1:35 AM BST ESPN staff Former Test prop James Slipper will make his return from a drug suspension as part of a Super Rugby selection XV that will take give the Wallabies a pre-Bledisloe hitout in Sydney on Friday night. Slipper was named alongside fellow Super Rugby veterans Tom English and Angus Cottrell, John Manenti’s
10:05 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have signed right winger Matt Read to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal, which was done Monday, will pay Read $650,000 in the NHL and $200,000 in the AHL. Read has played his first seven NHL seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, totaling 87
9:45 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Oakland Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley missed his third straight training camp practice on Sunday with a hip strain, and while coach Jon Gruden said he did not have a timetable for Conley to return to practice, he did say it was a “fair assessment” that he would miss a
9:32 PM ET San Francisco Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto is facing the likelihood of undergoing Tommy John surgery, manager Bruce Bochy said before Monday night’s game in San Diego. Cueto recently met with team doctors regarding a sore elbow, and Bochy said Monday it was a “strong possibility” that Cueto may need the surgery. Giants
7:06 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert, who had offseason back surgery, made his training camp debut on Monday after spending the first week on the physically unable to perform list. Although the team made a concerted effort to limit Eifert’s reps, he participated in almost every part of practice except for
10:03 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NASCAR didn’t like what it saw Saturday night at Pocono Raceway but will wait and see how teams react before it reacts with any new rules after nearly a third of its teams
6:37 PM ET The fight between Tevin Farmer and Billy Dib for the vacant junior lightweight world title will be available in the United States. When Farmer and Dib meet on Friday at Technology Park in the Sydney, Australia, suburb of Eveleigh, the bout will stream live in the United States via ESPN+ after the
shares Chadwick Walton prepares for a net session © Getty Images Chadwick Walton and Sheldon Cottrell have been recalled into a 13-man West Indies squad to take on Bangladesh in the three-match T20I series beginning in St. Kitts on Tuesday, July 31. Chris Gayle, 37, has been rested according to a Cricket West Indies
5:57 PM ET Restricted free-agent forward Kevin Hayes and the New York Rangers have agreed on a one-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing this week. The 26-year-old gets a $5.25 million deal, according to multiple reports, almost doubling the annual average value of his previous two-year contract. Hayes will become an unrestricted free agent next
5:39 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — LeBron James says the Los Angeles Lakers‘ string of free-agent acquisitions since he committed to the team — Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee and Michael Beasley — share a common bond as basketball junkies and that quality should define them more so than their spotty reputations as interesting