The International Ice Hockey Federation has banned Belarus and Russia from participation in “every age category and in all IIHF competitions until further notice” and has pulled the 2023 world junior hockey championship from Russia. The decision was made at a meeting of the IIHF council on Monday, in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Month: February 2022
LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s UFC 272 pay-per-view event has lost a highly anticipated co-main event between Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev, as Fiziev has tested positive for COVID-19. Fiziev’s manager, Daniel Rubenstein, broke the news to MMA Hour on Monday, and Fiziev followed with an official statement from his social media. The 155-pound bout
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk, ranked No. 49 in the world, expressed “surprise and dissatisfaction” on social media with the lack of response from the Women’s Tennis Association on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and demanded that the WTA immediately condemn the Russian government and pull all tournaments out of Russia. Speaking on behalf of Ukrainian
METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints moved more than $26 million in salary-cap charges into future years by restructuring the contracts of wide receiver Michael Thomas and offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates on Saturday. Expect several more of these moves in the coming days, as New Orleans began the
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MIAMI — Derek Jeter went into the offseason talking about the Miami Marlins spending more money on contracts, figuring out ways to contend and continuing to build for the future. His focus — or the Marlins’ focus — apparently has changed since. And now, the Hall of Fame player has left the organization, both as
12:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has joined a territorial defense battalion in Ukraine as the nation seeks to defend itself against an invasion from Russia that began Thursday. The Olympic gold medalist is the latest boxer to take up arms in Ukraine. Usyk’s longtime friend, Vasiliy Lomachenko, also joined a territorial
Grambling State football coach Hue Jackson defended his hiring of new offensive coordinator Art Briles on Monday, after the school received criticism for the move because of campus-wide sexual assault allegations that led to an independent investigation and Briles’ firing at Baylor in 2016. In a statement that was released on the letterhead of Jackson’s
Defending Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Bryson DeChambeau won’t try to defend his title at Bay Hill Club & Lodge this week because of a lingering left hand injury. DeChambeau won the 2021 event by one shot over Lee Westwood for his eighth career PGA Tour victory. DeChambeau withdrew from the API on Monday and will
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The Americans recorded the biggest blowout over Europe in the Ryder Cup last year, and their new captain doesn’t see a need to change much of anything. Zach Johnson was introduced as the 30th U.S. captain Monday, next in line to try to end three decades of losing the Ryder
The British Boxing Board of Control has confirmed it will investigate the scoring of Josh Taylor’s split-point victory over Jack Catterall on Saturday. Taylor controversially retained his WBC, IBF, WBA and WBO junior welterweight titles at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, despite challenger Catterall flooring the 31-year-old in the eighth round and out-boxing him for
Daniil Medvedev officially moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, overtaking Novak Djokovic to become the 27th man to hold the top spot since computerized rankings began in 1973. Medvedev, a 26-year-old from Russia who won the 2021 US Open and was the runner-up at this year’s Australian Open, rose from
The result of Saturday’s undisputed junior welterweight championship fight between champion Josh Taylor and challenger Jack Catterall hasn’t sat well with me. The challenger did everything he was supposed to do to win, but the judges handed Taylor a split-decision victory. I watched the fight a second time on Sunday morning (Watch replay on ESPN+),
“Family.” That was the only word in the Instagram post, followed by a couple of hashtags. There was also a photo of three UFC fighters in an embrace, identified in those hashtags as #FutureChampions. “Family” was an accurate encapsulation of the rapport between the athletes who were training together at American Top Team when Jorge
IT’S A THOUGHT we’ve all had at some point. Where will we be when that life-changing, career-shifting moment happens? How will it feel to know a dream is about to come true? Karl Taylor was somewhere in Iowa, boarding a bus for a six-hour ride to Milwaukee. Cole Schwindt was pulled aside by his coach
The Big Ten plans to take a group of athletes from member schools on a summer trip to civil rights sites in Alabama as part of a conference-wide program exploring race relations and social justice. The July 15-17 trip will be funded by the Big Ten and is the first event in the conference’s Big
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ season found a new low on Sunday, with a 123-95 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans being met by a chorus of boos from the Crypto.com Arena crowd throughout much of the night. Russell Westbrook, the L.A. native whom the franchise completely overhauled its roster to acquire in
Bellator champion Yaroslav Amosov said Saturday he will stay in his native Ukraine and “defend this country as best I can” against Russia’s invasion. Amosov, Bellator’s welterweight title-holder, said in a video posted to Instagram that he took his family to a “safe zone,” but has now returned to Ukraine, where he will remain and
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