4:39 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The National Hockey League has fined San Jose Sharks forward Kurtis Gabriel and coach Bob Boughner after a pregame altercation with the Los Angeles Kings. Gabriel was fined about $3,000 and Boughner $5,000 on Tuesday. The Sharks were also assessed a conditional fine of $25,000, which
4:33 PM BST The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa will go ahead as planned after officials said on Tuesday that they had dismissed the idea of staging the series in the United Kingdom and were now looking at only one option. A joint statement from the Lions and SA Rugby said
3:11 PM ET Associated Press Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader expects to remain more of a traditional ninth-inning closer this season after occasionally working multiple innings earlier in his career. “The closer rule is a good fit, especially with the bullpen arms we have,” Hader, a two-time All-Star, said Tuesday from the Brewers’ spring-training site
Mar 17, 2021 The PGA Tour heads to Austin, Texas this week for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. This event was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Kevin Kisner won in 2019 and was runner-up in 2018. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worthwhile?
3:13 PM ET Jon Rahm is considered among the favorites to win the Masters in a few weeks, but the golfer said that recommendation should come with an asterisk: His wife, Kelley, is expecting the couple’s first child. “All I can say is if anybody’s thinking of betting on me [at] the Masters, maybe think
3:24 PM ET Will Fuller knows he has plenty to prove in his pursuit to be paid like a No. 1 receiver. This year’s free-agency market told him that loud and clear, as five days passed before he had an agreement with the Miami Dolphins on a one-year, $10.625 million deal with incentives up to
2:35 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Less than an hour after imploring the Pittsburgh Steelers not to hold him “hostage,” cornerback Steven Nelson was released by the club. The move, which saves $8.25 million in cap space, was an expected one after the team granted Nelson permission to seek a trade last week, sources told ESPN’s
2:03 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — An emotional Jameis Winston fought back tears Tuesday while talking about how much it meant to work closely with Drew Brees last year. And Winston said he would “love to carry that torch from him” as the New Orleans Saints‘ next quarterback. Winston is expected to compete for the
2:31 PM ET Associated Press The Preakness will be run in front of a limited capacity of 10,000 fans at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 15. Organizers of the second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown announced the decision Tuesday. Churchill Downs has said it expects the Kentucky Derby to be run in
2:53 PM ET The Houston Rockets are progressing on several fronts in talks to trade guard Victor Oladipo, and there’s strong confidence they’ll execute a deal ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, sources tell ESPN. The Rockets are increasingly comfortable with the offers on Oladipo in the marketplace, which include young players and first-round pick