7:00 AM ET We’re at the part of the NHL season when trends are starting to emerge. Slow starts are no longer excusable; guys have had ample opportunity to find their groove. For this week’s ESPN NHL Power Rankings, we identified a player (or area) on each team that needs to improve. How we rank:
3:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Kristaps Porzingis is intimately familiar with the winding hallways of Madison Square Garden. For the nearly four years he played for the New York Knicks, Porzingis would saunter up the ramp from the loading dock, walk down one dimly lit hallway and turn right into the Knicks locker room.
2:31 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — If the Colts are going to continue struggling in the kicking game, they’re going to do so with veteran Adam Vinatieri for the immediate future. Colts coach Frank Reich, after talking with general manager Chris Ballard, on Wednesday said Vinatieri, who is having the most disappointing season of his 24-year
2:09 PM GMT South Africa hooker Schalk Brits announced his retirement from all forms of rugby on Wednesday, the second time the 38-year-old has brought down the curtain on his career. Brits retired in May 2018 after leaving Saracens but was lured back by Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus and helped them lift the Rugby World
1:43 PM ET After spending the past two days at a Bay Area hospital, Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett is flying back to Seattle Wednesday, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Seahawks’ owner, Jody Allen, provided her plane to fly Lockett back to Seattle. The expectation is that, despite his severe leg contusion, Lockett will
1:11 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Despite a 2-7 record, New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said Wednesday he will not make a coaching change, indicating the embattled Adam Gase will return in 2020. Johnson, in his first public remarks since June, said he informed the team last Wednesday that Gase isn’t going anywhere.
1:11 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will rest star forward Anthony Davis for the second leg of their back-to-back Wednesday night against the Warriors, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin and reports. The Los Angeles Times first reported the Lakers’ decision to rest Davis. Davis has been playing through right shoulder soreness and also took
12:41 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Rafael Nadal saved a match point at 5-1 down in the third set before rallying to beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the ATP Finals on Wednesday, keeping alive his chances of advancing from the group stage. The Spaniard looked headed for a second straight
12:44 PM ET Ohio State star defensive lineman Chase Young will miss one more game for an NCAA rules violation before returning next week against Penn State, the team announced Wednesday. Young already sat out last week’s game against Maryland and will miss Saturday’s game at Rutgers. He admitted last week that he accepted a
11:43 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer It doesn’t take much probing to find traces of Michael Davis‘ heritage. The third-year Los Angeles Chargers cornerback includes the word “Mexicano” front and center on his Instagram profile. At his Southern California home in Irvine, a traditional blue and white Mexican poncho hangs off a wall. Tattoos of