11:35 PM ET Dustin May will open the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ fifth starter, pushing David Price, the former Cy Young Award winner who is owed $64 million over the next two years, into an undefined bullpen role to open 2021. Price will be one of three traditional starters available out of the
10:59 PM ET The Buffalo Sabres‘ misery continues. The franchise’s winless streak has now reached 18 games (0-15-3) which is the longest by an NHL team in 17 years. Wednesday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Flyers was especially brutal, as Buffalo blew a 3-0 lead in the third period. “It’s embarrassing,” defenseman Brandon Montour said.
7:18 PM ET When Andre Drummond makes his Los Angeles Lakers debut sometime this week, LeBron James (high ankle sprain) and Anthony Davis (calf strain and tendinosis in his right leg) will still be in street clothes. However, once Los Angeles’ co-captains can return to the court alongside the team’s latest acquisition — signed as
9:18 PM ET Houston Rockets general manager Rafael Stone expressed confidence that the franchise would not need to employ a “wholesale tank strategy” to rebuild, citing the haul of first-round picks received in the James Harden trade as a reason. “I would for sure, 100%, do that deal again,” Stone said in a virtual media
12:35 AM ET NEW YORK — Before the Minnesota Timberwolves tipped off against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, Karl-Anthony Towns jogged over the stands and reached out to grasp hands with a fan in a white No. 32 jersey that said “Towns” on the back. The fan was Karl-Anthony’s father, Karl Towns Sr. The
7:42 PM ET As the defending NBA champions have watched a superteam on the East Coast load up and stack former All-Stars to its roster, Los Angeles Lakers CEO and governor Jeanie Buss views what the Brooklyn Nets have done in a simple way: “Bring it on.” “It brings out the best in us,” Buss
3:25 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Ash Barty is tough to beat under any circumstances, especially when she’s on the ropes. She proved that again Monday. The world’s top-ranked women’s tennis player has reached the Miami Open quarterfinals, getting there by holding off 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 1-6, 6-2. It was
Report Adam Milne replaces Lockie Ferguson in New Zealand’s only change Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl vs New Zealand Bangladesh chose to make first use of a slightly damp surface in Napier with the T20I series on the line. Having been blanked in the ODIs and then beaten comprehensively in the first T20I, they are
8:28 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in 50 years. He couldn’t see much — visibility was next to nothing during this Monday dust storm — but
8:04 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad had surgery Monday and is likely done for the season, meaning the Panthers will have to continue their playoff push without one of their best players. The Panthers said that Ekblad will need 12 weeks to recover. They didn’t reveal the extent of the