5:00 AM ET Lyon’s five-year stranglehold on the UEFA Women’s Champions League ended when Barcelona beat Chelsea 4-0 in the final this season, but the French club still have hope for the future in young star Catarina Macario. 2 Related The women’s game is reaching new levels and new audiences in 2021. Whether it’s Manchester
3:22 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After Tim Hardaway Jr. delivered a 3-point dagger for the Dallas Mavericks that took the air out of Staples Center, Luka Doncic waved to the road crowd asking to hear some noise before letting out a scream. For the second straight game, the LA Clippers could not stop Doncic
11:51 PM ET NEW YORK — After the Nets took a 2-0 series lead over the Celtics on Tuesday, Brooklyn All-Star guard Kyrie Irving contemplated the reception that he would receive from the TD Garden crowd when his team travels to Boston — where he used to play — for Game 3 on Friday. “I
2:12 AM ET For as long as they have shared basketball rights — and hearts — in Los Angeles, there have been remarkably few playoff matchups between the Lakers and Clippers over the years. Like zero, to be precise. Fifteen years ago, the Lakers were one win away from creating the first “Hallway Series” at
3:42 AM BST Super Rugby could be set for yet another structural change and a return to Asia after it was revealed that discussions have taken place around a new tournament that would pit leading Japanese Top League clubs against those from New Zealand and Australia. As the lack of competition from Australia’s five franchises
3:00 AM ET Graham Hunter Close Spain writer Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Sid Lowe Keep or Dump series: Arsenal | Bayern | Man United Barcelona could learn a thing or two from their women’s team who won both league and
11:41 PM ET Hours after releasing a new line of MLB-affiliated “Local Market” hats on Tuesday, New Era pulled the product from its website. New Era is the official cap supplier to MLB. The line featured a combination of team logos, local area codes, landmarks, World Series logos and other local tie-ins scattered over the
12:15 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Ravaged by injuries, the New York Mets need Jacob deGrom now more than ever. That’s why his typically brilliant performance Tuesday night was such a welcome sight in a sea of bad news. The two-time Cy Young Award winner struck out nine in his successful return
11:03 PM ET CHICAGO — Joe West broke the record for most games umpired in the history of Major League Baseball as soon as the Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals game was official after five innings on Tuesday night. West, 68, umpired his 5,376th regular-season game, one more than Hall of Fame umpire
6:25 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Germany’s national track cycling team will not compete at next month’s Elite Track European Championships in Belarus in response to what the West has called a state-sponsored hijacking involving an opposition journalist. Raman Pratasevich was arrested after being pulled off a flight that was diverted to Minsk on