4:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans second-round draft choice E.J. Liddell has had surgery to repair torn knee ligaments, the team said Tuesday. The injury to the 6-foot-6 forward from Ohio State occurred during a Summer League game on July 11 against the Atlanta Hawks in Las Vegas. The Pelicans
1:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Long dreamed about and under construction for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the 100-year-old widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children. Rachel Robinson, who
3:02 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have hired former New York Rangers coach David Quinn as their new head coach. The Sharks announced Tuesday that Quinn would replace the fired Bob Boughner as the Sharks overhaul their management and coaching team. “His previous NHL head coaching experience is
3:43 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A jury on Tuesday found former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault after a week of salacious testimony. Virtanen, 25, wept openly when the verdict was read in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. He clutched his head in his hands and
6:41 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Manchester United‘s training ground on Tuesday to hold talks over his future at the club. Ronaldo has not yet trained under new manager Erik ten Hag after being given permission to miss the tour of Thailand and Australia due to personal reasons. The Portugal international made an official
12:54 PM ET Ramla Ali will make history next month when she faces Crystal Garcia Nova as part of the first professional women’s boxing match in Saudi Arabia on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight title fight in Jeddah on Aug. 20. It’s another first for Ali, a Muslim woman born in Somalia
Jul 26, 2022 Associated Press The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a five-year, $17 million contract extension starting next season, general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced Tuesday. The Swiss defenseman will make an annual average of $3.4 million, with the two biggest paychecks in the first two years of the extension. Siegenthaler,
12:33 PM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Ana Bogdan of Romania upset seventh-seeded Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the Poland Open on Tuesday. Only three singles matches were completed and three were suspended because of rain at the clay-court tournament in the Polish capital.
Image for representative use© AFP The ICC Board on Tuesday approved Bangladesh, India, England and Sri Lanka as the four host countries of the ICC women’s white ball events from 2024-2027. The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be hosted by Bangladesh for the second time, with the 2026 edition going to England for
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won the third stage of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes while Marianne Vos finished second and retained the yellow jersey. Denmark’s Ludwig, 26, finished two seconds ahead of the Dutch rider. Ludwig managed to pull away from a six-strong breakaway coming into the finish line after the 133.6km ride from Reims
8:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — PAOLO BANCHERO was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA draft for exactly this type of moment. And most of his new Orlando Magic teammates are standing courtside to watch. It’s July 9, three days into Las Vegas Summer League, and the Magic, who were up by 18
7:00 AM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. And just like that, players have reported for training camp. The NFL offseason felt about as short-lived
8:14 AM BST Ian Foster has shrugged off queries over his future as New Zealand coach ahead of a tour of South Africa that could spell the end of his tenure. Despite huge pressure, Foster survived a New Zealand Rugby review into the 2-1 series defeat to Ireland, with his assistant coaches instead taking the
9:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets ace Jacob deGrom will make what could be his final minor league rehab start with Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday night. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner hasn’t pitched in the majors since July 7, 2021. The 34-year-old right-hander missed the second half of last season
7:15 AM ET In each of the previous four college football recruiting cycles, Alabama and Georgia finished among the top three classes, and while neither is currently within that group, both are moving toward it. The Bulldogs sit on the cusp of crashing the top three again after multiple ESPN 300 commitments, led by two
7:00 AM ET College football schedules as we’ve come to know them are about to change forever, potentially multiple times over the next few years. Who knows how many conferences we’ll have, what those conferences will look like and who will play whom after all the jockeying and realignment ends — if it ever does?
7:00 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN When news of quarterback Tom Brady‘s retirement broke in late January, no one knew then what is unmistakably clear now: The NFL was in the beginning stages of what would become a whiplash-inducing 2022 offseason of change. Even the conclusion of the Brady story had a surprise ending, with the
The 2021 major championship season has come and gone, but the three FedEx Cup Playoffs events are just around the corner. While Scottie Scheffler, the only four-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, remains No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, he is no longer at the top of these rankings. With the