6:32 PM ET Evgeni Malkin will test free agency for the first time in his career as the star center and the Pittsburgh Penguins remain at a contract impasse, an NHL source told ESPN on Monday, confirming a TSN report. Malkin, 35, has spent all 16 years of his career with the Penguins. He was
Month: July 2022
6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Forwards Carl Grundstrom and Lias Andersson agreed to contract extensions with the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. Grundstrom landed a two-year deal worth $2.6 million through the 2023-24 season, and Andersson agreed to a one-year deal for $750,000. Grundstrom scored a career-high 15 points in
7:02 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche signed pending unrestricted free agent Valeri Nichushkin to an eight-year extension, the club announced Monday. The contract is worth $49 million total with an annual average value of $6.1 million, sources told ESPN, confirming an initial report by The Athletic. Nichushkin just had the best regular season of his
5:03 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The NBA board of governors is expected on Tuesday to approve the play-in tournament as a regular part of future league seasons, sources told ESPN. The NBA had been voting on the play-in’s inclusion on a year-to-year basis for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons, but the support exists ahead
2:00 PM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft Everyone loves a good rest period, and it’s no different for fantasy baseball managers, who look forward to the upcoming, three-day All-Star break from July 18-20. Still, championship managers are the ones always keeping their focus on the task at hand, and the week leading into that rest period
5:46 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks did not extend qualifying offers to pending restricted-free-agent forwards Dylan Strome or Dominik Kubalik, making them unrestricted free agents on July 13. The deadline for NHL clubs to make offers to their restricted free agents was Monday at 5 p.m. ET. Those not qualified can begin officially signing with
6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Jim Montgomery has a lot of work to do to prepare for his first season as the Boston Bruins‘ coach. He knew just where to start: by reaching out to captain Patrice Bergeron to make sure the five-time Selke Award winner will be back in a Bruins
12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BANGKOK, Thailand — Fred has told ESPN that dressing room leaks at Manchester United will have to stop, but the Brazilian midfielder insists stories of a divided squad last season were overblown. Suggestions of unrest among players at Old Trafford overshadowed an already miserable campaign as United slumped to a
11:20 AM ET UEFA on Monday criticised the breakaway European Super League with its group of elite clubs as a textbook example of a cartel, as the European football body sought to defend its power and lucrative media rights at a hearing at Europe’s top court. The spat between UEFA, world football body FIFA and
2:20 PM ET Austria picked up their first points in this year’s Women’s European Championship with a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland thanks to goals from defender Katharina Schiechtl and substitute Katharina Naschenweng at St. Mary’s Stadium on Monday. Austria went ahead in the 19th minute after midfielder Sarah Puntigam’s low free-kick near the edge