3:51 PM ET Associated Press Former NHL forward Akim Aliu has signed in the Czech Extraliga for the remainder of the season, a source told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Aliu joins the Czech league team with 14 games left in the season; playing for HC Litvinov gives him a chance to display his game
3:36 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — Sleep might be hard to come by for New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson on Tuesday night. The No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft is set to make his NBA regular-season debut on Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs, but he said on Tuesday that
7:10 AM ET The NHL’s All-Star Weekend isn’t the mathematical midway point of the season, but it is perhaps the spiritual one. As we head into this week’s events, it is a good time to reflect on some notable performances we have seen in the 2019-20 season. But rather than running down the current leaders
8:00 AM ET UNTIL THE San Francisco 49ers crew started to sing, it had been a quiet night at the hotel bar. It was the NFL’s annual spring meeting in March of 2018, and team owners, league and team executives, and reporters were congregated at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, talking shop and trading gossip.
2:30 PM ET The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday urging Major League Baseball to strip recent World Series championships from the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox and award them to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The resolution, originally presented by council members Gil Cedillo and Paul Koretz on Wednesday, notes the
2:04 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman underwent shoulder surgery last week and is expected to be ready for the start of the offseason program in mid-April, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Edelman was first listed on the Patriots’ injury report due to his shoulder on Nov. 27, and
2:43 PM ET Associated Press Here comes another big show to Las Vegas. The NFL on Tuesday detailed its draft plans for April 23-25 on the city’s glittering Strip. The league knows it has a long ways to go to match the previous road shows, particularly in Philadelphia and Nashville, Tennessee. It believes it has
1:07 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods is a good bet to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2021. That’s because officials announced Tuesday that the Hall of Fame is lowering its age to be eligible for induction to 45 or three years retired. Woods will turn 45 in December
5:31 PM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA allrounder Steven Taylor has been stripped of the team’s vice-captaincy
12:46 PM ET Retired NFL receiver Chad Johnson did not participate in a tryout Monday with the XFL as scheduled, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Johnson, 42, announced last week on Twitter that he would work out as a place-kicker with the new league. A source confirmed that Johnson was set to