2:35 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — With his future in Buffalo uncertain, Sabres captain Jack Eichel is changing agents while in the midst of a long-standing dispute with the team over how to treat a neck injury, sources confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday. Four people with direct knowledge of Eichel’s decision
2:47 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps The NBA informed teams Friday that all personnel under team control who work within 15 feet of players or referees during games will be required to be fully vaccinated
2:15 PM ET Associated Press Six drivers from the all-female W Series needed medical checks on Friday, with two taken to hospital for further assessment, following a heavy crash during a qualifying session on the Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. British drivers Sarah Moore and Abbie Eaton, Spain’s Belen Garcia, Beitske Visser of the Netherlands, Norwegian
1:37 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are on the brink of yet another fight. Promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Friday that he’s confident he’ll close a deal for the unified 115-pound championship trilogy fight next week, a bout he’s planning to stage Oct. 16. Hearn is looking at
2:39 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills activated wide receiver Cole Beasley from the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday along with teammates Gabriel Davis, Vernon Butler and Star Lotulelei. Despite testing negative for the COVID-19 virus, all four players were placed on the list after the NFL designated them close contacts of a
2:33 PM BST South Africa rugby winger Cheslin Kolbe is joining Toulon from fellow French giants Toulouse, the Top 14 club said on Friday. The 27-year-old Kolbe, who is currently playing in the Rugby Championship with the Springboks, had two years left on his contract with Toulouse, who he joined in 2017, winning two French
8:25 AM ET The Europa League draw brought up a number of intriguing ties with Lazio, Galatasaray and Marseille included in the same group. Marseille and Lazio have been finalists of the competition in the past and will face each other in Group E as well as Lokomotiv Moscow. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
5:51 AM ET Gareth Southgate has opened up about the abuse he received after encouraging others to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Gareth Southgate has claimed he received more abuse after appearing in a video encouraging people to take a COVID-19 vaccine than for any decision he made during England‘s run at Euro 2020.
10:10 AM ET Former and current United States women’s national team players — including captain Becky Sauerbrunn and star forward Alex Morgan — have written to the U.S. State Department asking it to grant humanitarian parole to members of the Afghanistan women’s national team who are trying to get out of Kabul following the Taliban’s
10:47 AM ET Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has said midfielder Weston McKennie can stay at the club amid uncertainty around his future. The United States international arrived in Turin on loan from Schalke under previous boss Andrea Pirlo last summer before making the move permanent in an €18.5 million deal in March. However, Tottenham Hotspur