7:12 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to sign college free-agent forward Dawson DiPietro to a one-year, entry-level contract. DiPietro just completed his senior season at Western Michigan. He had 12 goals and 17 assists to finish second on the team with 29 points in 35 games. Overall, he
7:29 PM BST Gallagher Premiership organisers are determined to finish the season and could schedule multiple matches to be played behind closed doors at one venue, league chief executive Darren Childs has said. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 domestic rugby season last week, excluding the Gallagher
6:48 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick announced his retirement via Twitter on Monday. The move came as something of a surprise to the Cowboys, but sources said there had been rumblings that Frederick, who just turned 29, had been contemplating walking away. In his announcement, Frederick made reference
5:22 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier thought he was getting close to a summer date for his retirement bout against current champ Stipe Miocic, but the coronavirus pandemic has put everything on hold. Now Cormier can envision two possibilities. “I can either not get that moment or I can be a part
8:34 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1979, Earl Weaver won his 1,000th game as a manager. Weaver was a top-five manager of all time.
7:38 AM ET The UFC heavyweight title picture was set to become clearer with Francis Ngannou scheduled to face ascending star Jairzinho Rozenstruik this weekend. But because of the coronavirus pandemic forcing the cancelation of sporting events worldwide, we’re left to speculate about how the division will look once the fights resume. Will 41-year-old Daniel
1:37 PM ET The WBC, the one sanctioning body long at the forefront of randomly drug testing boxers year-round, has suspended its Clean Boxing Program during the coronavirus pandemic. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the decision over the weekend on social media. “It is not possible to collect samples as collectors and boxers must abide
11:26 AM 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 The suspension of professional boxing in the UK has been extended until the end of April due to the coronavirus pandemic. The British Boxing
McLaren driver Lando Norris battles with popular streamer Jimmy Broadbent in the closing laps of F1’s inaugural Virtual Grand Prix. The race, won by Formula 2 star Guanyu Zhou, was staged on a virtual version of the Bahrain Grand Prix circuit and included drivers such golfer Ian Poulter, Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy and former
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” A lot had to go right for the Astros’ trash can-banging scandal to become the most massive social media story in baseball’s modern history. Most importantly, the Astros’ signal was loud, obvious
11:19 AM ET ESPN News Services The Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player has been postponed indefinitely amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pair of retired pro golfers was to have been honored by President Donald Trump during a White House ceremony Monday. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest
4:31 PM GMT In normal circumstances, Harry Gurney would have spent Monday morning finishing his packing and saying goodbyes to his family ahead of his flight to the IPL, but normal left the building some time ago. Instead, he found himself re-opening one of his pubs – co-owned with Stuart Broad since 2016 – under
2:51 PM GMT Beuran Hendricks, the left-arm seamer who made his Test and ODI debuts for South Africa in the past season, is the only new name on the national men’s contracted player list for the 2020-21 season. Meanwhile, pacer Nadine de Klerk, who was part of South Africa’s squad at the T20 World Cup
7:00 AM ET We’ve covered the one-hit wonders in the National League. Let’s move over to the American League. This list includes maybe the most famous one-hit wonder, a guy nicknamed “The Hammer,” an unlikely MVP winner and the all-time record holder for doubles in a season. Jump to …AL East | AL Central |
7:15 AM ET One of the beautiful aspects about Major League Baseball: Great seasons can come from nowhere. The line between great and mediocre is smaller in baseball than other sports. A few extra strikes a game. A couple of extra swing-and-misses. A few more hits each month or a couple extra home runs and
7:00 AM ET Game of the day: St. Louis Blues at Vegas Golden Knights, played on Feb. 13. The Blues returned to the ice for the first time since Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench in Anaheim. There was some catharsis when St. Louis scored 25 seconds in, but that just foreshadowed a wide-open game
Feb 21, 2020 There are a handful of unforgettable moments that are seared forever into the minds of boxing fans. There is a discombobulated Mike Tyson on all fours grasping for his mouthpiece and trying to shove it back in before he is counted out in his monumental upset loss to Buster Douglas. There is
7:00 AM ET I’ve always felt that the typical way to compile organizational farm rankings wasn’t good enough. Judging any one prospect is tough enough using all of the available data, if you can get it all. That said, we have trades, and the order in which players were drafted, as hard evidence of teams’