9:22 AM ET ESPN News Services As NBA teams finalize their boards ahead of Thursday night’s NBA draft, sources have told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the order of the top three picks is “increasingly firm,” with Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr. going to the Orlando Magic at No. 1, Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren to the Oklahoma City
7:51 AM ET Associated Press Jeff Luhnow was fired by Houston Astros in 2020 for sign-stealing. Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images An investment group led by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, who lost his job in baseball for sign-stealing, has bought Spanish soccer club Leganes. “We will do all we can
6:26 AM ET There had been no specific ruling in Germany for footballers on the issue before now. Photo by John Walton – PA Images via Getty Images Transgender and non-binary footballers can now decide themselves whether to play for a men’s or women’s team instead of being bound by personal identification data, the German Football
6:08 AM ET Christopher Nkunku said that his story isn’t over at RB Leipzig. Roland Krivec/vi/DeFodi Bundesliga player of the season Christopher Nkunku signed a contract extension with RB Leipzig through to 2026, the club announced on Thursday, ending months of speculation about a possible departure. The versatile France attacking midfielder scored 20 league goals and
4:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Relevent Sports CEO Daniel Sillman has said LaLiga games will be played on North American soil before the 2026 World Cup. LaLiga signed a 15-year marketing agreement with Relevent Sports in August 2018 to promote the game in North America and have tried since without success to stage several league
8:21 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have made a first offer to Bayern Munich for Robert Lewandowski and would also like to sign Sevilla‘s Jules Kounde to bolster their defence, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Bayern want more than €40 million for the Polish striker, who has expressed a desire to leave, but
1:46 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper held a short, tense news conference after their Stanley Cup Final Game 4 loss on Wednesday night during which he questioned the legality of Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri‘s game-winning goal in overtime. Cooper rambled for a minute on his love of the
8:00 AM ET Sweet, a non-fungible token (NFT) distribution platform, is now the official NFT partner and digital collectibles marketplace of the NHL, the NHL Players’ Association and the NHL Alumni Association in one of the largest licensing deals in league history. With a planned launch at the start of the 2022-23 NHL season, the
8:00 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN The PFL’s lightweights and light heavyweights finalized their playoff positioning a week ago, and now it’s the turn of the heavyweights and featherweights on Friday at PFL 5 (ESPN and ESPN+, main card at 8 p.m. ET and prelims at 6 p.m.). The main event at Overtime Elite Arena in
Yorkshire would have gone bust had the ECB not lifted its suspension on Headingley hosting international and major cricket matches, according to the club’s chair, Lord Kamlesh Patel. Imposed in November following the county’s handling of Azeem Rafiq’s racism scandal, those sanctions were lifted in February under certain provisos. Those included the ability to show