Top Indian players, including senior opener Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer, along with overseas stars such as Pat Cummins and Kagiso Rabada have been bracketed in the Rs 2 crore highest base price category for the upcoming IPL auction. The mega auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13 and
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4:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Given the financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the January transfer window was surprisingly busy as clubs made mid-season moves to try and strengthen their sides. 2 Related According to Transfermarkt, the Premier League (€335 million) spending was actually the second-highest in history, with Liverpool‘s move for FC Porto winger
12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN HOUSTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Houston Rockets were giving the Golden State Warriors every inch of fight they had in them. And for about three quarters, it looked to be wearing the Warriors down. But then in the fourth, Stephen Curry erupted. He scored 21
3:30 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Devils coach Lindy Ruff will miss the next two games following the death of his father in western Canada. The Devils said Monday that Leeson Ruff died on Friday at a hospital in Warburg, Alberta. He was 88 and had been ill. Ruff will miss a home-and-home
11:16 PM ET Washington offensive tackle Jaxson Kirkland has opted out of the 2022 NFL draft and plans to return to college, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A two-time, first-team All-Pac-12 selection, Kirkland made the decision after learning an ankle injury he suffered during the season was more significant than originally thought, sources said. He
11:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. are closing in on a deal for a light heavyweight title unification this summer in New York, sources told ESPN. At the moment, Smith is looking for a purse in the neighborhood of $1.8 million for the proposed ESPN main event; he was offered
7:46 PM ET Tom Brady said on his podcast that he’s “still going through the process” and hasn’t decided when to announce his plans on whether to play or retire. “Sometimes it takes some time to really evaluate how you feel and what you want to do,” Brady said on the latest episode of his
6:28 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Former Chicago Blackhawks forwards Eddie Olczyk, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp have agreed to help the team in its search for a new general manager. Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz said Olczyk, Hossa and Sharp “are respected hockey minds who have great knowledge of the game.” Mike Forde, the
6:54 PM ET Kevin Holland called an online troll’s bluff by choking him out in a grappling match. Holland, the loquacious UFC fighter nicknamed “Big Mouth,” said he had been getting messages from a guy on social media for months with the man, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, claiming he could submit Holland. So Holland took
6:56 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro accepted wild cards on Monday to play two clay-court tournaments after spending 2 1/2 years recovering from a knee injury. Organizers of the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires, which starts next week, said the 33-year-old del Potro has
11:43 AM ET The 2022 January transfer window has firmly shut, but what a Deadline Day it brought. All eyes were on Barcelona, as they worked to bring in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Arsenal in addition to attempting to send Ousmane Dembele to the Premier League. Aaron Ramsey left Juventus for Rangers on loan. Everton were
2:11 PM ET Wide receiver Deandre Moore Jr. decommitted from Oklahoma on Monday. Moore is the No. 11 prospect in the 2023 class and was the highest ranked commitment in the Sooners class. A 5-foot-11, 190-pound receiver out of Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California, Moore is the No. 1 receiver overall. He
3:46 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild and left wing Jordan Greenway agreed Monday to a three-year, $9 million contract extension that runs through the 2024-25 season. Greenway, 24, has four goals, nine assists and a career-high plus-17 rating in 33 games for the Wild this season. He is
12:53 PM ET The 2022 NBA trade deadline (Feb. 10, 3 p.m. ET) has already started buzzing with some moves, including a voided trade, to put players with new teams for the 2021-22 regular season. The Atlanta Hawks are trading Cam Reddish to the New York Knicks for Kevin Knox II in a swap of
8:00 AM ET BACK IN 1997, when I was in my second year with the Cubs, I vividly recall watching batting practice when Mark McGwire stepped in the cage for the Cardinals. It was awesome. I saw how far the ball flew, and, like so many of us, I suspended disbelief. It was like watching
9:50 PM ET ESPN staff Well now. Super Bowl LVI is going to give us a matchup that almost none of us expected when the 2021 season began. The Cincinnati Bengals were 125-1 preseason long shots to reach the Super Bowl, having won an NFL-worst two games in 2019 and then only four games last
11:55 AM ET The Show is going Sho Time. Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani will grace the cover of Sony’s MLB the Show 22 video game following his historic 2021 season. Ohtani made history in the process, becoming the first Asian athlete to be featured on the cover of a video game in the
India face Australia in the second semi-final of the ongoing ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. India have been in brilliant form in the ongoing tournament and are unbeaten. They defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in their quarter-final fixture. Meanwhile, Australia also sealed a crushing win against Pakistan in their