12:55 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After going more than five years without committing an over-rate offence, India have now had to pay fines in three consecutive matches, the latest a whopping 80% of their match fee after being found four overs short of the target in the first ODI against New Zealand in Hamilton on
7:40 AM ET ANDRE IGUODALA SITS at a conference table inside the bustling San Francisco offices of Zuora, a public software company. He listens as the founder, Tien Tzuo, and leading executives sing the liturgical language of Silicon Valley — engagement and cadence, creating what we call pulse, customer journey, individual contributor function and muscle
7:25 AM ET Katlyn Chookagian will board the shuttle at her Houston hotel on Saturday en route to the Toyota Center for UFC 247. At some point during the ride she will likely turn to her coaches and crack a joke. “I’m always like, maybe the bus will get in a car accident on the
6:36 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 After a difficult few years, Kell Brook is feeling revived and is targeting a rematch with WBC-IBF world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. if
12:34 AM ET The Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets have agreed to a multiplayer trade that includes Clint Capela and Robert Covington, among other players, and draft picks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The four-team deal sends Covington and Jordan Bell to Houston; Capela and Nene to Atlanta; Malik Beasley, Juan
10:15 PM ET The Dodgers are mad. You sensed it in the passive-aggressive statement they released on the night of Jan. 13, hours after the Houston Astros were punished for the illegal sign-stealing methods that helped them win the 2017 World Series. You sensed it, mostly, in their pointed words during the annual preseason gathering
3:28 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England batsman Tom Banton has signed a new two-year deal with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash after his successful debut season with the club hopeful he will be available throughout the 2020-21 campaign. Banton scored 223 runs in seven matches at a strike-rate of 176.98 – the highest
9:50 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour Series-China is the latest tour to cancel an event in China because of the coronavirus. The tour is moving its global qualifying tournament from Haikou, China, to just outside Singapore. Laguna Golf Bintan will host the qualifer on Feb. 25-28, which determines membership for the 2020 season.
8:00 AM ET It’s only February, but who’s kidding whom here? It has been a month since the CFP National Championship and we’re already looking ahead to the start of the 2020 season, circling the most compelling games on the calendar. The criteria here is more games of interest than of importance. That’s why you
6:59 PM ET Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty returned from a lower-body injury Tuesday night against the Capitals in Washington. He recorded an assist off a Jeff Carter goal in the third period of the Kings’ 4-2 loss, becoming the franchise’s all-time leader in points for a defenseman with 495. Doughty played 29 shifts
3:48 PM ET Bellator’s next show in Ireland will go on without its biggest draw. James Gallagher is out of his scheduled main event with Cal Ellenor at Bellator 240 on Feb. 22 due to an undisclosed injury, the promotion said on Tuesday. The new main event at 3Arena will be a women’s featherweight bout
7:00 AM ET Much of the fun (or madness, depending on your perspective) when it comes to debating the Hart Trophy every NHL season stems from the vague definition of the award. It’s that ambiguity that lends itself to colorful debate, with opinions on what actually constitutes “most valuable” varying wildly depending on who you
5:24 PM ET Felix Auger-Aliassime is through to the round of 16 at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, having beaten Damir Dzumhur on Tuesday. The Canadian struggled against his opponent, rallying from one set down to win 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the last match of the day. Serbian Filip Krajinovic made his life
5:44 PM ET Lightweight world titlist Gervonta Davis was charged with simple battery domestic violence in Coral Gables, Florida, on Tuesday following an incident with the mother of his daughter at a charity basketball game on Sunday in Miami. The Coral Gables Police Department said that Davis was charged after he turned himself in to
4:03 PM ET Mark Dantonio brought stability to Michigan State and made the Spartans an annual contender for the first time since the mid-1960s. He led MSU to the College Football Playoff in 2015 and set the team’s coaching wins record. But his time has come to an end. Dantonio’s post-playoff struggles on the field,
2:51 PM ET Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio announced he is stepping down. “After much reflection and discussion with my family, I feel that it is now time for a change as we enter into a new decade of Michigan State Football,” Dantonio said in a statement. A two-time Big Ten coach of the year,
8:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Eoin Morgan admitted that England’s 50-over players were “way off the mark” in their first ODI outing since the World Cup final in July, but said that he expected the new members of the team to learn a huge amount from their failure at Newlands, after Quinton de Kock and
2:52 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — James Click was introduced as the new general manager of the Houston Astros on Tuesday, joining a scandal-plagued team that scrambled to fill two major roles just before the start of spring training. Click took over for Jeff Luhnow, suspended for a season by Major League Baseball and