ESPN staffJun 28, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Welcome to the 2023 NHL draft. From the first round all the way to pick No. 224, this page will be your home for tracking every selection, including notes on team fit for the 32 players taken in the first round
Associated Press Jun 28, 2023, 04:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Mets owner Steven Cohen is threatening his underperforming team with the prospect of a trade deadline selloff unless New York gets back into contention for a playoff berth. “All is not lost yet, but it’s getting late,” he said during a news conference Wednesday.
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 03:53 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NCAA is amending its penalties for student-athletes who violate the association’s gambling policy, increasing leniency and, in some cases, basing punishments on the amount wagered. The Division I Legislative Committed on Tuesday ratified
Jun 28, 2023, 12:57 PM ET A handful of NFL players, including Indianapolis Colts cornerback and kick returner Isaiah Rodgers, are expected to receive season-long suspensions this week for violating the NFL’s policy on gambling, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Rodgers is the subject of a league investigation into possible violations of the
Associated Press Jun 28, 2023, 03:26 PM ET BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Iga Swiatek eased into the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jil Teichmann on Wednesday in the Wimbledon warmup. The French Open champion pulled off a tweener to convert her first break point for a 3-2 lead
NBA Insiders Jun 28, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The NBA free agency frenzy is almost here. Which stars will be on the move, and which teams will turn themselves into contenders for 2023-24? Several players — such as Minnesota Timberwolves big man Naz Reid — have already opted into their contracts, taking them off the
The LIV Golf League hits the halfway point of its 2023 schedule at Real Club Valderrama in Spain this weekend. There are six regular season tournaments remaining, including one in London and four more in the U.S. The individual and team championships will take place in Saudi Arabia on Nov. 3-5. After that, no one
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 01:24 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Jessica McCaskill is returning to the ring and is starting to attempt to regain the undisputed welterweight championship. McCaskill, the WBC and
Star batsman Steve Smith’s unbeaten 85 was the centrepiece of Australia’s impressive 339-5 on the opening day of the second Test against England at Lord’s on Wednesday. But off-spinner Joe Root, better known as the number one-ranked batsman in Test cricket, took two wickets in four balls late in the day. His double strike ensured
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 11:00 AM ET Ashton Sylve, the teen boxing prospect under Jake Paul’s promotional banner, will get the toughest test of his early career this summer. The undefeated, 19-year-old rising star will face 34-fight veteran William Silva on Aug. 5 in Dallas on the undercard of the Jake Paul
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJun 28, 2023, 08:00 AM ET This summer was supposed to mark the start of a new era at Manchester United. Instead, so far, it’s been the same old story. Rather than new owners sweeping into Old Trafford to inject new life into a sleeping giant of a football club, supporters have seen
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 27, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernandez has accepted an added assignment as head coach of the talent-laden Canadian national basketball program, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Fernandez replaces Nick Nurse, who had led the
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 07:36 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. IT STARTED WITH $25 to purchase a sewing machine off Craigslist when she was in her twenties, fulfilling a desire that has
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 28, 2023, 09:17 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia In his first public comments since the PGA Tour’s stunning alliance with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was announced June 6, six-time
Sid Lowe, Spain writerJun 28, 2023, 06:00 AM ET This story could start with Jonathan Woodgate’s words the day he played his first game for Real Madrid, only the words he used then can’t be used here, in a family publication. Down under the main stand at the Santiago Bernabeu, a little while after that
Jun 28, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The 2023 NHL draft starts Wednesday in Nashville (Round 1, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+) and stories about Connor Bedard have dominated the coverage. Rightfully so! The 17-year-old’s 143 points with the Regina Pats is the highest single total in 27 years. This from a player that
Jeff Passan, ESPNJun 28, 2023, 07:50 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” For 250 Dominican pesos — about $4.50 — Pedro De La Cruz promises the best car wash in the Dominican Republic. De La Cruz and his employees clean every
Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 08:00 AM ET HOUSTON — DANA HOLGORSEN is putting his Houston football team through its paces during a spring practice at the school’s indoor facility. On one end of the field, Houston‘s 11 conference championship seasons are posted in red letters against the wall. At the other