11:38 PM ET The Boston Bruins signed restricted free agent winger Danton Heinen to a two-year deal with an annual cap hit of $2.8 million, the team announced Tuesday night. Playing mostly third-line minutes on a deep team that went to the Stanley Cup Final, Heinen put up 11 goals and 34 points in 77
Month: July 2019
11:40 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAS VEGAS — Commissioner Adam Silver said multiple times during his annual news conference in Las Vegas during NBA summer league that the NBA has “work to do” when it comes to free agency and the rules governing it. Silver’s comments came after a free-agency period in which several star
11:20 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Dana White’s Contender Series history was made Tuesday. For the first time in the show’s three-year history, every single winner earned a UFC contract from White, the promotion president. The five fighters who will be signed: Jonathan Pearce, Maki Pitolo, Hunter Azure, Antonio Trocoli and Joseph Solecki. “Tonight is what
10:45 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco hopes to strike out cancer. The Indians right-hander, who was recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia, was saluted in the fifth inning of the All-Star Game on Tuesday as part of Major League Baseball’s “Stand Up to Cancer” campaign. The 32-year-old stood in the third-base
10:22 PM ET Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks is expected to rejoin team activities this week after the university completed an investigation of a complaint against him. The Athletic reported that Oklahoma’s Title IX office cleared Brooks on Tuesday following an investigation, during which Brooks had been held out of all team activities this summer.
9:46 PM ET As the Golden State Warriors waive three-time championship guard Shaun Livingston, his intention remains to return for a 16th season in the NBA, league sources told ESPN. Livingston, who’ll be 34 before the start of next season, joins a free-agent market that is full of contending teams searching for savvy, championship-hardened veterans
9:24 PM ET Three-time UFC title challenger Chad Mendes has officially retired from mixed martial arts. Mendes, 34, announced his retirement to ESPN on Tuesday. Unconfirmed reports of the California native’s decision to step away have circulated since his most recent appearance in December, a knockout loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 232. Mendes, however,
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be introduced from the quarterfinal stage of the Africa Cup of Nations. It was originally planned to use VAR from the semi-final stage but it will now be brought in from the last-eight games, increasing the possibility of drama in a tournament traditionally filled with refereeing controversy but
8:57 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAS VEGAS — At its annual meeting here during NBA Summer League, the NBA’s Board of Governors approved a pair of changes for next season: the use of a coach’s challenge and for the league’s replay center to initiate replay proceedings for certain types of plays. The NBA’s competition committee
Tanzania have fired national team coach Emmanuel Amunike after they failed to win a game at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Amunike took over last August and helped them qualify for the finals for the first time in 39 years, but they were dumped out at the group stage. “Tanzania Football Federation (TFF)