3:28 PM ET Don’t lose your head. Stick with the jab. Use your defense. It sounds like advice any good boxing trainer would serve up before their charge slides between the ropes. For junior middleweight Tim Tsyzu, 23, though, it’s far more than that. For not only is it the advice of a former undisputed
9:35 AM ET With the NHL season around the corner, teams are evaluating what they have from a prospect standpoint. Here’s a look each Atlantic Division team’s prospect pool heading into the 2018-19 NHL season, including the top players in the system. Some ground rules: • Players listed as “A” prospects project more comfortably into
3:28 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have given contract extensions to their three top hockey executives. The team announced the multiyear extensions Thursday for president of hockey operations John Davidson, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and assistant general manager Bill Zito, who was promoted to associate general manager. Terms weren’t
3:01 PM ET Antonina Shevchenko, the older sister of UFC women’s flyweight title hopeful Valentina Shevchenko, will make her UFC debut on The Ultimate Fighter Finale card Nov. 30 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. Shevchenko will face Ashlee Evans-Smith in a fight that will take place at 125 pounds, sources said. Nicco Montaño will
With Tuca Ferretti set to take control of Mexico’s national team on an interim basis, Alejandro Moreno likens him to a respected substitute teacher. Ahead of the September international dates last year, Monterrey midfielder Jonathan Gonzalez was hoping for a phone call from U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena, following an impressive start to the
2:42 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has approved tax breaks for the New York Islanders‘ planned renovations at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum. Newsday says completion of $9.95 million in interior upgrades would allow the hockey team to return to Uniondale for three years while a new arena
Sep 6, 2018 Associated Press CHICAGO — With the exception of seeing a couple of concerts and getting some family time, Vladimir Tarasenko had a boring summer. A surgically repaired left shoulder kept Tarasenko on the shelf and unable to train much, but now the St. Louis Blues winger hopes to be back on the
3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 357 for 5 (Ballance 104, Kohler-Cadmore 92*, Tattersall 51) trail Nottinghamshire 448 by 91 runsScorecard There was an old-fashioned feel to the third day here. For one thing, it rained. Spectators arrived ill-equipped, having left their umbrellas in the porch or in the car, lulled into thinking them an unnecessary accessory.
1:26 PM ET Maximilian Kieffer shot a 6-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead after Day 1 of the European Masters in Switzerland. The German, who recorded his first top-5 finish of the season at the Nordea Masters last month, birdied three of the final five holes at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in the Swiss Alps
11:59 AM BST Kenya have secured an international friendly match against 2018 Rugby Gold Cup champions Namibia. The Kenya Simbas will use the match, to be played in October, to prepare for the Rugby World Cup repechage in France from November 14-23. The repechage competition will feature Hong Kong, German and Canada alongside Kenya, with