8:25 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Top NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama will join France’s national team next month for a pair of World Cup qualifying games. The French federation made the announcement Friday. The 7-foot-3 Wembanyama is among 12 players selected for a road game at Lithuania on Nov. 11 and a home
3:47 PM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Golden State Warriors are taking “every legal course of action” to discover how video of Draymond Green
8:25 PM ET U.S. men’s national team striker Ricardo Pepi continued his hot start since joining FC Groningen on loan this summer, scoring twice in a 3-2 loss to RKC Waalwijk on Friday. Pepi, 19, has now scored four goals in his last three games for the Dutch club. He is also the first player
4:59 PM ET European champions England scored a rare 2-1 win over the World Cup holders United States women’s national team in a pulsating friendly at London’s Wembley Stadium on Friday. In front of a sellout crowd of almost 77,000, the entertainment on the field more than lived up to the hype, particularly in a
6:06 PM ET LONDON — United States women’s national coach Vlatko Andonovski said he was proud of his players for “even being on the field” after they lost 2-1 to England at Wembley Stadium on Friday, just days after the release of a report detailing systemic abuse in women’s soccer in the U.S. The independent
7:27 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have signed defenseman MacKenzie Weegar to an eight-year, $50 million extension, the team announced Friday. Weegar came to Calgary on July 25 along with Jonathan Huberdeau in a trade that sent Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers. Weegar would have become an unrestricted free
Steven Smith knows he needs to show intent now that he’s been shed of the ‘Mr Fix it’ role. “Just having that more attacking mindset rather than when I was playing that kind of role,” Smith said on Thursday. “I was probably in a more defensive frame of mind and almost just trying to get
7:51 PM ET LONDON — In one emotive moment at Wembley, the players of England and the United States highlighted the vulnerability of the women’s game at the end of an emotionally draining week for the sport. And then they gave us a 90-minute showcase of all of its strengths. A collective prematch team photograph
4:35 PM ET Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Two Grand Slam champions fought for nearly two hours each to top American qualifiers and reach the Agel Open semifinals Friday. No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek got past former junior partner and rival Caty McNally 6-4, 6-4, and Barbora Krejcikova was the first of three Czechs in
5:40 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots starting quarterback Mac Jones is doubtful for Sunday’s home game against the Detroit Lions with a left high ankle sprain, putting rookie Bailey Zappe in position to make his first career NFL start. Jones was a limited participant in practices this week, and the team officially