though not anymore. Sunday was the deadline for entering the transfer portal and still being eligible for this upcoming season. More than 2,000 players entered the portal during the
7:00 AM ET The journey from the green room to the stage Thursday night in Las Vegas was a short one, lasting about one minute and 100 steps. It was enough time for NC State offensive tackle Ikem Ekwonu to reflect on the longer one he had just completed, from Pop Warner to three-star college
8:00 AM ET Four Game 1s are in the books in the NBA’s conference semifinals. The Milwaukee Bucks handed the Boston Celtics their first playoff defeat, as Giannis Antetokounmpo proved too much for the league’s No. 1-ranked defense. (If you didn’t catch the game, this is the only highlight you need.) The Golden State Warriors
6:45 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Atletico Madrid‘s players will not give LaLiga champions Real Madrid a guard of honour ahead of Sunday’s derby, the club has said, calling the idea “an attempt at ridicule” and “an exaggerated, artificial controversy.” Madrid will visit Atletico’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium having already wrapped up the LaLiga title
7:00 AM ET BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts had never made secret his desire to be a member of the Boston Red Sox for life, a goal he’d publicly stated dating back to his time at Triple-A Pawtucket. But now, with the three-time All-Star shortstop planning to opt out of his contract at the end of
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Stanley Cup playoffs are when the spotlight shines the brightest on the NHL. Not coincidentally, they’re also when hockey’s star players shine the brightest, too. Every preseason, we publish the ESPN NHL Rank, which rates the top 100 players based on how good they’re expected to be in the
Ashleigh Barty’s retirement in March when she was women’s tennis number one and just 25 years old is a “weird one to explain”, South African cricket legend AB de Villiers has told AFP in an interview before they team up for a golf event. Barty’s relatively short career contrasts with that of the 38-year-old de
1:09 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie says Fraser McReight will get his Test chances this year as he continues to push skipper Michael Hooper for a starting jersey. Flanker McReight has been a standout in Queensland’s Super Rugby Pacific campaign to mount a strong case for his first Test start, with the three-match England
11:37 PM ET The Boston Bruins were routed in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-1, but coach Bruce Cassidy wasn’t about to pin that on Linus Ullmark. “I am not faulting our goaltender for this,” Cassidy said Monday night. “We had some opportunities we needed to finish. Like they did.”
5:20 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn — The Golden State Warriors had little reaction to the league announcing it would not downgrade Draymond Green‘s flagrant foul 2 that he picked up in the second quarter of Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies. That being said, there is reason to
Stationed at first slip, Mohammad Rizwan took a spectacular one-handed catch.© Twitter Mohammad Rizwan did it all against Durham while playing for Sussex in the ongoing County Championship Division 2. The Pakistan wicketkeeper first played a knock of 79 in the first innings and then bowled a couple of overs as well for Sussex. To
11:13 AM ET The New York Mets have designated struggling infielder Robinson Cano for assignment. Cano, 39, who is owed $24 million each of the next two seasons, is hitting just .195 with one home run and three RBIs in 41 at-bats this season. He was suspended for the 2021 season after violating MLB’s policy
7:44 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Four days after the Arizona Cardinals traded their first-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens for wide receiver Marquise Brown, news broke that the NFL had suspended receiver DeAndre Hopkins for the first six games of the 2022 season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Dreams of a high-flying
4:31 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Zandon and filly Nest are the morning-line favorites for the 148th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, respectively, at Churchill Downs, which will host both marquee races at full capacity for the first time since 2019. Zandon, trained by Chad Brown, drew 3-1 odds on Monday and will
1:23 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — Simona Halep continued to impress at the Madrid Open by overpowering American teenager Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4 to make the quarterfinals on Monday. A two-time Madrid Open champion, Halep upset No. 2-ranked Paula Badosa in the second round. The 21st-ranked Halep converted three of her five break
6:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — The first game at Old Trafford this season was a summer friendly against Brentford that Manchester United fans were desperate to get into. The last was a Premier League game against the same opposition that some couldn’t wait to leave. The optimism of that post-lockdown warm-up game