Month: February 2019

9:14 AM ET Associated Press The NHL will celebrate Black History Month for the first time, shifting its focus in February from its wide-ranging “Hockey Is For Everyone” campaign to emphasize racial diversity in the sport. The league and NHL Players’ Association will announce the joint initiative Friday morning. It includes a traveling mobile museum
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1:50 PM ET He’s not the player he was three seasons ago, but Corey Perry is still very much in the fantasy conversation today, especially considering how the Anaheim Ducks‘ season has played out to date. Returning about two weeks prior to what was his projected return when he underwent knee surgery in the preseason,
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8:09 AM ET The UFC is headed to Fortaleza, Brazil, this weekend, with an all-Brazil main event between Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: Exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more; Ariel and the Bad Guy; Dana White’s Contender Series; and more exclusive
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7:54 AM ET Top UFC bantamweight title contenders Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes both made weight ahead of their main event bout on Saturday (ESPN+) in Fortaleza, Brazil. To be eligible to compete, they needed to be no more than 136 pounds the day prior. Assuncao and Moraes came in at 136 and 135 pounds,
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7:53 AM GMT Brumbies favourite Christian Lealiifano will pen another chapter in a remarkable career after being named sole captain of the Super Rugby club. The Brumbies and Rebels hit Canberra’s Viking Park for the first of a swag of preseason Super Rugby trials, the hosts emerging victorious on the back of a big day
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