4:55 AM BST New Zealand Rugby (NZR) will continue to have dialogue with players opposed to private equity investment in the All Blacks to build support for the sale of a minority stake to U.S. firm Silver Lake, NZR Chief Executive Mark Robinson said on Tuesday. Silver Lake has offered to buy up to a
Month: March 2021
3:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen This article first appeared on ESPN on Feb. 23, 2021 and has been updated. Favourites to regain the Premier League title this season, Manchester City have won 22 of their 30 games in the Premier League and are 14 points clear. Yet one area where they have not been as
News Australia’s bowlers almost turned the game around but New Zealand’s lower order came through Beth Mooney believed Australia’s bowlers could close out the second T20I in Napier, but conceded the visitors had been under par with the bat on a surface where they were not able to significantly accelerate. Despite only having 129 on
2:27 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry scored 32 points, dished out six assists and grabbed five rebounds in Monday’s 116-102 win over the Chicago Bulls — making his return from a tailbone injury that much sweeter for a Warriors group that snapped a four-game losing skid. “He changes
2:13 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — One of the biggest rebuilding efforts in recent college sports history is finally one step closer to completion, as Baylor got over the hump and advanced to its first Final Four since 1950. Since Scott Drew took over in Waco, Texas, in 2003, he has led the Bears to the
10:59 PM ET The Buffalo Sabres‘ misery continues. The franchise’s winless streak has now reached 18 games (0-15-3) which is the longest by an NHL team in 17 years. Wednesday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Flyers was especially brutal, as Buffalo blew a 3-0 lead in the third period. “It’s embarrassing,” defenseman Brandon Montour said.
1:40 AM ET Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani struggled in his final spring training start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night, giving up seven runs and recording only seven outs while facing clear command issues at Dodger Stadium as he pitched around a blister. The Angels ultimately removed Ohtani in the
3:25 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Ash Barty is tough to beat under any circumstances, especially when she’s on the ropes. She proved that again Monday. The world’s top-ranked women’s tennis player has reached the Miami Open quarterfinals, getting there by holding off 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 1-6, 6-2. It was
12:35 AM ET NEW YORK — Before the Minnesota Timberwolves tipped off against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, Karl-Anthony Towns jogged over the stands and reached out to grasp hands with a fan in a white No. 32 jersey that said “Towns” on the back. The fan was Karl-Anthony’s father, Karl Towns Sr. The
12:20 AM ET Half the men’s Final Four was set on Monday night, as the Houston Cougars and Baylor Bears kept their national championship hopes intact. Now it’s on to Tuesday’s NCAA tournament matchups, with the top overall seed Gonzaga Bulldogs and an increasingly impressive USC Trojans squad starting things off, and the resilient Michigan
11:33 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Angels added a pair of relievers three days before their opener, agreeing to $1 million, one-year contracts with left-hander Tony Watson and side-arming right-hander Steve Cishek on Monday night. Watson was released from a minor league contract with Philadelphia on Friday after allowing five
11:35 PM ET Dustin May will open the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ fifth starter, pushing David Price, the former Cy Young Award winner who is owed $64 million over the next two years, into an undefined bullpen role to open 2021. Price will be one of three traditional starters available out of the
7:18 PM ET When Andre Drummond makes his Los Angeles Lakers debut sometime this week, LeBron James (high ankle sprain) and Anthony Davis (calf strain and tendinosis in his right leg) will still be in street clothes. However, once Los Angeles’ co-captains can return to the court alongside the team’s latest acquisition — signed as
4:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Sixth-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada was upset by 26th seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Monday at the Miami Open. Shapovalov was clearly frustrated with some calls that the Hawk-Eye Live technology — the system that replaces live lines judges with cameras — saw one way
9:18 PM ET Houston Rockets general manager Rafael Stone expressed confidence that the franchise would not need to employ a “wholesale tank strategy” to rebuild, citing the haul of first-round picks received in the James Harden trade as a reason. “I would for sure, 100%, do that deal again,” Stone said in a virtual media
8:27 PM ET ESPN News Services KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee men’s basketball guard Jaden Springer said he’s signing with an agent and declaring for the 2021 NBA draft after his freshman season. Springer announced his decision Monday with a social media post. ESPN rates Springer No. 27 in its latest draft rankings. He thanked Tennessee
8:28 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in 50 years. He couldn’t see much — visibility was next to nothing during this Monday dust storm — but
8:04 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad had surgery Monday and is likely done for the season, meaning the Panthers will have to continue their playoff push without one of their best players. The Panthers said that Ekblad will need 12 weeks to recover. They didn’t reveal the extent of the
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