4:30 PM ET Wayne Gretzky has stepped down from his role with the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, effective immediately. The Hall of Famer and former Edmonton captain returned to the Oilers organization in 2016 as vice chairman. He worked as a closer advisor to owner Daryl Katz and also has had a hand on the
2:57 PM ET The Deshaun Watson case has entered into discovery, which could play out well into the 2021 regular season, with depositions set to begin in September. The 22 women who are suing the Houston Texans quarterback would be deposed before Watson, who’s not scheduled until early 2022, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin said Tuesday.
1:52 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Los Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Petersen made 18 saves and the United States beat Kazakhstan 3-0 Tuesday to improve to 2-1 at the IIHF world championship. Kings teammate Trevor Moore, defenseman Adam Clendening and forward Jack Drury scored for the U.S., which set a team world championship
2:54 AM ET The Denver Nuggets walked into the locker room at halftime of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers with a lead, but also had the inescapable presence of Damian Lillard‘s supernova first half simmering in the air. Lillard had the flamethrower set to maximum heat, firing in
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Mushfiqur Rahim scored 125 in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.© AFP Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets each as Bangladesh thrashed Sri Lanka by 103 runs in a rain-hit second one-day international to clinch the series on Tuesday. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim hit 125 to steer Bangladesh, who recorded their
1:33 PM ET Aaron Pico has his next fight queued up. The top MMA prospect will fight Aiden Lee at Bellator 260 on June 11 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. That card will be headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Douglas Lima and challenger Yaroslav Amosov. Pico
4:00 AM ET If it’s up to him, the Harry Kane era at Tottenham Hotspur will end this summer. The 27-year-old, who led the Premier League in both goals and assists this season, has informed the club for the second straight summer that he would like to leave. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
The third T20I between England Women and India Women, which was slated for July 15, will now be held a day before in Chelmsford. India will tour England for a one-off Test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is. The third T20I will now be held on July 14 instead of July 15 due to broadcasting
8:25 AM ET The feud between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau may be heating up again just in time for summer. A leaked video shows Koepka rolling his eyes at DeChambeau and cursing in frustration during a post-round interview this past weekend at the PGA Championship. The viral video, posted Monday night to social media
Germany have withdrawn from next month’s European Track Championships in Minsk because of the ongoing political situation in Belarus. The German cycling federation (BDR) has called for the event to be moved following the incident, which has been criticised by the European Union. The five-day European Track Championships start on 23 June. The BDR said:
Has Egan Bernal established an unassailable lead in the Giro d’Italia? Or are we set for dramatic final week, with the 2019 Tour de France champion facing challenges from riders such as British pair Hugh Carthy and Simon Yates? With Tuesday the last rest day of the race, BBC Sport takes a look at the
9:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors A perfect storm is brewing in college football that could fundamentally change the way recruiting works and affect thousands of high school players in the process. As coaching staffs are try to solve a roster management riddle that began with the COVID-19 pandemic and the return of “super seniors,” they’re
7:29 AM ET The Ultimate Fighter was an instrumental force during the UFC’s explosion of popularity in the early 2000s — shining a spotlight on fighters like Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock, who coached a variety of MMA hopefuls in a season-long competition in which all of the competitors were housed
6:48 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The birds-on-the-bat uniforms, the players in the other dugout, the opposing manager, it all looked familiar to Tony La Russa. Too familiar. The 76-year-old Hall of Fame manager of the Chicago White Sox found himself in a strange spot Monday night: Leading his club against the team he
7:00 AM ET Three teams — the Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild — were up for elimination on Monday. Two survived. Edmonton nearly lived another day, but Winnipeg knocked the Oilers out in triple overtime, sealing a series sweep. The loss sets up another long offseason ahead for Connor McDavid & Co. Tuesday
8:00 AM ET BOBAN MARJANOVIC is singing. Just a minute ago, Boban was talking about growing up in Serbia and being 7-foot-4 and playing for the Dallas Mavericks, but now, he is warbling, in thickly accented English, a Vanessa Carlton song with the joy and energy of a devoted tween. “I’d walk a thousand MILES
New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee praised India’s attitude towards Test cricket.© AFP New Zealand great Richard Hadlee believes that world cricket needed India due to the big revenues generated for the sport throughout the world. According to a media release on the International Cricket Council (ICC) official website, Hadlee said without that the presence of