7:05 AM ET Like most NHL seasons, the 2021-22 campaign started with offenses way ahead of defenses and goals being scored with great frequency. “Every year it starts with scoring up because teams haven’t locked things down yet,” said New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz, who is in his 23rd NHL season. Except they never
Dimuth Karunaratne, Sri Lanka’s Test captain, has signed for Yorkshire on a short-term deal, with the first of his three LV= County Championship appearances due to take place against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road on Thursday. Karunaratne, 33, is currently the No.5-ranked Test batter in the world, and has enjoyed a prolific run of form in
5:00 AM ET When Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema finally wins his first Ballon d’Or, as he surely must in 2022, I sincerely hope that his first words are… “I have to thank Vinicius Jose Paixao de Oliveira Junior.” Right now, Benzema is playing the most beautiful football of any player in any major league,
2:56 AM ET Amir Khan said on Monday he had been robbed at gunpoint in London but that both he and his wife were unharmed in the incident. “Just had my watch taken off me at gunpoint in East London, Leyton,” Khan wrote on Twitter. “I crossed the road with Faryal [Makhdoom], luckily she was
11:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One thing, more than any other, took Freddie Freeman by surprise during his first series from Dodger Stadium — the amount of times fans chanted his name, after a decade-plus of jeers when he played for the visiting Atlanta Braves. “They’re chanting every time I go up to bat,”
7:39 PM ET Associated Press Mark Williams is the first of Duke’s multiple NBA prospects to say he’s leaving to enter the draft. The 7-foot-1, 242-pound sophomore announced his decision in a social media video Monday evening. “Playing in the NBA has always been a dream of mine, just like how (attending) Duke was when
7:18 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Luka Doncic is again out for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Utah Jazz, even though coach Jason Kidd said the young superstar guard is continuing to make progress in his recovery from a strained left calf. Monday’s Game 2 comes eight
7:19 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. It’s the first DPOY award for Smart, who is the first primary guard to take home the honor since Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season. Smart received 257 points (37 first-place votes) to finish
1:11 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — 76ers star Joel Embiid heard Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse complain about the way Embiid was officiated in the opener of the teams’ first-round playoff series on Saturday night. So, after Embiid finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds and went 12-for-14 from the free throw line — taking
Netherlands head coach and former Australia ODI wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell is in intensive care in a hospital in the UK after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. The 50-year-old was at a playground with his children at the weekend, before collapsing. It was reported on 6PR on Tuesday morning AWST that he remained in an