8:51 AM ET There won’t be a Triple Crown winner in 2019, as an already weird and wacky month in horse racing just gets weirder. The Preakness Stakes is set to go off at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore at 6:50 p.m. ET on Saturday without the Kentucky Derby winner. It’s the first time since
Month: May 2019
10:50 PM ET Emily Kaplan Chris Peters Close ESPN staff writer Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from the playoffs,
10:50 PM ET Susan Ninan in Bengaluru It’s been an oddball of a WTA season. The first 18 tournaments of the year bore the names of 18 different champions for the first time ever in the history of the women’s tour. Former world no. 1, Arantxa (for those still wondering, it’s A-RA-N-CHA) Sanchez Vicario, 47,
10:39 PM ET Alex Malcolm Cameron White has signed a BBL deal with Adelaide Strikers after being overlooked for a contract with Melbourne Renegades. White, 35, joins the Strikers in a playing and mentoring capacity next season after the Renegades elected not to give him a new deal following the signing of Shaun Marsh. White
8:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — This is one way to address concerns over team bonding and leadership. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger — who’s stayed quiet this offseason despite criticisms from several ex-teammates, including Antonio Brown — hosted his offensive skill players at his lake house in Georgia this week for some R&R and on-field
8:32 PM ET WASHINGTON — Nothing has come easy for the 2019 Washington Nationals. That includes simple tasks like … winning a series. On Thursday, the Nationals eked out a 7-6 victory over the visiting New York Mets, giving them their first series win in a month. Since taking two of three from the as-expected
12:31 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN RALEIGH, N.C. — The Boston Bruins expect captain Zdeno Chara to be ready for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final after he missed the deciding Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday with an undisclosed injury. The Bruins eliminated the Carolina Hurricanes with a 4-0 win and
10:51 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN RALEIGH, N.C. — Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara did not play in Thursday night’s series-clinching 4-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. Chara, a 42-year-old defenseman, has an undisclosed injury. John Moore replaced him in the lineup. After the final buzzer, Chara was
7:15 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder’s tough talk this week about possibly killing mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale in the ring drew a rebuke from the WBC on Thursday, the same day Wilder continued the same line of discussion at their final news conference. Wilder will make his ninth title defense against Breazeale on
8:19 PM ET Bob Stoops has hired Hal Mumme, architect of the Air Raid offense, to be his first offensive coordinator of the Dallas XFL team. Mumme’s pass-happy offense, which he developed at a high school in Copperas Cove, Texas, has spread across football, most famously practiced by Mike Leach at Washington State and Lincoln