3:53 PM ET When the NHL released its 2021-22 regular-season schedule, it featured a Winter Olympic break from Feb. 7-22 with the caveat that “no final agreement or decision has been made regarding the possible participation of players.” If the NHL doesn’t send its players to the Beijing Games, it would switch to a revised
Month: August 2021
5:50 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Rafael Nadal pulled out of the National Bank Open on Tuesday because of an injured left foot that has troubled him for months, putting his preparation for the US Open on hold. The 20-time Grand Slam champion was replaced in the draw at the hard-court tournament in Toronto
4:14 PM ET The Premier League, Bundesliga and LaLiga kick off this coming weekend, with Serie A starting on August 21. Ligue 1 is already in action, though the real show there has yet to begin (more on that later). – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more Everywhere you look in Europe,
12:58 PM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
4:32 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Acknowledging T.J. Watt‘s hold-in for the first time, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said his edge rusher’s situation is not all that uncommon. “Not unique at all, really,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “That negotiation process is going to run its course. Some run their courses faster than others. If I remember
4:16 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With the quarterback competition still “even-steven,” Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio said Tuesday that Drew Lock will start Saturday’s preseason opener against the Minnesota Vikings. Teddy Bridgewater will start the second preseason game, an Aug. 21 road contest against the Seattle Seahawks. Fangio has consistently said through the opening
3:58 PM ET ESPN staff The first full slate of preseason games is nearing, starting with two on Thursday night. As 2021 NFL training camps continued on Tuesday, word about who will play — and who will sit out — in those games started to spread. Don’t expect to see Deshaun Watson or Aaron Rodgers
11:21 AM ET The World Boxing Association, one of the sport’s four major sanctioning bodies, will start enforcing a reduction policy for its number of championships, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza told ESPN Knockout last week. Mendoza, who was in Mexico City to present the junior flyweight division belt to “regular” champion Esteban Bermudez, said the
Report Originals run out of road after Carlos Brathwaite cameo is undone at the death London Spirit 142 for 6 (Rossington 46) beat Manchester Originals 136 for 9 (Ackermann 53, Wheal 4-17) by six runs Brad Wheal claimed the stunning figures of 4 for 17 to help London Spirit claim their first win in six
2:36 PM ET New Zealand cyclist Olivia Podmore, who competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, has died at the age of 24, police confirmed. Her cause of death has not been confirmed. A New Zealand police spokesman said police attended a sudden death at a property