9:59 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Taylor Hall scored twice and the Boston Bruins extended their NHL-record streak of home victories to open a season to 13 games with a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Backup goalie Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves and Brad Marchand added an empty-netter
5:36 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report on Tuesday said Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should have gone to the line with 2.3 seconds remaining and a chance to tie the game instead of picking up a charge call against New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones on Monday night. In
5:14 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) and Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain) will not play Wednesday against the Washington Wizards, the team announced Tuesday. Wednesday’s contest will mark the seventh game that Simmons has missed this season because of the ongoing knee problem. He left Monday’s 109-102
2:13 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls and head coach Billy Donovan agreed to a contract extension before the start of the 2022-23 season, the Bulls’ public relations staff announced on Tuesday afternoon. Donovan is currently in his third season as the team’s head coach, with an overall record of 86-88 with
9:58 PM ET The junior flyweight unification fight between WBC champion Kim Clavel and WBA titlist Jessica Nery Plata set for Thursday in Laval, Canada, has been postponed after Clavel came down with the flu, her promoter tweeted Tuesday evening. The fight was set to be the first title defense for both women. Clavel beat
Former New Zealand men’s international Dean Brownlie has been named batting coach of the New Zealand women’s team. Joining him in the White Ferns set-up is spin-bowling coach Craig Howard. Brownie, who retired at the end of the 2019-20 season with a total of 14 Test caps and 21 white-ball caps, was New Zealand men’s
8:03 PM ET Tai Tuivasa [14-4] has indicated he will take a break from the UFC in 2023 to recover from niggles and plot the next phase of his MMA career, but not before he has taken care of one last piece of business inside the Octagon – proving he’s a better “banger” than Russian
8:32 PM ET ESPN staff The College Football Playoff selection committee might not even break a sweat this weekend. No lengthy debates, no Tylenol needed and early hotel checkouts all around. No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 TCU and No. 4 USC appear one conference championship win away from locking up those coveted
7:29 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With an eye toward strengthening a run defense that currently ranks in the middle of the league, the Kansas City Chiefs plan to sign veteran defensive tackle Brandon Williams to their practice squad, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Williams is expected to be in Kansas City
8:08 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bills pass rusher Von Miller said Tuesday night on his podcast that he did suffer some lateral meniscus damage to his knee, but that he hopes to be back before Buffalo’s game against the New York Jets on Dec. 11 Speaking on the injury for the first