5:59 PM ET The NHL has suspended the Stars‘ Corey Perry for five games due to an elbow he delivered to the Predators‘ Ryan Ellis during the teams’ Winter Classic game Wednesday in Dallas. Perry met with the NHL Player Safety board Friday. In the first period of Wednesday’s game, Ellis kept the puck in
Month: January 2020
5:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to the head during the second period of Los Angeles’ win over Philadelphia. The league’s player safety department ruled that MacDermid delivered a forceful check to the
5:42 PM ET Free-agent second baseman Starlin Castro has reached a two-year, $12 million deal with the Washington Nationals, a source familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. The deal is pending a physical, the source said. The Athletic was the first to report the agreement. Castro had a .270 batting
5:01 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Amid speculation about Mike Zimmer’s future in Minnesota, Vikings co-owner Mark Wilf released a statement Friday backing the sixth-year head coach, as well as general manager Rick Spielman. “We value Mike and Rick’s leadership and we have every intent of Mike continuing as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings
4:54 PM ET NFL television ratings rose this season by 5% compared with 2018, the league announced Friday. The increase is part of a two-year surge that has partially reversed viewership losses the league suffered in the middle of the previous decade. The average NFL game was watched by 16.5 million viewers, the highest total
4:48 PM GMT Scotland lock Jonny Gray will join Exeter Chiefs next season, the club announced in a statement on Friday. The 25-year-old plays with Glasgow Warriors and will move to Sandy Park at the start of next season on a two-year deal. 1 Related Gray made his debut for Scotland in 2013 against South
4:44 PM ET Alexander Zverev has crumbled at the hands of Alex de Minaur to secure Australia victory in their ATP Cup opener in Brisbane. World No.18 de Minaur showed trademark grit to hang with Germany’s world No.7 in the early stages, before swamping him in a 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 win. It followed a
4:31 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles tight end Zach Ertz is awaiting test results that will determine whether he is able to play in Sunday’s playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks and is officially listed as questionable, while rookie running back Miles Sanders (low-ankle sprain) said he will play Sunday. Ertz suffered a broken rib
4:14 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — For Lamar Jackson, the playoffs can’t start soon enough. Jackson led the Baltimore Ravens to the top seed in the AFC, which gives them a first-round bye. But Jackson can’t wait to begin the postseason so he can erase the bitter memory of last year’s playoff debut. In
4:12 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck hired Mike Sanford Jr. and promoted Matt Simon to fill his offensive coordinator vacancy Friday. 2 Related Sanford, who will also serve as quarterbacks coach, held the dual role at Utah State in 2019. He was head coach at Western Kentucky for two