EDMONTON, Alberta — The Tampa Bay Lightning are the champions of bubble hockey. Brayden Point scored his playoff-best 14th goal, and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Monday to win the Stanley Cup and finish the most unusual NHL postseason in history, staged nearly entirely in quarantine because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless,
Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are many things — quarterbacks, playmakers, artists and friends. But right now, one thing they are most certainly not is rivals. Mahomes is too good to have a rival. He proved Monday night that he is playing a different game than everybody else, with the same wonderment in his eye
There aren’t many days that go by during the NBA season when LeBron James doesn’t use lessons he learned during his four years with the Miami Heat. One has proven to be the most important: Keep the main thing the main thing. It is one of the core tenets that Heat president Pat Riley has
The Washington Nationals did not make it into this year’s MLB playoffs, so Major League Baseball will crown a different team as champion in 2020. Can the Los Angeles Dodgers get over the final hurdle and take home their first championship since 1988? Or could the Tampa Bay Rays win their first title after earning
Australian cricket has lost arguably its most capable executive after the former national captain Belinda Clark announced her intention to resign from employment with Cricket Australia. In a major blow to the community cricket department that she has extensively reshaped over the past two and a half years, Clark has chosen to finish up as
Conor McGregor has attempted to book himself in yet another fight, despite past remarks that he’s retired. On Monday, the UFC superstar proposed a charity MMA fight to former opponent Dustin Poirier on Twitter. The exhibition, McGregor wrote, would be on pay-per-view and proceeds would go to Poirier’s The Good Fight Foundation as well as
UFC middleweight Paulo Costa referred to his recent opponent and UFC champion Israel Adesanya as “human trash” on Monday, for Adesanya’s postfight actions at UFC 253 on Saturday. Costa (13-1) lost to Adesanya (20-0) via second-round TKO on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Adesanya finished the fight with punches in the center
Ellyse Perry, who has been aiming to return from major hamstring surgery, has been ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s limited overs series against New Zealand – not that the team’s performances in the opening two T20Is indicated she would be needed anyway. The world’s best allrounder, Perry suffered from hamstring tightness after running
Did anyone really think Jon Jones wouldn’t at least flirt with the idea of challenging the winner of Saturday’s light heavyweight championship bout? It didn’t take long after Jan Blachowicz defeated Dominick Reyes in the UFC 253 co-main event on Fight Island for Jones to tweet about the possibility of challenging Blachowicz. Jones reigned over
News » Premier League news » Chelsea news September 28, 2020 21:40 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Chelsea could move for Boubakary Soumare? Chelsea could consider a move for Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumare, should they fail in their pursuit of Declan Rice this summer. The Blues have already spent more than £220m on seven players and they are still on
The schedule for Pakistan’s second overseas tour since the Covid-19 pandemic has been finalised, with their visit to New Zealand over Christmas set to go ahead with virtually no deviation from the original FTP. The two teams will play three T20Is and two Tests from December 18 to January 7, with each international played at
Dustin Johnson leads the top five players in the world who have committed to play the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, the start of a two-week stretch of relocated Asia events that includes Tiger Woods returning to California. The CJ Cup typically is held in South Korea, followed by the Zozo Championship
September 28, 2020 21:22 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Manchester United in the running to sign Milik Manchester United are reportedly looking into a move for Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik as they look to provide competition to Anthony Martial upfront. The Red Devils have experienced a quiet summer transfer window and they have made just
New Zealand have secured a home Twenty20 international series against Australia in late February and early March – at the same time as the team coached by Justin Langer is meant to be playing a Test series in South Africa – as part of a more complete schedule than might have been expected in the
September 28, 2020 21:01 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Telles agrees personal terms with United Manchester United have reportedly agreed personal terms with Porto defender Alex Telles ahead of a potential transfer. The Brazilian has been identified as the preferred left-back target for the Red Devils and the club are currently in negotiations over the
Ohio State Buckeyes All-America candidates Shaun Wade and Wyatt Davis have been cleared to play this season after opting back in. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said both players would be eligible during an interview on WBNS-FM 97.1 in Columbus on Monday. A team captain for the Buckeyes, Wade was listed as ESPN analyst Mel
Sep 27, 2020 Steve KimESPN Jermell Charlo unified three junior middleweight world titles with an eighth-round knockout victory over Jeison Rosario on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. And the final blow was among the most unusual knockout punches you’ll ever see — a left jab to the body. Rosario (20-2-1,
News » Premier League news » Tottenham Hotspur news September 28, 2020 19:58 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Spurs back in for Joshua King? Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly retained their interest in signing Joshua King from Bournemouth. The north London side were heavily linked with the Norwegian earlier this summer, but the interest cooled as they looked at more