9:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — St. Louis Blues forward Sammy Blais was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Thursday for an illegal check to the head of Colorado Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews. Blais received a minor penalty for elbowing in the first-period incident in the Blues’ 4-1 victory
8:15 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Chances are if you are a sports fan, you’ve seen the name James Harden trending across social media this week. Harden was traded by the Houston Rockets on Wednesday to the Brooklyn Nets in a four-team megadeal that also sent Caris LeVert to the Indiana Pacers and Victor Oladipo, among
6:33 PM ET It would be churlish to suggest Kieran Tierney was Arsenal’s man-of-the-match against Crystal Palace given he wasn’t even out there for the 0-0 draw but the left-back’s importance to Mikel Arteta was underlined in his absence here. Tierney had helped set the tone for the Gunners’ post-Christmas revival which saw them end
8:35 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Right-handed reliever Mychal Givens and the Colorado Rockies agreed Thursday to a one-year, $4.05 million contract. Colorado acquired Givens in a deal with Baltimore on Aug. 30. He allowed at least a run in five of 10 appearances for the Rockies. Givens appeared in 12 games for the
News CWI says the legspinner has had no contact with the other squad members West Indies legspinner Hayden Walsh has been found Covid-19 positive after being tested twice in the last two days in Dhaka. As a result, he has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh and the tourists haven’t named a
7:13 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The transfer window opened in early January, and speculation is heating up about potential deals. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. Madrid need attacking options: Aguero or Giroud? Real Madrid are short on attacking cover, and AS has linked them with Sergio Aguero,
Jan 11, 2021 The Edmonton Oilers have two of the NHL’s top-scoring superstars on their roster in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Unfortunately, two elite players does not a championship roster make, as the Oilers found out with their qualification-round ouster in the 2020 postseason (on their home rink, no less). Did GM Ken Holland
Jan 11, 2021 The 2019-20 regular season went quite well for the Washington Capitals: as one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, they looked to be a strong pick to make another run towards the Stanley Cup. Alex Ovechkin was doing Alex Ovechkin things — that included reaching a major career milestone with
6:22 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant is questionable for Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing more than two weeks with a left ankle sprain. Morant had to be taken by a wheelchair to the locker room after injuring his ankle in a Dec. 28 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
4:47 PM ET Saturday’s game between the Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns at Phoenix Suns Arena has been postponed, the NBA announced Thursday. Because of ongoing contact tracing within the Suns, the team does not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with the Pacers. That brings the leaguewide total to nine games postponed