1:26 AM BST The Rugby Championship has hit yet another snag, after New Zealand Rugby hit out at the schedule released on Thursday morning. The draw for the six-week tournament was unveiled by tournament hosts Rugby Australia and SANZAAR boss Andy Marinos in Sydney, only for NZ Rugby to soon state the Dec. 12 date
12:37 AM ET The 2020 playoffs have been a showcase of shocking comebacks, ungodly individual exploits and buzzer-beaters, and beautiful team performances. But not every postseason game can be a work of art. Those instant classics linger in our memory, but every team that advances to the NBA Finals trudges its way through a bog
12:57 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Boston Celtics needed to win Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals to even this series at two games apiece. So why did they — and, in particular, Jayson Tatum — come out so flat in the first half, an effort that helped doom
9:08 AM BST Bledisloe Cup Tests will bookend the four-nation 2020 Rugby Championship, which kicks off in Brisbane on Nov. 7 with the schedule released by SANZAAR on Thursday. The tournament, involving Australia, New Zealand, world champions South Africa and Argentina, will be be played as six double-header fixtures, with the last to be played
12:15 AM ET After he was pulled before the third period of the Dallas Stars‘ Game 3 loss Wednesday night in Edmonton, Alberta, goalie Anton Khudobin vowed he would be ready for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final — if he gets the call to start. Khudobin left the Stars’ 5-2 loss to the
7:57 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — Steven Stamkos is back in the Tampa Bay Lightning lineup for the first time in the bubble. And he’s making an immediate impact. The Lightning captain made his postseason debut Wednesday night in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars and scored on his first
11:04 PM ET Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final saw the long-awaited return of Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos. In true storybook fashion, Stamkos scored on his first shot (he skated only 2:47 for the game), and his team overwhelmed the Dallas Stars en route to a 5-2 victory. Tampa Bay now leads
11:17 PM ET Cole Bassett had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Rapids had four second-half goals for a 5-0 thrashing of fading San Jose at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., on Wednesday. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) The Rapids (5-4-4, 19 points) have
4:17 PM ET Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has been revealed as a potential investor in Wrexham AFC, the Welsh team playing in the National League — the fifth tier of English football. The Wrexham Supporters Trust Board, which runs the former EFL team, announced on Wednesday that Reynolds, who has starred in films such as
4:39 PM ET Arsenal advanced to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup after securing a 2-0 win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday night. An action-packed first half returned no goals, as both Arsenal’s Bernd Leno and Leicester’s Danny Ward stood tall in their respective nets to send the teams