7:00 AM ET If there’s one thing the NHL league office is obsessed with, it’s competitive balance. Parity rules in hockey, and the league often emphasizes that it treats its 32 teams equally. That’s fostered by a hard salary cap. There’s a fixed amount teams can spend on players — and as the league recovers
8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders The NBA was without its full slate of stars for much of last season, as a number of the league’s best players missed extensive time. But the start of the 2022-23 season marks a fresh start and return to the court for those stars. Marquee veterans such as Kawhi Leonard
3:11 AM BST Preparing for her World Cup debut, Wallaroos fly-half Bella McKenzie’s journey to the biggest stage in women’s rugby has taken several twists and turns, but it was a meeting off-field with a man through work that has made the biggest impression on the young player. Joining the disability service What Ability —
The women’s T20 cricket competition will feature in the Commonwealth Games 2026 to be held in Australia. It was among the 20 sports included in the next iteration to be played in Victoria, ICC said in a release. It follows the success of women’s cricket, which made its debut in the Birmingham edition earlier this
3:14 AM ET Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho’s iconic phrases went down in football folklore. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images Classic quotes from Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho have made the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary features 600,000 words, three million quotations and over 1,000 years of English, and
1:54 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN CHICAGO — The Zion Williamson show is officially back. Even if it was just for a preseason viewing. The New Orleans Pelicans forward returned to the court Tuesday night, scoring 13 points in a 15-minute performance at the United Center in a 129-125 win over the Chicago Bulls. Earlier on
2:43 AM ET HENDERSON, Nevada — With Chris Paul and A’ja Wilson watching courtside, French basketball star Victor Wembanyama, the uncanny 7-foot-5 center and projected No. 1 NBA draft pick, put on a show in a 37-point performance Tuesday night at the Dollar Loan Center against the G League Ignite and Scoot Henderson, the projected
8:09 PM ET Move over, Roger Maris: New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has hit his 62nd home run of the 2022 MLB season, setting the single-season record for the American League. His 62nd home run — which came off Texas Rangers righty Jesus Tinoco on Tuesday in the Yankees’ final series of the regular
11:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Tampa Bay Rays reliever Colin Poche left Tuesday night’s rain-shortened 6-0 loss at the Boston Red Sox with an abdominal injury after giving up a Xander Bogaerts grand slam. Rays manager Kevin Cash said the left-hander will head to the injured list and have an MRI on Wednesday. It’s
11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley left in the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s 8-7 win against the Pirates in Pittsburgh with a jammed right middle finger but said he should be ready for the start of the playoffs. Helsley was injured after catching a line drive by Ji