9:35 PM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL — Canadiens fans chanted the late Guy Lafleur’s name Sunday night before the team took the ice to play the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens played tribute to the Hall of Famer, who died Friday at age 70, with a ceremony. Guy Lafleur, the Hall of Famer who played
11:01 PM ET Tyler Zombro, the Tampa Bay Rays minor league pitcher who was struck in the head by a comebacker to the mound in June, made his season debut for Triple-A Durham on Sunday and threw a scoreless inning against Norfolk. Players and coaches from both dugouts gave Zombro a standing ovation as he
11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber was ejected in the ninth inning for arguing balls and strikes as frustrations boiled over in the Philadelphia Phillies‘ 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday night. Schwarber struck out looking in the final frame, turned around from home plate umpire Angel Hernandez, slammed his
9:31 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals‘ game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night after crashing hard into the boards and was ruled out with what the team called an upper-body injury. Ovechkin tripped over goaltender Erik Kallgren‘s stick on a breakaway and went left shoulder first
10:14 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Nasa Hataoka ran away with the DIO Implant LA Open on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club to open the LPGA Tour’s two-week run in the Los Angeles area. Four strokes ahead entering the round after Jin Young Ko’s late meltdown Saturday, Hataoka closed with a 4-under 67
Graeme Smith, the former Cricket South Africa (CSA) director of cricket, has been cleared of allegations of racism in an independent arbitration process following the outcomes of the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission’s report. The SJN made tentative findings that Smith had engaged in prejudicial behaviour on three counts and advocates Ngwako Maenetje SC
7:52 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ross Chastain surveyed his situation on the final lap at Talladega Superspeedway and decided his best strategy was to stay right where he was and not make a move for the win. It got him to victory lane. Chastain stole the win Sunday when leader Erik Jones
5:06 PM ET Within hours of his planned season debut, Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons reported a return of back soreness on Sunday and has been ruled out for Monday’s Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, sources told ESPN. After approximately 10 days of pain-free ramp up following recovery from a herniated disc, Simmons’ admission
6:49 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele held off Sam Burns and Billy Horschel by two strokes Sunday in a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Cantlay and Schauffele closed with an even-par-72 in the alternate-shot final round to finish at 29-under 259 at TPC
7:24 PM ET Chicago Bears wide receiver Byron Pringle was arrested on Saturday by Florida Highway Patrol, according to an incident report obtained by ESPN. Pringle, 28, was charged with reckless driving and driving with a suspended license after police pulled him over for doing donuts on a public road in a 2016 Dodge Challenge