8:31 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — With defenseman Zach Bogosian closer to making his season debut, Buffalo Sabres general manager Jason Botterill is seeking a trade to balance his roster. Botterill said he is “actively looking” to acquire a forward to help a team that is in the midst of a 1-5-2
9:27 AM ET An exercise I do every season is looking at which players played the biggest role in their team’s overall offensive production. While the raw list of scoring leaders is a good starting point and features a collection of the league’s most prolific offensive players, it also doesn’t necessarily tell the full story.
8:20 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Sometimes high risk means high reward. That was definitely the case for LPGA golfer Carlota Ciganda, who won the inaugural Aon Risk Reward Challenge and the $1 million prize Tuesday. The goal of season-long competition was to illustrate how the world’s best golfers are among the world’s best strategic decision
6:59 PM ET LSU is once again atop this week’s edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, with Alabama staying at No. 5 in the wake of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa‘s season-ending hip injury. 1. LSU (10-0)2. Ohio State (10-0)3. Clemson (11-0)4. Georgia (9-1)5. Alabama (9-1)6. Oregon (9-1)7. Utah (9-1)8. Penn State (9-1)9. Oklahoma (9-1)10. Minnesota
12:42 AM GMT Australian cricket is facing up to the reality of mental health struggles faced by its players and staff, issues that in the past were hidden away beneath euphemism and denial. At the start of a summer in which Glenn Maxwell, Nic Maddinson and Will Pucovski have all stepped away from the game
7:11 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is taking batting practice in his effort to return from a slew of lower-body injuries. Minor league instructor and former Mets player Endy Chavez posted and then deleted video on Tuesday of the 34-year-old Cespedes taking swings. That came a few weeks after
7:15 PM ET Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron missed his second straight game on Tuesday night, a 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, because of a lower body injury. In his postgame availability, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Bergeron is expected to be back in the lineup Thursday night at home vs. the Buffalo
7:10 PM ET Retirement, especially in combat sports, is a fickle thing. Sometimes we believe it’s real, but more often we don’t because, well, it’s not. As you know, MMA produces incredible highs and lows, and sometimes a retirement announcement comes from the emotion developed during those lows. It is understandable. When I started doing
6:13 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Canada beat the United States in the Davis Cup for the first time on Tuesday, defeating the Americans 2-0 on the second day of the revamped team competition to end a run of 15 straight losses. Vasek Pospisil edged Reilly Opelka 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) and Denis Shapovalov
6:25 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Rafael Nadal kept Spain’s hopes alive against Russia in the inaugural Davis Cup Finals on Tuesday. The top-ranked Spaniard defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7) to level the series 1-1 after Andrey Rublev had rallied to beat Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (0) in the first match.