1:02 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils shook up their assistant coaching ranks Wednesday, firing Mark Recchi while not renewing the contract of Alain Nasreddine. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the decisions Wednesday, less than a week after New Jersey missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and the
Month: May 2022
1:35 PM ET Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson will be a game-time decision for Game 2 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers after suffering a lower-body injury in Game 1 on Tuesday. Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said Wilson is getting treatment Wednesday. Wilson’s goal in the first period opened the
11:10 AM ET Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is the latest big name to acquire a stake in NJ/NY Gotham FC. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant has been named as a minority owner of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club NJ/NY Gotham FC, it was announced Wednesday. Thirty Five Ventures (35V),
11:16 AM ET Diego Maradona’s 1986 World Cup quarterfinal jersey has broken the world record for most spent on a match-worn jersey. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby’s The jersey Argentina‘s Diego Maradona wore when he scored the “Hand of God” goal against England in the 1986 World Cup has sold for a world record price of
12:37 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Reliever Yusmeiro Petit and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a minor league contract. The right-hander from Venezuela would get a $1.5 million salary while in the major leagues if added to the 40-man roster and would have the chance to earn $500,000 in performance bonuses for
12:49 PM ET NEW YORK — The Mets announced that reliever Trevor May had a stress reaction on the lower portion of his right humerus that caused the triceps inflammation that landed him on the 15-day injured list. “The immediate prescription is for Trevor to discontinue throwing for approximately four weeks and then reimage the
1:55 PM ET Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner was ejected Wednesday from the game against the Miami Marlins after an apparent altercation during a check for foreign substances. Bumgarner was ejected after the bottom of the first inning by first base umpire Dan Bellino, who was inspecting the veteran southpaw’s pitching hand. Bellino checked Bumgarner’s
Ian Bishop is “concerned” at Virat Kohli‘s repeated struggles against spin, especially offspin, as he tries to get out of a form slump. In IPL 2022, where he has managed just one fifty-plus score and a strike rate of just 111.09, which is the third lowest among batters with at least 150 runs this season.
12:45 PM ET ESPN.com staff The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Zandon, leaving from the 10 post, opened as the 3-1 morning-line favorite after Derby post positions were released Monday, followed closely by Epicenter at 7-2 from the third position. Post time for Saturday’s
10:35 AM ET Former world No. 1 golfer Lee Westwood told Sky Sports on Wednesday that he has requested releases from the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour to play in the first Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London next month. Westwood, 49, told Sky Sports that any impact on his future