7:43 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The NHL and NHLPA say there will be no World Cup of Hockey in 2020. The news came out following a meeting between the two groups in Toronto on Wednesday. “While the parties have now jointly concluded that it is no longer realistic to try to schedule a Word Cup
7:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — DJ LeMahieu is putting away his mittens and packing more mitts. A star second baseman for Colorado, LeMahieu is set to join a crowded New York Yankees infield. “I was told to bring a lot of gloves,” he said Wednesday on a conference call. Corey Kluber and
7:20 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bet Against Us. Most weeks, that slogan would be appropriate for the New England Patriots‘ opponents. This week, however, it’s what wide receiver Julian Edelman is rolling with as the Patriots enter the AFC Championship Game as underdogs against the Kansas City Chiefs. Edelman and the Patriots are consensus
6:59 PM ET The free-falling Anaheim Ducks continued to try to change their makeup, trading forward Pontus Aberg to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday for center Justin Kloos. The Ducks have lost 12 consecutive games. On Monday, they traded veteran winger Andrew Cogliano for young forward Devin Shore. Aberg has having a career season for
6:23 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — At two sets to love up against Henri Laaksonen, Sydney’s Alex de Minaur was cruising into the third round of the Australian Open. The energetic 19-year-old had been bossing his older and more experienced opponent on Margaret Court Arena, and with a vocal Australian crowd behind him, the match
6:09 PM ET Former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin must go to trial on felony charges related to a threatening post on his Instagram account in February 2018. The image on the post showed a shotgun and ammunition and tagged four accounts, including those belonging to former Dolphins teammates Richie Incognito and Mike Pouncey.
6:16 PM ET Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron was suspended three games without pay by the NHL on Wednesday for his hit on Florida Panthers defenseman MacKenzie Weegar in Tuesday’s game. Byron received a two-minute charging penalty at the 3:40 mark of the second period when he drove Weegar into the boards. The defenseman’s helmet
6:04 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jed Lowrie would rather talk about wine than whine. The infielder visited Citi Field on Wednesday after finalizing a $20 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets, likely less money and a shorter term than he would have gotten before the free-agent market for solid-but-less-than-stellar veterans
Kevin Durant on Luka Doncic’s progression this season. Thought this was a very smart and interesting answer: “He’s playing great ball,” Durant said. “Definitely for a 19 year-old to average 20 [points], six [rebounds] and five [assists] is definitely numbers you can look at and consider him for an All-Star selection, but there’s so many
6:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kansas City Royals pitcher Eric Skoglund has been suspended for the season’s first 80 games after testing positive for two performance-enhancing substances. The commissioner’s office said Wednesday the positive tests were for selective androgen receptor modulators S-22 (Ostarine) and LGD-4033 (Ligandrol). Royals general manager Dayton Moore says