1:24 PM ET PALM BEACH, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league’s salary cap could rise by only $1 million next season unless revenue outperforms current projections. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association signed a collective bargaining agreement in 2020. They agreed to keep the salary cap flat at $81.5 million until hockey-related
1:32 PM ET PALM BEACH, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he recently met with actor Ryan Reynolds about potentially being involved with the Ottawa Senators‘ new ownership group. “[Reynolds] very much impressed us,” Bettman said at the NHL’s board of governors meetings on Tuesday. “If we can figure out a way to have
2:30 PM ET All struggling fantasy franchises should be asking two questions. 1) What should it take to get Nikola Jokic?2) What would it take to get Jokic? A middling manager should be asking those questions for a simple reason: in theory, rolling the dice on post-New Year Jokic dominance is a sound high-risk/high-upside move.
2:09 PM GMT Bernard Laporte, the head of the French Rugby Federation, got a two-year suspended prison sentence and a €75,000 ($79,000) fine after being found guilty in a trial over influence peddling and illegally acquiring assets, French media, including AFP, reported on Tuesday. In the same verdict, the Paris criminal court also handed top
1:54 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals had their worst fears confirmed on Tuesday: Quarterback Kyler Murray suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Monday night’s game against the New England Patriots, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Murray was carted off the field with the noncontact injury to his left knee
2:37 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN North Texas has named Washington State offensive coordinator Eric Morris as the Mean Green’s new head coach, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. Morris has deep roots in the state, having been a star player for Mike Leach at Texas Tech, a successful head coach at the FCS’ Incarnate Word in
2:17 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Clemson defensive end Myles Murphy, Mel Kiper’s No. 10 overall projected player in the upcoming draft, told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s skipping the Orange Bowl and will declare for the NFL draft. Murphy is one of the top prospects in the draft, as he’s Kiper’s No. 1-ranked defensive end.
1:44 PM ET The NFL Players Association has initiated an inquiry into why Monday night’s game wasn’t stopped when New England Patriots wide receiver DeVante Parker showed concussion symptoms, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano on Tuesday. Parker was wobbly getting up after a hit in the first half, and teammate Nelson Agholor had to
1:54 PM ET Tests confirmed that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Monday night’s game against the New England Patriots, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Murray went down with the noncontact injury after a 3-yard run to the right on the third play of the game. The
2:36 PM GMT Former England coach Eddie Jones will take charge of the Barbarians for their game against a World XV at Twickenham in May, the team said on Tuesday. Jones, 62, was sacked by England’s Rugby Football Union last week following a year in which England won only five of their 12 tests. 2