5:04 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — For the second straight year, Team USA lost in the semifinal round of the ice hockey world championship. Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists as host Finland outlasted the Americans 4-3 in front of 11,055 fans Saturday. Montreal Canadiens forward Joel
5:20 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Josh Berry outdueled teammate Justin Allgaier to give JR Motorsports its first win at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday. Berry took the lead with 22 laps to go when Allgaier got loose and brushed the outside wall in Turn 1. Berry
8:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her 31st consecutive match and advanced into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the fourth time in four appearances with a sometimes shaky 6-3, 7-5 victory over Danka Kovinic on Saturday. Swiatek, the 2020 French Open champion, has collected 48 of the past 49
4:00 PM ET Formula One. IndyCar. NASCAR. Breakfast in Monaco. Lunch at Indianapolis. Dinner in Charlotte. Mimosas. Bloody Marys. Beer. This is racing’s highest of holy days, and it’s not even close. A motorsports harmonic convergence that doesn’t happen every year but does more often than it does not. Thank the horsepower heavens. That perfect
3:55 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jessica Pegula roared towards the crowd after her victory at the French Open on Saturday. The 28-year-old just defeated Tamara Zidansek, a 2021 semifinalist at the tournament, 6-1, 7-6 (2) and advanced to the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time in her career. “[I’m] definitely very happy
Charles Leclerc was denied the chance to finish what looked like becoming one of the great Monaco laps by the red flag at the end of qualifying on Saturday. Already 0.225 seconds clear of the field, the Ferrari driver was up on his own time by more than 0.4secs as he approached the Tabac corner
1:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham on Saturday said he agreed to a three-game suspension for slapping San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson in the cheek over a fantasy football dispute prior to Friday’s game. MLB said Pham was suspended for “inappropriate conduct” and was also fined. The suspension was
7:30 AM ET RALEIGH — As the Carolina Hurricanes try to eliminate the New York Rangers on Saturday night in Game 6 at Madison Square Garden, they’re downplaying the Stanley Cup playoff trend that makes a Game 7 back in Raleigh feel practically inevitable at this point. “It’s kind of beating a dead horse about
West Indian all-rounder Deandra Dottin starred with both bat and ball as she powered Supernovas to an unprecedented third Women’s T20 Challenge title triumph with a four-run win over Velocity in a thrilling final here on Saturday. Dottin top-scored with a 44-ball 62 at the top of the order to help Supernovas to 165 for
Venue: London and Essex Dates: 27-29 May Coverage: Live on Sunday on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app Defending champion Lorena Wiebes won stage two of the RideLondon Classique on Saturday to add to her victory in Friday’s opener. Wiebes outsprinted Italian Marta Bastianelli and fellow Dutchwoman Emma
Jai Hindley is set to become the first Australian winner of the Giro d’Italia after taking the lead from Richard Carapaz on the penultimate stage. Italian Alessendro Covi won the 167km stage in the Dolomite Mountains but the key moment happened behind him. Bora-Hansgrohe’s Hindley attacked race leader Carapaz, with 3km remaining and the Ecuadorian
9:08 PM ET Brianna Williams The Los Angeles Lakers secured their new head coach with the hire of Darvin Ham, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Prior to joining the Lakers, he served as an assistant for the defending NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks. He has worked under Milwaukee head coach Mike Budenholzer since 2013, when the
Britain’s Kye Whyte made a great comeback to claim a bronze in the BMX World Cup in Glasgow. Whyte, who won silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, dropped to the back of the race after hitting the start gate. But he retained his composure to finish behind Colombian winner Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina and France’s
7:22 PM ET PARIS — It took Sloane Stephens three games to silence the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd. Her opponent at the French Open, Diane Parry, went to school just across the road from Roland Garros — she grew up hearing over the walls of the playground the incredible support French players receive from the partisan
Charles Leclerc took pole position for his home race after a chaotic end to qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver, dominant throughout, ended 0.225 seconds clear of team-mate Carlos Sainz. Leclerc was on an even quicker lap at the end before Red Bull’s Sergio Perez crashed at Portier, was collected by Sainz
9:18 AM ET Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney watch Wrexham vs. Grimsby Town. Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched their side lose 5-4 to Grimsby in an nine-goal thriller on Saturday with promotion to League Two on the line. The National League sides met in a one-legged playoff semifinal
3:24 PM ET Receiver Michael Thomas is not yet participating in New Orleans Saints OTAs. But he is expected back from his ankle injury in time for training camp, according to coach Dennis Allen, and he is present and rehabbing with the team during the voluntary workout period. Meanwhile, quarterback Jameis Winston is already back
6:16 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson were involved in a brief altercation before Friday’s series opener at Great American Ball Park. While the Giants were warming up in the outfield, Pham confronted Pederson in the outfield. The pair quickly were separated and