Month: June 2021

6:03 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Daniel and Henrik Sedin are returning to the Vancouver Canucks to work in the front office. Three years after their retirement, the Swedish twins joined the Canucks’ hockey operations department with the title of special adviser to the general manager, Jim Benning. “We’re coming in as
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2:35 PM ET UFC fighter Luis Pena is being accused of punching his girlfriend and breaking her cell phone. Pena was arrested last Friday in Coral Springs, Florida on charges of robbery by sudden snatching, battery and criminal mischief, per a spokesperson for the Coral Springs Police Department. The fighter remains in Broward County Detention
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Oct 13, 2020 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 Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. The much-anticipated fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. to
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Virat Kohli said India need to “reassess and replan” to understand what dynamics work for the team.© AFP India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday indicated that he may bring in “right people with right mindset to perform” in the Test side just like their white ball set-up where they have multiple players ready to shoulder
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon will leave the Fox Sports booth to take a daily role at Hendrick Motorsports as vice chairman and the second-ranking team official to majority owner Rick Hendrick. Wednesday’s announcement positions the four-time champion and Hall of Fame driver to one day succeed the 71-year-old Hendrick
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11:43 AM ET American teenager Coco Gauff’s Wimbledon preparations suffered a blip as she bowed out of the Eastbourne tournament on Wednesday, losing to Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Sevastova, who is world No. 64, broke Gauff’s serve to claim the first set. The American hit back soon after, edging the second set to
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11:22 AM ET Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi was playing games when he spurred the umpires to check Max Scherzer for foreign substances on Tuesday night and embarrassed everyone in the process. “It’s embarrassing for Girardi, it’s embarrassing for the Phillies, it’s embarrassing for baseball,” Rizzo said Wednesday
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12:16 PM ET Former Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice had four misdemeanor charges, including three counts of assault and battery, against him dropped Wednesday morning after a settlement was reached with his ex-girlfriend. Guice had been arrested on domestic violence charges in Loudoun County, Virginia, in August, stemming from three separate incidents earlier
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12:31 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Defending champion Novak Djokovic was named as the top seed at Wimbledon on Wednesday as he seeks a 20th Grand Slam title while Roger Federer and Serena Williams will begin the grass-court tournament next week seeded seventh. Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty is seeded first on the women’s side.
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