11:19 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians are narrowing a final list of new names and vetting them for legal purposes after months of research and discussions with fans. The team announced in December that it is changing its name for the first time since 1915, a decision that came as part
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Colin Blackwell and Conor Garland scored two goals apiece Thursday, and the United States advanced to the semifinals of hockey’s world championship with a 6-1 victory over Slovakia. Brian Boyle and Sasha Chmelevski also scored and Cal Peterson made 27 saves for the U.S., which won its
5:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Rangers and Swedish defenseman Nils Lundkvist have agreed to terms on an entry-level contract. Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury announced the deal with the 20-year-old first-round pick Thursday. Lundkvist played 52 games with Lulea in the Swedish Hockey League this past season, finishing with
5:16 PM ET Associated Press A company that has partnered with dozens of college athletic departments on name, image and likeness programming announced a deal with Twitter on Thursday that will allow athletes to monetize video posts on the social media platform. In less than a month, several state laws will go into effect that
5:27 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Xander Schauffele is statistically one of the best putters on the PGA Tour. That didn’t stop him from changing this week to a different style — one he believes should be illegal. Schauffele, the fifth-ranked player in the world, began practicing with a longer putter and using the armlock
3:27 PM ET Union Omaha defender Abdul Osumanu has been indicted on federal charges related to a pair of internet romance scams in which it is alleged that he and another defendant defrauded two individuals of over $200,000. The Omaha World-Herald was the first to report the news. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
1:38 PM ET England have confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss Euro 2020 after suffering a thigh injury which is expected to rule the Liverpool player out for up to six weeks. The 22-year-old underwent a scan on Thursday having limped out of the previous evening’s 1-0 win over Austria at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium. – Stream
12:44 PM ET Ronald Koeman will continue as Barcelona‘s coach next season following weeks of uncertainty surrounding his future, president Joan Laporta confirmed on Thursday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Laporta had said a “period of reflection” was needed after two wins in their final six games saw Barca miss out
4:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The expectations were high for Ashleigh Barty entering Roland Garros. The world No. 1 won the French Open title in 2019, and she showed evidence of her returned championship form on clay during lead-in events after opting out of the event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. She collected
News Seamer ends NZ innings as leading wicket-taker after apologising for historic offensive tweets Graham Thorpe says Ollie Robinson showed “character” on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s. Robinson’s first day of Test cricket ended with him making an unreserved apology after tweets written by him between 2012 and