3:10 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Captain Hilary Knight, Amanda Kessel and Tessa Janecke each scored twice, and the United States secured its tournament-record 22nd berth in the women’s hockey world championship gold-medal game with a 9-1 rout of the Czech Republic on Saturday. The victory sets up another potential showdown against cross-border
12:05 PM ET Ryan Pannone, an assistant coach with the New Orleans Pelicans, has accepted an offer to become an assistant coach under Nate Oats at Alabama, he told ESPN on Saturday. Pannone comes from a different background than most assistant coaches in the college basketball ranks, previously serving as the head coach of the
3:26 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls finished 40-42 and in 10th place in the Eastern Conference this season, but vice president Arturas Karnisovas pointed to the team’s 14-9 finish following the All-Star break as evidence the club is on the right path. Speaking at his end-of-season press conference less than 24
5:07 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, James Harden entered the playoffs with the Philadelphia 76ers having played 21 games with his new team, and still was acclimating to a new environment after arriving here via a blockbuster midseason trade. On Saturday afternoon, Harden and the 76ers opened up this year’s playoffs
4:50 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia introduced Boom, its new 10-month-old English bulldog, as Uga XI during a pregame ceremony at Sanford Stadium prior to the Bulldogs’ spring game Saturday afternoon. The “transfer of power,” as it was described in the stadium, was completed as Uga X’s collar was taken off
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs New Zealand Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first for the second game running. After cruising past New Zealand in the first game defending a total, Babar Azam saw no need to change a winning formula; Pakistan are unchanged. New Zealand make two alterations to the unit
1:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Corach Rambler, the 8-1 favorite, produced a strong finish to win the Grand National after the world-famous horse race was delayed for 15 minutes Saturday because animal rights activists scaled fences around the perimeter of the course and got onto the track. The race took place after three people
Punjab Kings 161 for 8 (Raza 57, Short 34) beat Lucknow Super Giants 159 for 8 (Rahul 74, Curran 3-31) by two wickets Sikandar Raza‘s maiden IPL gig at the age of 36 was reward for his compelling performances with bat and ball at the T20 World Cup last year. But three games into this
2:16 PM ET On the first day of the spring transfer portal window, Georgia defensive tackle Bear Alexander told ESPN that he is planning to enter his name in the portal. On3 reported the news first and Alexander became the first big name to announce his intentions to transfer in this spring period. He was
LONDON — Frank Lampard’s disastrous opening week to his second stint at Chelsea was completed as they sunk to their third successive defeat, with a 2-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on his Stamford Bridge return. Conor Gallagher put the hosts ahead on 13 minutes in fortuitous fashion as his deflected strike was sent