7:00 AM ET BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts had never made secret his desire to be a member of the Boston Red Sox for life, a goal he’d publicly stated dating back to his time at Triple-A Pawtucket. But now, with the three-time All-Star shortstop planning to opt out of his contract at the end of
Month: May 2022
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Stanley Cup playoffs are when the spotlight shines the brightest on the NHL. Not coincidentally, they’re also when hockey’s star players shine the brightest, too. Every preseason, we publish the ESPN NHL Rank, which rates the top 100 players based on how good they’re expected to be in the
6:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Being drafted by his hometown team has advantages for Carolina Panthers first-round pick Ikem “Ickey” Ekwonu. The mammoth left tackle already has favorite Queen City hangouts and restaurants, like Le Peep and The Improper Pig. And he is only a short drive from his mom’s Nigerian recipes that include
1:30 AM ET The NHL Department of Player Safety is reviewing a cross-check delivered by Wild captain Jared Spurgeon in Game 1 of the team’s first-round series against the St. Louis Blues on Monday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, a source told ESPN. With 1:46 left in the third period and the Blues leading 4-0,
1:09 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie says Fraser McReight will get his Test chances this year as he continues to push skipper Michael Hooper for a starting jersey. Flanker McReight has been a standout in Queensland’s Super Rugby Pacific campaign to mount a strong case for his first Test start, with the three-match England
11:37 PM ET The Boston Bruins were routed in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-1, but coach Bruce Cassidy wasn’t about to pin that on Linus Ullmark. “I am not faulting our goaltender for this,” Cassidy said Monday night. “We had some opportunities we needed to finish. Like they did.”
6:05 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies no longer have home-court advantage, but they say they didn’t lose their confidence with their Game 1 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Having lost Game 1 before rebounding to win their first-round series against Minnesota, the Grizzlies are leaning on that experience as they try
5:20 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn — The Golden State Warriors had little reaction to the league announcing it would not downgrade Draymond Green‘s flagrant foul 2 that he picked up in the second quarter of Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies. That being said, there is reason to
12:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — The Miami Heat didn’t have their best in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night — but it was still good enough. Despite again playing without starting point guard Kyle Lowry and shooting 9 for 36 from 3-point range, the
12:31 AM ET There are few things in the NBA more precious than time and space. Four years ago, it seemed like the Philadelphia 76ers had endless amounts of both as they faced off with the Miami Heat in a first-round playoff series with an eerily similar setup to Monday night’s Game 1 of the