News Australia’s top-order batters have all made some runs across the two intra-squad matches Australia II 166 for 2 (Philippe 67, Henriques 51) beat Australia I 165 for 6 (Wade 52, Starc 3-30) by eight wickets Josh Philippe cut loose in Australia’s second intra-squad warm-up match in St Lucia while Matthew Wade and Moises Henriques
10:52 PM ET As Tampa Bay Lightning fans drink up their team’s second straight Stanley Cup, they’ll soon be able to sip beer made from the ice on which it was won. Coors Light has used ice collected from the rink at Amalie Arena during the Stanley Cup Final to brew “Champions Ice,” a limited-edition
7:00 PM ET The Chicago Cubs have placed struggling pitcher Jake Arrieta on the 10-day injured list with right hamstring tightness. Arrieta lasted just 1 2/3 innings for the second consecutive outing in Chicago’s 15-10 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. “Something is going on with the way he’s pitching,” Cubs manager David Ross
11:25 PM ET New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso, secret weapons in tow, is ready to defend the Home Run Derby crown he captured in 2019, but Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani is the No. 1 seed in this year’s bracket. The eight-man Home Run Derby field was officially unveiled Wednesday night and Alonso’s
11:09 PM ET Evil has prevailed. Tampa Bay has captured a second straight Stanley Cup. The Great Lightning Heist has been completed. This is how we’re supposed to react to this victory, right? That the “cheaters” won? That the team that was $18 million over the salary cap after reuniting with star winger Nikita Kucherov
7:27 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards suffered a sprained ankle Wednesday playing for the USA Select Team at Team USA training camp in Las Vegas, sources said. The injury isn’t believed to be serious, but it will keep Edwards out of the rest of the camp. It occurred during a scrimmage when Edwards
7:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — After the Phoenix Suns got 26 free throws in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer admitted the disparity in free throws in the opening game — one Phoenix won 118-105 — was “frustrating” for the Bucks to deal with. “You trying to bait
11:52 PM ET Kelyn Rowe scored his first goal of the season to break a scoreless tie and the streaking Seattle Sounders made history with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Wednesday night. The Sounders established a new MLS record of 13 straight unbeaten results to begin a season. The LA Galaxy
Columbus Blue Jackets: Death of Matiss Kivlenieks a ‘devastating loss … that will always be with us’ The Blue Jackets confirmed Wednesday that the errant fireworks mortar blast that killed Matiss Kivlenieks occurred at the house of goaltending coach Manny Legace. The team is still considering his death a “tragic accident,” pending a police investigation.
10:26 PM ET Star winger Vladimir Tarasenko has requested a trade from the St. Louis Blues, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Tarasenko, 29, is in the seventh year of an eight-year, $60 million deal he signed in July 2015. He has a full no-trade clause to go along with 218 goals and 224