12:13 AM ET The Sabres have agreed to trade Taylor Hall to the Bruins in a deal that also will see Curtis Lazar go to Boston, with Buffalo receiving Anders Bjork and a 2021 second-round pick, a source confirmed to ESPN. Hall waived his no-movement clause to facilitate the deal, which is pending a trade
Month: April 2021
5:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will not play in the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. He is out due to personal reasons, the team announced. The Nets will also be without LaMarcus Aldridge, who is listed as out for a non-coronavirus-related illness. James Harden was diagnosed with a
7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Hideki Matsuyama made history on Sunday as the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship. Ten years after making a sterling debut as the best amateur at Augusta National, Matsuyama claimed the ultimate trophy with a victory in the Masters. Matsuyama, 29, closed with a 1-over
8:33 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Xander Schauffele, perhaps the best golfer on the planet without a major championship victory, stood on the tee box at the par-3 16th in Sunday’s final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Schauffele had just made four consecutive birdies to cut Hideki Matsuyama‘s lead to 2
4:05 PM ET Liam Wheeler Arsenal returned to winning ways as Alexandre Lacazette struck either side of a Gabriel Martinelli tap-in to secure a 3-0 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Sunday. Lacazette latched onto a brilliant flick from Dani Ceballos to slot the visitors ahead before Martinelli converted from close range on
11:11 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur condemned the “abhorrent” racial abuse of South Korean forward Son Heung-min on social media after he was targeted following Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League defeat by Manchester United. Son went down clutching his face after being accidentally caught by Scott McTominay in the build-up to an Edinson Cavani goal that was
8:39 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. won a stirring, laps-long duel for the lead with teammate Denny Hamlin in the delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday night. Truex, who nudged Hamlin repeatedly in the turns and tried to get to his inside on the straightaways without
7:30 PM ET J.D. Martinez suffered through a miserable 2020 season. He hit .213. He ranked 129th out of 142 qualified hitters in weighted on-base average (wOBA). He finished with more strikeouts than hits. It was a shocking season for a hitter who ranked second in the majors in wOBA from 2017 to 2019, behind
8:55 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Late in the third quarter of Sunday afternoon’s game between the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics, things were going according to plan for the NBA’s hottest team. Denver, which had won eight straight since acquiring Aaron Gordon at the NBA’s trade deadline last month, led by 10 when Nikola Jokic
8:24 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — He has seemingly come out of nowhere. The truth, though, is Will Zalatoris has always been there. He just took a more anonymous route. Zalatoris, 24, didn’t win the Masters on Sunday, but he made it interesting for a time. That he gave himself a chance in his rookie