9:06 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — While officials reviewed Capitals forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel‘s check to the head of Lightning defenseman Cal Foote, Tampa Bay’s Patrick Maroon dropped the gloves with Washington’s Garnet Hathaway during the lengthy stoppage. That was just the start of the fisticuffs as tensions boiled over Friday night between these
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has told national team managers hopeful of having their World Cup players rested this weekend: “Don’t call me!” There is one last round of Premier League fixtures before the tournament starts but Guardiola has rejected the idea that he could give a helping hand to
11:38 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC head coach Lincoln Riley said he does not expect starting running back Travis Dye to play again this season after the senior suffered an apparent lower leg injury in Friday night’s 55-17 win over Colorado. Dye was carted off the field after his left leg appeared to get twisted
3:45 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Edwin Díaz‘s $102 million, five-year contract with the New York Mets includes $26.5 million in deferred payments that he won’t completely receive until 2042 and also has a club option for 2028 that could make the deal worth $118.25 million over six seasons. Díaz’s deal, announced Wednesday,
Nov 11, 2022 The NHL and NHLPA announced Friday that they will not stage the World Cup of Hockey in 2024 as originally targeted. “Unfortunately in the current environment it is not feasible,” the NHL and players’ union said in a joint statement. “… We continue to plan for the next World Cup of Hockey,
India needed to hire the best people to prepare for the T20 World Cup and someone like AB de Villiers would have done the job, former India cricketer Atul Wasaan said on Friday as he advocated the need to have completely different coaching staff for the shortest format. Alex Hales and Jos Buttler ripped apart
5:21 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 10 of the NFL season is here, and some teams are dealing with big injury questions. The struggling Las Vegas Raiders (2-6) put tight end Darren Waller and receiver Hunter Renfrow on injured reserve on Thursday. Waller has been dealing with a hamstring injury since Week 5, while Renfrow
12:46 PM ET ESPN News Services The Mountain West hired Gloria Nevarez, who has been leading the West Coast Conference for the past five years, to be its next commissioner on Friday. Nevarez replaces longtime commissioner Craig Thompson, who announced his retirement in September. She will take over Jan. 1 and become the second woman
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 10 NFL schedule for the 2022 season is stacked with great matchups, and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold prediction for each matchup. Additionally, ESPN
7:43 PM ET Miami-Dade County and the Miami Heat are ending their arena naming rights deal with bankrupt cryptocurrency firm FTX. The county, which owns the arena, signed a 19-year, $135 million deal for the bayfront Heat homecourt’s name in 2021. After an initial balloon payment of $14 million, FTX was scheduled to make a
6:58 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Steven Alker began his PGA Tour Champions career as a Monday qualifier, the goal every week right in front of him: post top-10 finishes to keep playing. Alker kept pulling it off until a win secured his full card. His path to winning the Charles Schwab Cup is
7:33 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain have made a €45 million offer for Palmeiras teenager Endrick, but the Brazilian team swiftly dismissed the proposal for the 16-year-old forward on Friday, sources told ESPN Brazil. In a meeting with the player’s agents, the Ligue 1 champions said they were willing to extend the negotiations and meet the
7:26 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Maria Fassi always knew a good putting stroke to go along with her explosive power would lead to low scores. She picked a good time for it to finally come together. Fassi powered her way across the rain-softened Pelican Golf Club and rode a smooth putting stroke
5:25 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Tony Finau finished his opening round with a string of birdies and then took the momentum right into Friday, making 10 birdies to match his career low with an 8-under 62 and build a big lead in the Houston Open. Finau was at his best late in the
Nov 9, 2022 ESPN staff Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is currently chasing down career NHL goal No. 800. After starting the 2022-23 season at 780, he has scored eight goals thus far. Ovi is third on the all-time NHL goals list, behind Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801). The next highest active player
5:05 PM ET Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland — The unheralded Czech Republic upset the United States to reach the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals for the first time in four years Friday. The Czechs will meet Switzerland on Saturday in Glasgow after the Swiss beat Canada 2-1. Fellow group winners Australia and Britain meet in
9:30 AM ET Eddie Maisonet III Few athletes are as kind and polite as Georges St-Pierre. St-Pierre, a UFC Hall of Famer and two-division champion at welterweight and middleweight, is regarded as an icon in MMA. Few were surprised with the news that the bona fide bilingual superstar from Montreal was crossing over into the
4:15 PM GMT Former England and Newcastle Falcons centre Luther Burrell has said he won’t play rugby in England again after he said racism was “rife” in the sport and that racist “banter” was common among his teammates. The Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby apologised to Burrell earlier this year following an interview in