Steve Nicol says it’s tragic for Henrikh Mkhitaryan to be forced to miss out on the Europa League final in Baku due to safety concerns. UEFA has insisted that there are no concerns with Baku as a Euro 2020 host city despite the issues surrounding Wednesday’s Europa League final between Arsenal and Chelsea. European football’s
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN BOSTON — Imagine dedicating your life to a single objective for 10 years. You sweat for it and you suffer for it and you bleed for it. Then you walk away from it, taking care to set up your successors to continue that pursuit, because you consider that responsibility as
Aston Villa are back in the Premier League after a three-year absence thanks to a 2-1 win over Frank Lampard’s Derby County at Wembley Stadium. Aston Villa earned promotion back to the top tier of English football with a 2-1 victory over Derby County in the playoff final. Steve Nicol says that Dean Smith’s ability
9:45 PM ET HOUSTON — The video highlights from Memorial Day — or the lowlights in this case — undoubtedly will show Chicago Cubs shortstop Javy Baez performing a rare feat: He struck out five times against the Houston Astros while swinging and missing at 13 pitches — the most by a player in a
6:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees fans drubbed Manny Machado with the same intensity Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner and Gary Sanchez pounded the baseball. The $300 million infielder was greeted with loud boos and chants of “Over-rated!” on Monday in his first visit to New York since free agency. Machado went 1
7:57 PM ET HOUSTON — Chicago Cubs left-hander Mike Montgomery exited Monday’s game against the Houston Astros before even throwing a single pitch after possibly popping a blood vessel in his finger, but he thinks he’ll be OK. “The tip of my left middle finger swelled up,” Montgomery said after Chicago’s 6-5 loss. “It just
7:49 PM ET Associated Press NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will consider expanded video review after a couple of high-profile missed calls during the playoffs. During his annual state of the NHL speech prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Bettman said general managers will discuss potential expansion of video review
8:16 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Cleveland Indians reliever Oliver Perez got off on the wrong foot on Monday at Fenway Park. In a bizarre scene, Perez was left standing around in his socks during a delay in the fifth inning, waiting for someone to bring him new shoes before he started his outing
6:44 PM ET Washington Capitals star Evgeny Kuznetsov has denied ever using drugs after a video surfaced of him sitting next to a table on which there are two lines of white powder in what appears to be a hotel room. Kuznetsov told the Russian media site sport-express.ru that the video was taken last summer
8:24 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant has been officially ruled out of Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors as he continues to rehab a strained right calf. “KD’s not playing Game 1,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said after Monday’s practice. “I think we