9:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said it would be an honor to represent his homeland of Sweden in the Olympics, calling the men’s ice hockey tournament “as good as it gets on the international level.” That was in 2013. He still hasn’t gone. He might never go. Hedman
Month: July 2021
7:45 AM ET Former pound-for-pound king and lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko returned to the ring for the first time since losing to Teofimo Lopez in October 2020 and reminded the boxing world that he’s still one of the best fighters in the sport. Lomachenko scored a dominant ninth-round TKO victory over Masayoshi Nakatani on June
7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point swears nothing changes for him in the playoffs. “You try and play the same way,” said the Tampa Bay Lightning center, “but pucks have found their way into nets as of late.” That they have. Through 20 games, Point had 14 goals for the Lightning, while no
Gendarmerie du finistere The Tour de France has withdrawn a lawsuit against a spectator suspected of causing a huge crash by waving a sign in the riders’ path on Saturday. The peloton was 45km (28 miles) from the end of the first stage, when her sign clipped German rider Tony Martin. He fell to the
3:24 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Not long after Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns celebrated their Western Conference championship on the Staples Center floor, Paul George wondered “what if” Kawhi Leonard had been healthy. The LA Clippers ran out of gas and comebacks as their resilient playoff run came to an end with a
India is still recovering from the second wave of the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic and it wouldn’t have been possible without the dedication and professionalism of doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff. They have been at the forefront of what’s been nothing short of war and many even lost their lives fighting for us. Their
4:23 AM ET Manchester United are close to finalising a deal for Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane, sources have told ESPN. The France international, whose contract at Bernabeu is due to expire in June 2022, is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s top defensive target and sources have said that United are ready to move for the 28-year-old
12:47 AM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual
11:36 PM ET The doors to a new era of college sports officially opened Thursday. For the first time, all NCAA athletes are now able to make money from a wide variety of business ventures without losing their eligibility. A mixture of state laws and NCAA rule changes have removed prohibitions that prevented athletes from
8:30 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — Trailing two sets to one against a German qualifier ranked No. 151 at Wimbledon on Wednesday evening, Andy Murray turned to the crowd and yelled one word: “Fight.” It’s a word that epitomizes Murray’s storied career, the kind of never-say-die attitude that brought him three Grand Slam titles,
11:42 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 3-1, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at home on Wednesday night. It was a game with outstanding goaltending, and a goal-of-the-year candidate from Blake Coleman that beat the second-period buzzer. Miss any of the game? We’re here with
9:22 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Quebec public health authorities have denied the Montreal Canadiens‘ request to increase fan capacity for Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. The team will continue to have 3,500 fans at the Bell Centre when the series shifts to Montreal on Friday. The Canadiens petitioned to
5:50 PM ET Inside the France dressing room at Romania’s National Arena in Bucharest, it was early Tuesday morning, when Kylian Mbappe stood up. Just a few minutes earlier, the 22-year-old had missed a penalty to condemn Les Bleus to a last-16 exit from Euro 2020 that looked impossible when they held a 3-1 lead
2:18 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation’s top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop
6:48 PM ET Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner celebrated his 28th birthday in style on Wednesday by hitting for the cycle, doing so by the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Nationals Park. He is the first player in Major League Baseball’s modern era (since 1900) to hit for a cycle on his
5:02 PM ET Every NCAA athlete in the country will be able to make money from endorsements and through a variety of other ventures starting Thursday. The NCAA’s board of directors decided Wednesday to officially suspend the organization’s rules prohibiting athletes from selling the rights to their names, images and likenesses. The new rules represent
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore has taken his feelings about his contract status public. How that affects his future with the team, one of the hot-button questions entering the 2021 training camp, remains an open-ended question. Public pressure usually doesn’t impel coach Bill Belichick to return to the