10:45 AM ET New York Knicks center Jericho Sims underwent surgery on his right shoulder, ending his promising second season in the NBA, sources told ESPN. The procedure, done Wednesday and considered successful, will require five months of recovery and rehabilitation. Sims, 24, is expected to be prepared for the start of training camp in
11:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Heralded transfer quarterback Tyler Buchner, who left Notre Dame earlier this week, is headed to Alabama. He announced his decision on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. Buchner loomed as the best available quarterback in the NCAA transfer portal in this late spring football period, and his transfer is an attempt to
7:40 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Charles Leclerc has denied reports he has held preliminary talks with Mercedes about the possibility of switching teams if Lewis Hamilton decides to retire at the end of the season. A report in the Italian publication Quotidiano Nazionale said it was “an open secret” that Leclerc was in talks
10:41 AM ET Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton are among the drivers excited by the challenge of Formula One’s tweaked sprint race rules, which are set to run for the first time at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. This weekend’s Baku event will be the first of six sprints in 2023, featuring an extra qualifying session
10:52 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Max Verstappen says he is not motivated by winning a record number of Formula One titles by the end of his career and is instead tempted by racing in other categories of motorsport when his Red Bull contract expires. The current record for the most championship victories is jointly
Big Picture: Rahul back to scene of heroics KL Rahul needs no reminding that he holds the record for the fastest IPL half-century, which he hit in Mohali. It’s a good time to rekindle those memories as he leads Lucknow Super Giants against his former franchise, the Punjab Kings, yet again, after going down narrowly
9:58 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Aaron Rodgers did his new team a solid by restructuring his massive contract, allowing the New York Jets to execute the blockbuster trade without having to make significant moves to stay under the salary cap. Before the trade, Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers converted a $58.3 million
8:00 AM ET The NHL is launching its first fan experience on the online gaming platform Roblox that will bring hockey-inspired games and customizable team jerseys to the metaverse. NHL Blast, announced by the league Thursday, “will allow hockey fans and the Roblox community to hang out and play in a new online space that
Apr 25, 2023 Song Yadong meets Ricky Simon in the bantamweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The main card at the UFC Apex is on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET, preceded by prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 4 p.m. Song (19-7-1, 1 NC) is coming off a fourth-round
8:10 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Slovakian tennis player Andrej Martin was handed a 14-month ban Thursday for breaching doping rules. The 33-year-old Martin, who reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 93 in 2020, tested positive for the anabolic agent SARM S-22 at the Bratislava Open in June. An independent tribunal found that