England will defend their World Cup title in New Zealand next year © Getty Images England will begin the defence of their Women’s World Cup title against Australia in Auckland the day after New Zealand open the tournament on February 6, Waitangi Day. The 30-day, 31-match tournament concludes with the final at Hagley Oval in
Month: March 2020
10:28 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry missed his second straight game Tuesday night against the LA Clippers as he continues to recover from the flu, but Warriors coach Steve Kerr believes Curry will be able to play Thursday night against the Brooklyn Nets. “We expect him to play Thursday,”
9:03 PM ET The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Tuesday unveiled the 2020 induction class — the Las Vegas shrine’s eighth — and it includes 10 fighters and four non-boxers, all of whom had fights in Nevada or were connected to the sport in the state during their careers. Among the fighters to be
10:35 PM ET The NHL’s emergency goalie system has created new celebrities, like 42-year-old former Zamboni driver David Ayres, who was thrust into action last month for the Carolina Hurricanes. Now famous people are signing up to be emergency goalies. Larry Walker, the longtime Colorado Rockies outfielder who was voted into the Baseball Hall of
7:36 PM ET Toronto defenseman Morgan Rielly was activated off injured reserve Tuesday and was in the lineup as the Maple Leafs outlasted the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in a pivotal game for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference. Rielly, 26, one of Toronto’s alternate captains who missed 23 games because of a broken foot,
8:13 AM ET IT WAS LATE November, a few weeks after Johnny Walker‘s first UFC loss. Tara Campbell, a teacher with a law degree who is also Walker’s girlfriend, couldn’t reconcile his lack of sponsors with his substantial fan following. It was time for a change. With Walker’s blessing, Campbell began researching representation firms in
7:50 AM ET The new MLB Rank from ESPN of Major League Baseball’s top 100 players is out, and as usual, my compulsive need to project the future already has me thinking about the 2021 list. After all, who likes waiting? Since I’m curious about what next year’s top 20 could look like, rather than
6:08 PM ET The Mid-American Conference on Tuesday announced a “restricted attendance policy” for its men’s and women’s postseason tournaments in Cleveland, closing both events to the general public. The decision came hours after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recommended that sporting events at indoor facilities in the state take place without spectators. Credentialed institutional personnel,
6:16 PM ET Nebraska is turning to its football team for some help in the Big Ten basketball tournament. The Cornhuskers have rounded out their roster by adding two football players — quarterback Noah Vedral and offensive tackle Brant Banks — for the conference tourney that begins Wednesday in Indianapolis, coach Fred Hoiberg said. Both
8:04 AM ET With two title fights out of the way this weekend, I thought this would be a good time to do another state of the UFC champions address. Let’s hit it: Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic Next fight: TBD According to his manager, Jim Walter, Miocic still isn’t cleared to return to action after having