2:52 PM ET Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has been rewarded for helping lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to the best record in the league by being named to the All-Star Game in place of Carey Price. Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, like Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, will not be participating in the NHL’s All Star game, opting
2:41 PM ET Arizona Coyotes forward Nick Schmaltz will be out for the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury, the team announced Tuesday. When the Coyotes put him on injured reserve on Jan. 4, the team said Schmaltz was considered week-to-week. The 22-year-old has five goals and nine assists since being traded to
3:07 PM ET Justin Timberlake takes his golf seriously. Well, OK, maybe not always. A 1-handicap — if you don’t know golf terminology, that means he can really, really play — Timberlake tried a different approach, one made famous by Adam Sandler in “Happy Gilmore.” Sure, you’ll be distracted by the swing. But watch it
2:21 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Sammy Watkins and safety Eric Berry were scheduled to return to practice on Tuesday as the Kansas City Chiefs began preparations for Saturday’s divisional round playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts. Watkins has played in just one game since injuring his foot in a Week 9
7:00 AM ET It’s time for a free-agency update! There are still a lot of free agents out there besides Bryce Harper and Manny Machado — including some quality second basemen, one of the best closers of all time, some past-their-prime outfielders, some lefty starters who don’t throw hard and a bunch of replacement-level relievers.
2:07 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hours after winning his second national title and handing Alabama coach Nick Saban his worst loss in 12 seasons, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said his program is still “a long way from a dynasty.” “We’re as good of a program as there is out there,” Swinney said at
12:44 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA Cricket’s application to join the ICC as the 105th member
8:49 AM ET Jordan Spieth is starting the new year in Hawaii, the fourth straight year he has made the journey. Of course, there’s a huge difference this time: this debut is at the Sony Open, since Spieth was not eligible for last week’s winners-only Sentry Tournament of Champions. Much has been made of Spieth’s
12:43 PM GMT ESPN staff Nelson Mandela would not have backed racial quotas for South Africa’s national rugby team, Springboks captain Siya Kolisi said over the weekend. “I don’t think he [Mandela] would have supported [quotas], but I don’t know him‚” Kolisi, the first black captain of the Springboks, told Kyodo News in Japan after
12:48 PM ET Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Clemson finished No. 1 in The Associated Press poll for the third time after routing Alabama in the national championship game. The Tigers received all 61 first-place votes. The Crimson Tide, which was trying to become just the third team to go wire-to-wire as the No.