8:13 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks announced Wednesday they had agreed to an entry-level contract with Lukas Reichel after selecting the forward in the first round of the 2020 NHL draft. Reichel’s three-year deal runs through the 2023-24 season with a $925,000 salary-cap hit. General manager Stan Bowman said Reichel made
5:45 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis was scheduled to fight for his PFL season on Thursday night. Now the former UFC lightweight champion’s last-ditch effort to make the playoffs will have to wait two weeks. Pettis is among four fighters whose bouts have been rescheduled for June 25, the PFL announced Wednesday. The promotion
8:12 PM ET A jury in Houston took just a few hours on Wednesday to find Baylor University and three former football players not responsible for the alleged sexual assault of a former female student athlete in 2017. The trial, which started May 20, was presented as a test of whether Baylor had changed its
4:35 PM ET LeBron James intends to change his Los Angeles Lakers jersey number to No. 6 next season, a source confirmed to ESPN. James, who has worn No. 6 as a member of Team USA and wears the same digit on his practice jersey, had worn No. 23 during his first three seasons with
6:55 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Kirk Cousins added a new element to his offseason enrichment program. Instead of doing the usual unpacking at the end of the Minnesota Vikings‘ 7-9 finish in 2020 by watching all 16 games to evaluate his individual performance, the 32-year-old quarterback did something he had never done before. “This
5:59 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Football Team defensive end Montez Sweat said Wednesday he wasn’t persuaded to take the COVID-19 vaccine after listening to an expert discuss the matter with him and his teammates, highlighting a battle that remains not only in the NFL but in society as well. Washington coach Ron Rivera
4:40 PM ET The head of the proposed Premier Golf League is hoping to have a conversation with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and has reached out to him this week with hopes of explaining his concept. Andy Gardiner, the CEO of the Premier Golf League, told ESPN an interview Wednesday that he’s been seeking
Report 45-year-old allrounder takes 2 for 22 without conceding a boundary as Hampshire stumble to defeat Kent 176 for 6 (Robinson 48, Denly 44, Bell-Drummond 42, Crane 3-23) beat Hampshire 138 for 9 (Klaassen 4-32) by 38 runs Modern T20 cricket is almost unrecognisable from the format launched as the Twenty20 Cup in 2003 but
3:36 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have canceled their mandatory minicamp for June 15-17 because the team “accomplished what we wanted to get accomplished,” coach David Culley said Wednesday. Because minicamp has been canceled, it means quarterback Deshaun Watson cannot be fined for missing the team’s spring workouts. Watson did not show up
4:24 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Two days after losing a pair of contributors to season-ending injuries during organized team activities, the San Francisco 49ers are calling it an offseason. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced Wednesday that the Niners will not have any more OTAs and are canceling their full-team minicamp, which was set to