6:32 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said midfielder Arthur Melo is facing disciplinary action after showing a “lack of respect” towards the club after refusing to return to training. The Catalan club agreed to sell Arthur to Juventus in July with Miralem Pjanic arriving from the Turin club once the
11:20 PM ET Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk intentionally kicked Jets star center Mark Scheifele in the back of the leg, leading to an injury that took Scheifele out of Game 1 of their qualification round series Saturday night. In the first period, Tkachuk appeared to clip Scheifele’s left leg
7:03 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Ted Cheeseman won a unanimous decision over Sam Eggington after a fierce fight on Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn’s first professional boxing show since the
12:53 AM ET Steve KimESPN Angelo Leo became the new WBO junior featherweight world titlist with a unanimous-decision victory over Tramaine Williams in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Saturday. Williams, a slick southpaw, gave Leo problems to start the fight, but by the middle rounds it was Leo’s steady pressure
12:26 AM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Hopeful Growth took the lead in the stretch and drew off to a four-length victory in the $200,000 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Ridden by Antonio Gallardo and trained by Anthony Margotta, Jr., Hopeful Growth covered the mile and a sixteenth in 1:45.63 for her
8:35 PM ET Seconds before tipoff, as both the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder took their places at midcourt and waited for the ball to go up, there was a whistle, and a delay. Fitting. This time, though, it was just a small clock adjustment and after it was quickly corrected, referee Scott Foster
10:21 PM ET Half of Doc Rivers’ LA Clippers polo shirt was soaked as if he had just come off the Splash Mountain water ride at Walt Disney World. After passing Red Auerbach for 11th on the all-time wins list with a 126-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, Rivers was doused with water by
1:11 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Toronto Raptors have spent their entire season as the NBA’s defending champions saying that they feel confident, despite Kawhi Leonard leaving the franchise last summer, that they can win a second consecutive title this season. So, after winning their opening game inside the NBA’s
10:54 PM ET ESPN News Services T.J. Warren had scored 40 points only once in his NBA career before the sixth-year pro went off for 53 on Saturday night in the Pacers‘ first game of the NBA restart to carry Indiana to a 127-121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. A small forward acquired from Phoenix
7:42 PM ET Steve Kim Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show The return of former junior bantamweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, an all-British contest in Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing Fight Camp and the