12:40 PM ET The game has changed. And with it, so have the intricacies of the personnel you need to succeed in the NHL these days. It’s not necessarily near the top of the checklist for most teams, but having a second option in net that’s somewhere between perfectly serviceable and legitimately reliable is something
11:19 AM GMT France have included five uncapped players in their 31-man Six Nations squad. Demba Bamba and Romain Ntamack, two members of France’s winning Under-20 World Cup squad, are joined by forwards Dorian Aldegheri and Gregory Alldriit and full-back Thomas Ramos. Prop Bamba, 20, was part of head coach Jacques Brunel’s squad for the
12:00 PM ET Agents have nice things to say about working with David Stearns, the Milwaukee Brewers‘ general manager, with many mentioning his affability. “Good guy,” one agent said recently, relating some of the pleasant conversations he’s shared with Stearns. After passing up longer-term options earlier in the winter, free-agent catcher Yasmani Grandal has agreed
11:13 AM ET Free-agent second baseman Brian Dozier has reached an agreement with the Washington Nationals on a one-year, $9 million deal, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Dozier was an All-Star in 2015 and won a Gold Glove in 2017, the last of a five-year stretch that saw him bat .252/.333/.465 with 145 home
10:27 AM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky for Thursday’s game against the Nashville Predators due to an “internal matter,” the team announced. “there are certain expectations and values that we have established for our players that define our culture,” general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said in a statement Thursday. “An
12:09 PM ET On Wednesday, Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts took the first official step toward leaving the program when he entered the NCAA transfer portal. While doing so doesn’t guarantee that he’ll transfer, sources say he’s as good as gone. Which means it will be open season on the talented quarterback with a 26-2 record
1:35 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — There will come a time when Matt LaFleur will have to correct something Aaron Rodgers does. It may be in a meeting room during the early days of the offseason program or on the field during individual spring workouts or in an 11-on-11 drill in a full-blown practice.
12:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich likes to use a boxing analogy when it comes to his team’s ability to run the ball. “I just think it’s like body blows,” Reich said. “I just think it’s blows to the midsection. It’s the constant pounding of that. I think it wears the
7:51 AM ET Andy Murray has offered a supportive fan free tickets to his opening match of the Australian Open as an apology for being thrashed by Novak Djokovic on Thursday. Murray, who is coming back from a long-term hip injury, won just two games against world No. 1 Djokovic during the practice match, which
1:41 AM ET Talk to anyone about Drew Brees, from family to longtime friends to past and present teammates — and you’ll get some awesome stories about his legendary competitiveness. Before the New Orleans Saints quarterback became the NFL’s all-time passing leader, he was a multisport star who once beat a younger Andy Roddick in