11:23 AM BST The Wallabies’ rotten run with injury to start the Test season has continued, with outside back Andrew Kellaway ruled out of the second Test. But that has opened the door for Dave Rennie to at last put one of his big plans into action, the shifting of Jordan Petaia to fullback. The
Month: July 2022
9:49 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild re-signed defenseman Jacob Middleton to a three-year, $7.35 million contract Wednesday. The 26-year-old Canadian split last season between San Jose and Minnesota, joining the Wild on March 21 in a trade for goalie Kaapo Kahkonen and a fifth-round selection this year. Middleton had
7:34 PM ET MONTREAL — The NHL’s general managers met on the eve of the 2022 NHL draft. What their meeting lacked in rules changes or policy news, it made up for with post-meeting news and buzz on trades, free agents and other league matters. Here’s a glimpse at what was said, and heard, in
4:28 PM ET The NHL will open its 2022-23 regular season on Oct. 11 with a heavyweight double-header, featuring an Eastern Conference Final rematch between Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers and Pacific Division clash of Los Angeles and Vegas. That and more was revealed Wednesday afternoon when the NHL unveiled its entire schedule
12:40 AM ET Free-agent center Thomas Bryant has signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, the team announced Wednesday. Terms of the contract were not released, but sources confirmed with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin that it’s a one-year deal for the veterans minimum. Bryant was originally drafted by the Lakers in the second round of the 2017
7:45 PM ET The UFC is putting together a new co-main event for its return to the United Kingdom. Darren Till is out of the scheduled middleweight co-headliner against Jack Hermansson at UFC London on July 23 due to an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Hermansson will remain on the card, and UFC.com
7:33 PM ET Attention Green Bay Packers fans, astrologists and tattoo aficionados the world over: Aaron Rodgers has gotten some new ink. The four-time NFL MVP revealed his new design on his Instagram account on Wednesday. The tattoo, by Hungarian artist Balazs Bercsenyi, is exceptionally detailed and full of different astrological designs. “There’s a deep
5:26 PM ET MONTREAL — Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin said he is still gathering information about a Russian media report that star Kirill Kaprizov is wanted by police in a case involving fraudulent military IDs. “With Kirill, I’ve talked to his agent. We’re just trying to find out as much information as we
1:26 PM ET Associated Press ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT, France — Australian rider Simon Clarke won a crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, while Wout van Aert clung onto the leader’s yellow jersey despite coming off his bike. The big winner, though, was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar, who kick-started his bid
6:34 PM ET Jaquaize Pettaway, a wide receiver who is No. 33 on the ESPN 300, gave Brent Venables’ program a huge shot in the arm by committing to Oklahoma on Wednesday. Pettaway, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound prospect from Langham Creek High School in Houston, is the seventh-best receiver in ESPN’s rankings. He picked the Sooners