10:56 PM ET Associated Press WINDSOR, Colo. — Ralph Backstrom, a six-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, college coach and founder of a minor league team, died Sunday. He was 83. The Colorado Eagles announced the death of Backstrom, who founded the minor league franchise in northern Colorado in 2002. He served as
10:30 PM ET As has been the case so many times beforehand, Tom Brady ended up hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at the end of yet another Super Bowl. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers easily took care of business against the Kansas City Chiefs, taking control of the game in the second quarter and never relenting for
10:11 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Eleven months ago, it was inconceivable that quarterback Tom Brady would choose, of all teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to continue his football journey. Equally implausible was this partnership — forged in an offseason ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, with little time to connect with new teammates or master
10:09 PM ET The NHL admitted that a Carolina Hurricanes goal should not have counted in their 6-5 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. At 18:45 of the second period, Carolina’s Vincent Trocheck scored to give the Hurricanes a 4-3 lead. Replays appeared to show he had entered the zone before the puck-carrier
Aaron Finch on the T20I series: “We’ll try to stick closely to the guys playing their roles that they’re accustomed to or where we’ll see them in the future playing” © Getty Images Australia’s T20I captain Aaron Finch freely admits that the squad currently in New Zealand will be enormously different for the World Cup
10:10 PM ET NFL NationESPN Now that Super Bowl LV is in the books and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the champions, we can move on from a challenging 2020 season and look forward to 2021. That’s exactly what we’re looking to do with these way-too-early NFL Power Rankings. How does our panel view Tom
10:11 PM ET Even after an out-of-nowhere and crushing defeat in Super Bowl LV, it’s difficult to believe quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won’t soon get another chance. But Mahomes probably won’t get another Super Bowl shot at quarterback Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That might make the Chiefs’ 31-9
10:12 PM ET Things didn’t go Kansas City‘s way Sunday night, but oddsmakers have already installed the Chiefs as Super Bowl favorites for next season. The Chiefs, listed at +550 at Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, are the favorite to win Super Bowl LVI. The Green Bay Packers are next at +900, followed by the
10:36 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady isn’t passing the torch yet. Brady, the 43-year-old quarterback who came to Tampa Bay for the final chapter in a first-ballot Hall of Fame career, proved he’s still the most dominant quarterback in the league, throwing for 201 yards and three touchdowns as he earned his fifth
8:46 PM ET ESPN News Services Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka are off to fast starts at the Australian Open. After losing the opening game, Williams won 10 games in a row and beat Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-1 on the first day of the tournament Monday. The victory marked the start of Williams’ latest bid