7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. We know the identity of the NHL’s eight Eastern Conference playoff teams — and have for some time, albeit unofficially until recently. But in what order will they finish? Tonight’s games will give
8:55 AM ET The last few weeks of the 2021-22 NHL season have had all the drama of a foregone conclusion. The Eastern Conference playoff field has been set since, oh I don’t know, Halloween 2021. The eight playoff teams aren’t jockeying for position as much as they’re letting the chips fall where they may
10:49 AM ET Elite guard Shaedon Sharpe plans to stay in the NBA draft and not return to Kentucky, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Sharpe announced earlier this month that he was entering the draft but maintaining his college eligibility. Despite having until June 1 to withdraw from the draft, Sharpe is expected to announce
3:42 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — After an uncharacteristic poor shooting performance in Game 1 of this first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan made a guarantee that there was no way he would shoot so poorly again. In the days between Games 1 and 2, he watched film of
8:00 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN JUST SEVEN MONTHS ago, one of the most important role players on a club desperate to return to its dynastic reign and the son of the legendary Seattle Supersonics’ Gary Payton, was preparing to apply for a desk job in the team’s video department. Seven months ago. Gary Payton II,
5:24 AM ET Novak Djokovic has hit back at Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players over the invasion of Ukraine, describing the move as “crazy.” Wimbledon announced on Wednesday that it had barred all Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s championships due to the invasion. 1 Related The grasscourt Grand Slam is
10:41 AM ET One week before the NFL draft, two pass-rushers have distanced themselves from other prospects and emerged as the betting favorites to be the No. 1 overall pick at U.S. sportsbooks: Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson and Georgia’s Travon Walker. Hutchinson has been the consensus favorite for the past two months and is currently listed
10:18 AM ET The former employee who alleged financial improprieties by the Washington Commanders should be given a chance to amend his statements or face an investigation by the Department of Justice for false statements, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform wrote in a letter Thursday morning to the group’s
7:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Eddie Perez was on the field at Dodger Stadium by 2:30 p.m. PT on Monday, hours before either the Los Angeles Dodgers or the Atlanta Braves were scheduled to begin batting practice. The first person he saw was Freddie Freeman, who enveloped him in a warm, tight, affectionate hug
7:45 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith WHEN HE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, Aidan Hutchinson told his dad he was going to play football at the University of Michigan. That’s where Chris had tied the school’s single-season sack record (11) in 1992. “Aw, that’s so cute,” Chris thought. It was cute, too: Aidan had never played tackle