3:17 AM BST Israel Folau is set to play for Australia to the end of 2022 after reportedly signing a four-year contract extension with the Wallabies and NSW Waratahs. The 29-year-old superstar put pen to paper on the new deal some time ago, but Rugby Australia and Waratahs have kept the announcement under wraps, according
12:21 AM ET DETROIT — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid may have lost to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, but there is a place he might have won. In Pistons center Andre Drummond‘s head. “I think I own a lot of real estate in his head,” Embiid told reporters after the Sixers’ 133-132 loss
11:20 PM ET David Pastrnak helped the Boston Bruins end a three-game losing streak, and in the process grabbed a share of the league lead for goals scored. Pastrnak’s two-goal, two-assist performance paced the Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old forward became the first player to score
9:10 AM ET AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Andre Drummond grabs the rebound, stops, turns and momentarily freezes. For years, he had been used to the same routine: Pass the ball to a specific player, or turn to Stan Van Gundy to pick up the next play. Now, there is none of that. For a second
11:13 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have placed defenseman Ben Lovejoy and forward Drew Stafford on injured reserve. The team announced the moves on Tuesday, while recalling defenseman Eric Gryba and forward John Quenneville from Binghamton (AHL). Lovejoy sustained a lower-body injury against Colorado on Thursday and missed Saturday’s
10:34 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers forward Michael Raffl will miss four to six weeks with a lower-body injury suffered in Monday’s 4-1 loss to the Avalanche. Raffl left the game in the second period and did not return. The sixth-year veteran had started all nine games this season for Philly, collecting two assists with an
10:02 PM ET The NFL recognizes that Tampa Bay safety Jordan Whitehead should have been penalized for a hit on Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield on Sunday, a source familiar with the league’s thinking said Tuesday. Whitehead could have been flagged for one of two infractions: unnecessary roughness for a hit to the head of a
9:00 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Following his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Grant Hill has signed a lifetime endorsement deal contract with Fila, the sneaker company he was with when he entered the NBA in 1994. “Fila was there for my first professional steps on the court,” Hill said. “We have now come
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN During the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin introduced herself as Sen. John McCain’s running mate with a speech that was wholly appropriate for the self-proclaimed State of Hockey. “I was just your average hockey mom. I love those hockey moms,” she said to the delegates
8:37 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a welterweight bout between Gunnar Nelson and Alex Oliveira for UFC 231 on Dec. 8 in Toronto, sources told ESPN. The pay-per-view event is scheduled to take place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Nelson (16-3-1) hasn’t fought since a first-round knockout loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio in