4:09 PM ET Associated Press The San Jose Sharks have returned to practice and are set to play the St. Louis Blues as scheduled on Saturday night after having one game postponed because a player tested positive for the coronavirus. Tomas Hertl was placed on the COVID-19 list on Wednesday, leading to the team canceling
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3:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Raptors announced Friday that head coach Nick Nurse, as well as five assistant coaches, would be unavailable for Toronto’s game in Tampa, Florida, on Friday night against the Houston Rockets due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The Raptors, who have rebounded from a 2-8 start to get
3:17 PM ET Associated Press MONTPELLIER, France — – Top-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut was clinical in beating sixth-seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Open Sud de France semifinals on Friday. Bautista Agut won 88% of the first-serve points and was ruthless on Humbert’s serve, converting all four break points. He served out
2:40 PM GMT England have suffered another Six Nations injury blow with Courtney Lawes ruled out for the rest of the championship. The forward wasn’t due to feature for Eddie Jones’ side against Wales this weekend and sustained a pectoral injury in England training on Wednesday which has ruled him out for the rest of
12:41 PM ET Undefeated light heavyweight Gilberto Ramirez has signed a promotional deal with Golden Boy for multiple fights. The 29-year-old Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) had won the WBO super middleweight belt, but after five title defenses he decided to jump to light heavyweight, where he has won two fights. “They understood the goals and
7:00 AM ET The 2020 MLB draft was obviously tricky for teams to navigate, with very limited information and a much shorter draft. This year it will be a little bit easier, but with a different set of limitations. Because summer high school showcases still largely went on as planned, a number of prep prospects,
8:08 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are close to agreeing a deal for their world heavyweight title unification fight, Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren has told
7:37 AM ET The vast majority of the boxing world sees the outcome of Saturday’s super middleweight title defense by Canelo Alvarez in Miami a foregone conclusion. WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim has lost both of his big step-up fights in his career and has been out of the ring for two years. Alvarez has
1:38 PM GMT Having navigated through the opening two rounds of the 2021 Six Nations unscathed, we’re a match down this weekend after Sunday’s championship match between France and Scotland was postponed. France have been battling a growing number of COVID-19 cases in their squad and there was optimism the match would take place through
Tadej Pogacar retained his lead in the UAE Tour despite being handed a penalty for pushing another rider. Ireland’s Sam Bennett won his second stage of the week-long race in a sprint finish into Dubai for his Deceuninck-Quick Step team. Race leader Pogacar, 22, was handed a 10-second penalty to add to his overall race
12:55 PM GMT The 2023 Rugby World Cup will kick off with a mouth-watering Pool A clash between hosts France and three-time champions New Zealand, organisers said on Friday. England will start their Pool D campaign against Argentina on Sept. 9 in Marseille, where world champions South Africa will take on Scotland the day after
Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Friday said the more India is allowed to “get away” with producing pitches that are not deemed good enough for Test cricket, the more “toothless” the ICC will look. England on Thursday suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India on a spin-friendly Motera track to
7:00 AM ET With MLB spring training games set to begin Sunday across Florida and Arizona, it is officially baseball season once again. The start of a new season means seeing players like Francisco Lindor, Trevor Bauer and Nolan Arenado in their new uniforms along with a chance to get a glimpse of some of
3:44 AM ET In this week’s ESPN Insider Notebook, Hector Bellerin could leave Arsenal after a decade at the Emirates after talks with Mikel Arteta. PLUS: Manchester United await Cavani’s recovery before deciding his future. Jump to: Man United await Cavani’s recovery before deciding future | Man City search for additional striker | Money-saving experts
Charles Leclerc says Ferrari have made “quite a good step” with their 2021 car but admits it is too early to say how well they can perform. Ferrari had their worst season for 40 years in 2020, but the team have worked hard on fixing their main weakness, which was speed on the straights. Leclerc
10:22 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Gilles Simon will step away from the tennis tour for an undetermined period of time because he said his heart wasn’t in it right now. The 36-year-old Frenchman wrote on Twitter on Friday that his mental health is also a concern. “With my heart not being in it
6:30 AM ET In the last year of the 20th century, quarterback play in college football seemed to be making a quantum leap. Virginia Tech‘s Michael Vick was showing us a combination of rushing and passing prowess that we didn’t realize was possible, while Georgia Tech‘s Joe Hamilton was combining 3,000-yard passing with 700-yard rushing.
8:50 AM ET So, you’re a hockey fan and looking at this whole NBA Top Shot phenomenon and have a bunch of questions: What exactly is this? What is an NFT? Can’t I just watch the highlights online? And, is this coming to hockey eventually? We’re here to help. Hopefully, by the end of this