9:53 PM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Alex Ovechkin tied Gordie Howe for the most goals scored for one NHL team, fittingly reaching the milestone in the same city Mr. Hockey became an all-time great. The 37-year-old superstar scored in second period, giving him 786 goals with Washington, but Andrew Copp had a go-ahead
10:09 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans put up one of the tougher fights the Philadelphia Eagles have seen this season, but Philly managed to prevail, 29-17, and preserve its undefeated start to the season. The Eagles are 8-0 for the first time in franchise history, while the Texans moved to 1-6-1 on the
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff November is officially here and with it comes a top 5 matchup that has all the stakes a fan could ask for. Tennessee will travel to Georgia on Saturday in what should be one of the most highly anticipated SEC East games in recent history. What’s on the line? Oh,
first Quarter PHI HOU TD 9:37 Teagan Quitoriano Pass From Davis Mills for 2 Yds, K.Fairbairn extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Weeks, Holder-C.Johnston. 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:23 0 7 TD 1:33 Miles Sanders 2 Yd Rush, J.Elliott extra point is GOOD, Center-R.Lovato, Holder-A.Siposs. 18 plays, 91 yards, 8:04 7 7 second Quarter PHI HOU TD
7:53 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology NBA commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an
9:19 PM ET ESPN staff Game 5 of the 2022 World Series goes down Thursday night with the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros battling for a 3-2 series lead. 1 Related Houston’s bullpen made history in Game 4, throwing the first combined no-hitter in MLB postseason history, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Astros
8:37 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek took control with an eight-point run that launched a match-ending stretch in which she grabbed nine of 11 games for a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Caroline Garcia in round-robin action at the WTA Finals on Thursday night. Swiatek improved to 2-0 this week
8:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former super middleweight titleholders David Benavidez and Caleb Plant both announced Thursday on social media that they’ve struck a deal for a long-awaited fight. The 168-pound bout will be presented by PBC on pay-per-view in the first quarter of 2023, a source told ESPN. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) and Plant
7:18 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Grigor Dimitrov on Thursday, while Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the last eight by winning his 15th consecutive match. Alcaraz, the U.S. Open champion, will next play Holger Rune for a place in
7:58 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Will Gordon was frustrated with the way he finished last week in Bermuda. He had no complaints about his start Thursday at Mayakoba. Gordon ran off four straight birdies to start the back nine on the El Camaleon course and finished with a 9-under 62
4:05 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Ty Gibbs knew his teammate had to win the final regular-season race to qualify for the Xfinity Series championship. And yet Gibbs still spun Brandon Jones out of the lead on the final lap last week at Martinsville Speedway as Gibbs picked up his sixth win of the
4:03 PM ET Kansas State quarterback Adrian Martinez has been a full participant in practice this week, but a decision on who starts for the 13th-ranked Wildcats on Saturday against No. 24 Texas likely won’t come until game time. Offensive coordinator Collin Klein said Martinez, who didn’t play last week against Oklahoma State, is on
3:33 PM ET Associated Press The European tour will offer $150,000 against players’ earnings and pay $1,500 to other players if they miss the cut as part of a new schedule announced Thursday that boosts prize money and returns to Australia and parts of Asia. The tour said prize money would be $144.2 million, not
1:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Boston Bruins star defenseman Charlie McAvoy is hopeful to return to their lineup soon as he works back from a complex shoulder injury that required offseason surgery. McAvoy returned to practice last week and was on the ice for a lengthy skating session at Madison Square Garden on Thursday,
1:18 PM ET The next time the Champions League becomes the dominant topic in soccer, we will be approaching Valentine’s Day. An entire World Cup will have come and gone. We’ll have spent many thousands of words talking about player wear and tear, particularly for players on the four teams that will have played seven
1:20 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving stopped short of formally apologizing Thursday for his controversial social media post about a book and movie that feature antisemitic tropes — the way many in both the Brooklyn Nets organization and the NBA league office were hoping to hear. “I take my responsibility for posting that,”
11:25 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Cristian Javier‘s parents, Trinidad Mieses and Cecilio Javier, flew from the Dominican Republic to Philadelphia and sat in his hotel room late Tuesday night, in the buildup to the biggest outing of his life. The Houston Astros were coming off a difficult loss and needed Javier to rescue them from
7:00 AM ET New York has seen athletes like Igor Shesterkin before. They come to the city heralded by years of hype. Their arrival marks a new era for their teams. Unfortunately, these young stars get chewed up and spit out by an unrelenting, impatient monster of a market. But some, like Shesterkin, exceed those