4:56 PM ET Timo Werner scored his first Premier League goal in 14 matches on Monday. Getty Timo Werner scored his first Premier League goal in 14 matches as Chelsea jumped into the top four with a 2-0 victory against Newcastle United on Monday. Olivier Giroud also scored to help hand new manager Thomas Tuchel a
5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Matt Shoemaker and the Minnesota Twins are in agreement on a one-year, $2 million deal, pending a physical, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Shoemaker, 34, can earn another $250,000 in performance bonuses, sources said. He made six starts last year in his second season with the Toronto Blue
5:48 PM ET ESPN News Services The New Jersey Devils are back at work after 19 players landed on the NHL’s COVID-19 list and forced the postponement of seven games since the end of January. The Devils, who play the Rangers on Tuesday, practiced Monday for the first time since beating the Sabres in Buffalo
2:31 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs‘ game against the Detroit Pistons scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed as the Spurs do not have the league-required eight available players needed to proceed with the contest, the NBA announced. The Spurs (16-11) had a positive COVID-19 test, and with subsequent contact tracing, the team does
3:50 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Suns have assigned rookie forward Jalen Smith to the NBA’s G League. The No. 10 overall draft pick out of Maryland hasn’t played much this season for the Suns, who have won six consecutive games and have a 17-9 record. The 20-year-old has appeared in eight games
6:07 PM ET The NBA sent a memo to its teams Monday afternoon explaining its agreement with the National Basketball Players Association for health and safety protocols to govern the All-Star Break both for players participating in the festivities and those that are not. The memo, which was obtained by ESPN, states that players participating
2:06 PM ET Six-time All-Star forward Blake Griffin and the Detroit Pistons have agreed that he will be out of the lineup until the franchise and his representatives work through a resolution on his playing future, Pistons general manager Troy Weaver told ESPN. The Pistons will continue to pursue trade scenarios involving Griffin and talks
5:02 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks after suffering a calf strain during Sunday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets, a source told ESPN. Davis underwent an MRI on Monday which revealed an aggravation near his Achilles, the source said. The Lakers and Davis will be
News Australia are not scheduled to play another Test match for 10 months but there are opportunities to impress in Shield with the Ashes on the horizon The Sheffield Shield resumes on Wednesday with the Australia Test squad available to play the remainder of the season, barring any injury issues, after the Test tour to
1:07 PM ET Sid Lowe Julien Laurens The UEFA Champions League returns this week with the round of 16, with four first legs happening this week and the remaining four first legs scheduled for the week of Feb. 22. The pick of this week’s ties is undoubtedly happening at the Camp Nou on Tuesday, with