7:00 AM ET There was this coach I heard about. He hadn’t yet served as an NHL head coach. His qualifications indicated he was ready to do so. So like a fan of a new indie band double-checking its coolness with a music snob, I reached out to an NHL team executive to ask how
7:32 AM ET Klay Thompson knows exactly what to search for to inspire himself, Draymond Green succinctly sums up his Game 3 performance and more from our Quotes of the Week. “I’ll probably just YouTube Game 6 Klay.” — Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson, on how he plans to get out of his
7:49 AM ET The International Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony is usually celebrated the second weekend in June in Canastota, New York. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IBHOF was forced to cancel its events in 2020 and 2021. This weekend, however, three classes of inductees will get their place at the Hall,
6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus has a penchant for acronyms. He has one for on-field execution – HITS (hustle, intensity, takeaways and (playing) smart) – and he has one for the traits of the players he hopes to have on the roster. The latter is referred to as
2:51 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has weighed into Len Ikitau’s three-game suspension that has scratched the centre from the Brumbies’ semifinal with the Blues, while also imploring officials to look for the initial motion of the tackled player’s head in ruling on such incidents. Ikitau had his red-card for a high tackle on
10:10 PM ET United States international midfielder Luca de la Torre says he has an agreement with current club Heracles Almelo that he’ll be transferred later this summer. De la Torre added that there has been interest from teams throughout Europe, including the Netherlands, Germany and France. His current contract expires in June of 2023.
3:27 AM ET Adriana Garcia Liverpool are in advanced talks with Benfica over the signing of Darwin Nunez, sources told ESPN. Nunez, 22, is set to break Liverpool’s transfer record, with the deal expected to be worth around €80 million plus €20m in add-ons. The agreement between the clubs has yet to be completed but
Big Picture The tour has moved to the hill country of Kandy for the final T20I and opening games of the ODI series. Australia wrapped up their first trophy of the trip in barely 24 hours with back-to-back wins in Colombo, although the second one came in an untidy chase that was a reminder of
12:24 AM ET NEW YORK — The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the New York Rangers‘ eight-game home playoff winning streak with a 3-1 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday night, pushing them to the brink of elimination. It’s familiar territory for the Rangers. “We’ve been down 3-2 in every series
9:32 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota‘s Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa became the seventh trio of teammates to open a game with three straight home runs, starting a barrage of five long balls in 2⅓ innings against New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole on Thursday night. Arraez started the onslaught on