11:12 AM ET The Buffalo Sabres have signed free-agent center Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $9 million contract, the team announced Saturday. Johansson, 28, has battled injuries in recent seasons. He was traded by the New Jersey Devils to the Bruins at the trade deadline in February and played only 10 regular-season games in Boston
Month: July 2019
11:08 AM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco says he is being treated for leukemia. Carrasco made the revelation to a TV station while on a visit to the Dominican Republic, where he was visiting a hospital. He remains positive about his prognosis — saying the condition is “under control” —
5:23 AM ET The Crusaders clinched their 10th Super Rugby title with a tight 19-3 victory over the Jaguares in chilly conditions at Rugby League Park in Christchurch on Saturday. It was also their third successive title under Scott Robertson, who became the first coach to guide a Super Rugby team to three consecutive championships.
11:10 AM ET Pat Riley taught us, or maybe Kevin Garnett did first: If you are wooing a superstar — a true superstar, not a lower-level All-Star who happens to head some weak free-agency class — you’d better have another in house already. Maybe two. The guys who swing championships don’t care about picks you’ve
10:41 AM ET As fears mounted that the Los Angeles Lakers had pushed to the cusp of creating an unprecedented Big Three, the LA Clippers made a blockbuster trade for Oklahoma City‘s Paul George — and cleared the path for free agent Kawhi Leonard to sign a four-year, $141 million contract with the Clippers, league
8:39 AM ET Associated Press Kei Nishikori recorded his 400th career tour-level win to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon. The former US Open finalist beat Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on No. 3 Court to make it into the second week for the third time in four years. He reached the quarterfinals last year
7:58 AM ET Formula One is still confident a Miami Grand Prix will happen in the near future, despite complications in finalising a location for the race. F1 and the city of Miami originally came to a 10-year agreement to host a street race around the Biscayne Bay and Bayfront Park area, originally slated to
Beautiful, tricksy football is an identity, a reputation, a status, that South Africa football fans hold dear. But at which point does a that reputation become a myth? “The fans want us to play like Brazil,” one South African journalist told me ahead of Bafana Bafana’s Africa Cup of Nations opener against the Ivory Coast
4:42 AM ET Day 1 of the Las Vegas NBA summer league is in the books, and it was quite an entertaining one. These are the important notes I made in each game relative to the betting market, and how they can strengthen our betting process going forward. I also included a few of the
Javier Aguirre was fired after Egypt’s surprise round of 16 exit at the hands of South Africa. Egypt coach Javier Aguirre became the first casualty of the Africa Cup of Nations as he was sacked just hours after the hosts were bundled out of the tournament by South Africa in the round of 16. Hosts