12:28 AM ET NEW YORK — The New York Rangers won Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final and ended an NHL-record streak for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the process. The two-time Stanley Cup champions had won 18 straight games following a loss in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, last losing consecutive games in April
Month: June 2022
10:07 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — All the lightweight belts officially will be on the line when George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney meet at Marvel Stadium on Sunday (9 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN/ESPN+). But not before there was some late drama here Saturday morning. Kambosos initially came in .36 pounds over the 135-pound lightweight
4:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rayber Romero, Colorado Rockies pitcher Stalyn Sanchez and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Geremias Valencia were suspended for 60 games each Friday following positive tests under baseball’s minor league drug program. Romero, on a Florida Complex League roster, and Sanchez, in the Dominican Summer League,
5:19 PM ET The injury bug has hit the Chicago White Sox once again as Friday night’s scheduled starter, right-hander Vince Velasquez, was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain, the team announced on Friday afternoon. Rookie righty Davis Martin was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte to take Velasquez’s place on the
7:15 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the season with an all-time-high $310.6 million payroll for purposes of the luxury tax and are on track to pay a record tax of nearly $47 million, according to figures compiled by Major League Baseball and obtained by The Associated Press on
9:46 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Francisco Lindor returned to the New York Mets‘ lineup Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers after missing the first game of the series when he slammed a finger while closing a hotel door. Lindor said he was told by trainers after getting an X-ray Thursday that
6:36 PM ET Jim Kaat has apologized to Nestor Cortes, with the New York Yankees left-hander tweeting Friday that he doesn’t believe the comment made a day earlier by the longtime Minnesota Twins announcer was done with ill intentions. Kaat had referred to Cortes as “Nestor the Molestor” during a broadcast of the Twins-Detroit Tigers
8:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication. The league announced Price as the winner of the Masterton on Friday night prior to Game 2 of the Eastern
8:52 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Three-time champion Annika Sorenstam missed the cut at this year’s U.S. Women’s Open after shooting a second-round 81 on Friday and finishing 13 over for the tournament at Pine Needles. With her husband, Mike McGee, caddying for her and their youngest son, William, walking alongside them,
9:11 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Jin Young Ko never seems to stress. Nor does she let up. The world’s No. 1 player vaulted into contention for a third major championship Friday, playing the final five holes in 3 under to pull within 3 shots of second-round leaders Minjee Lee and Mina