Month: September 2019

6:56 PM ET Star Brock Boeser will be ready to roll when the Vancouver Canucks play their NHL season opener Wednesday at Edmonton. Boeser was cleared from the concussion protocol and returned to practice with his teammates on Monday, a week after his head slammed into the boards on a hit from behind by the
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6:40 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons, in need of safety help, traded linebacker Duke Riley and a 2020 sixth-round draft pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for safety Johnathan Cyprien and a ’20 seventh-round draft pick, the teams announced Monday. Cyprien, 29, has started 70 career games in six seasons, including four years as a starting
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6:22 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors All-Star swingman Klay Thompson will be out until at least the All-Star break as he continues to recover from a torn left ACL, general manager Bob Myers announced Monday. “He’s doing fine,” Myers said. “We’ll have another update on him probably around the All-Star break. Don’t
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6:02 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 10 Florida will be close to full strength, especially on defense, for its biggest game of the season. Coach Dan Mullen said Monday that six injured players — including speedy cornerback CJ Henderson and disruptive defensive end Jabari Zuniga — will be back against seventh-ranked Auburn
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6:20 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Golden Contract, a new eight-man elimination tournament, begins with its featherweight quarterfinals at the atmospheric York Hall in East London on Friday and will
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4:17 PM ET Welterweight contenders Radzhab Butaev and Alexander Besputin are headed for Monte Carlo when they meet for a vacant secondary world title. Promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, which does not promote either boxer, on Monday won the purse bid for the bout with a winning offer of $505,555 at the WBA offices in
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