3:29 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur have named Nuno Espirito Santo as their new manager after the Portuguese left Wolverhampton Wanderers at the end of last season, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. Nuno left Wolves after four seasons where they achieved promotion to the Premier League in 2018 after a six-year absence and retained
5:50 PM ET Inside the France dressing room at Romania’s National Arena in Bucharest, it was early Tuesday morning, when Kylian Mbappe stood up. Just a few minutes earlier, the 22-year-old had missed a penalty to condemn Les Bleus to a last-16 exit from Euro 2020 that looked impossible when they held a 3-1 lead
9:00 PM ET ESPN News Services RALEIGH, N.C. — Tom Dundon is now sole owner of the Carolina Hurricanes after buying out the remaining shares of the NHL club held by Peter Karmanos and others. The league’s board of governors unanimously approved the transaction Wednesday. “We are fortunate to have a passionate fan base that
5:49 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — New York Mets reliever Dellin Betances will have surgery on his right shoulder and miss the remainder of the year after pitching just once this season. Betances gave up one run in one inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 7 and was placed on the 60-day injured
8:43 PM ET MILWAUKEE — The stage was set for the Chicago Cubs to break a five-game losing streak and gain a game on the first-place Milwaukee Brewers, but after taking an early 7-0 lead on Wednesday, the Cubs became just the second team since 1900 to score seven or more runs in the first
7:57 PM ET Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson responded sharply to Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito on Wednesday, one day after Giolito called him a “pest” and “classless” after the slugger appeared to yell, “Not sticky anymore,” following a first-inning home run in Tuesday night’s game. “He called me a pest, right?” Donaldson
6:48 PM ET Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner celebrated his 28th birthday in style on Wednesday by hitting for the cycle, doing so by the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Nationals Park. He is the first player in Major League Baseball’s modern era (since 1900) to hit for a cycle on his
5:16 PM ET Olivia Moultrie, 15, has signed a three-year deal with the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League, the club announced on Wednesday. With the deal complete, Moultrie now becomes the youngest player ever to sign with an NWSL side. Moultrie made headlines in May when she filed an antitrust lawsuit for
4:47 PM ET Associated Press Luka Doncic barely had to play in Slovenia’s Olympic basketball qualifying tournament debut. Zoran Dragic scored 16 points, Doncic and Vlatko Cancar each added 13 and Slovenia rolled past Angola 118-68 on Wednesday during qualifying play at Kaunas, Lithuania. Doncic played only 17 minutes, checking out for good midway through
5:34 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Rick Carlisle chose the Indiana Pacers for many reasons. He enjoyed his first two stints in Indianapolis, already had strong relationships with team owner Herb Simon and president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard and thought the roster was a good fit for his coaching style. The Pacers appreciated