WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on Monday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them. Gauff, the youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era, showed the poise and
6:40 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes hung on to the goaltender who helped save their season, Petr Mrazek, with a two-year, $6.25 million contract Monday. After signing Scott Darling did not solve the Hurricanes’ void in goal, the team was left scrambling last year. Carolina signed Mrazek to a one-year, $1.5 million deal and then
6:24 PM ET The New York Islanders lost one goalie but gained another Monday, signing former Colorado Avalanche netminder Semyon Varlamov to a four-year contract. Last year’s feel-good story, Robin Lehner — who overcame mental health and substance abuse issues to become a Vezina Trophy finalist — signed a one-year deal with Chicago. The Islanders
6:31 PM ET LSU has hired former USC and Los Angeles Rams coach John Robinson as a senior consultant to Tigers coach Ed Orgeron, the school announced on Monday. Robinson, who guided the Trojans to the 1978 national championship and five Pac-10 championships, last coached in college at UNLV in 2004. He was a volunteer
6:12 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks announced that they have come to terms on a one-year, $5 million deal with Vezina Trophy finalist Robin Lehner. Lehner is coming off a huge season with the Islanders that resurrected his career. He appeared to be in line for a longer term contract. Lehner has spoken about battling
5:52 PM ET The Miami Heat completed a four-team trade that allows them to sign All-Star guard Jimmy Butler to a four-year, $142 million contract, league sources told ESPN on Monday. The Heat are sending center Hassan Whiteside to the Portland Trail Blazers, guard Josh Richardson to the Philadelphia 76ers and a protected 2023 first-round
8:25 PM ET Emily Kaplan Greg Wyshynski The first day of NHL free agency saw a flurry of moves, as the Columbus Blue Jackets‘ big three of Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky and Matt Duchene all found new homes. What’s more, we finally saw another offer sheet tendered and signed, as the Carolina Hurricanes now have
6:09 PM ET Police on Monday arrested the 16-year-old driver of a car that was involved in a fatal wreck that killed longtime Auburn radio announcer Rod Bramblett and his wife on May 25. The Auburn Police Division said in a statement that Johnston Edward Taylor of Auburn was arrested at his home on Monday.
5:23 PM ET An online video shows Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt being questioned by police after an apparent incident Saturday night at a Cleveland bar. The video, published Monday by TMZ Sports, shows Hunt speaking with multiple officers. Hunt was not arrested, and officers did not make a police report about the incident,
5:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday, the team announced. He was 27. Police responded to a report of an unconscious man in a hotel room in Southlake, Texas, and pronounced Skaggs dead at the scene. No foul play is suspected and an investigation is ongoing, police said.