Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith is an agent of chaos. He’s the most exhilarating player in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, according to Edmonton-area cardiologists. His teammate, Connor McDavid, is the playoffs’ most exciting and entertaining player. To watch him play is to watch poetry in motion. To watch Smith play is to watch the
NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is on the injured list for the fourth straight season. Stanton was placed on the 10-day IL with right ankle inflammation Wednesday as the ailing Yankees made a flurry of roster moves less than an hour before their series finale against Baltimore. “Feel like we got good news,”
1:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — The Boston Celtics found themselves trailing the Miami Heat by five, on the road, at halftime of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night. And yet, the Celtics felt just fine. They couldn’t have played much worse in the first half, committing 10 turnovers and
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich are among more than 60 diverse head coach and general manager candidates slated to attend the inaugural coach and front office accelerator program next week at the NFL spring meetings in Atlanta. Each NFL team nominated at least one candidate
The Baltimore Orioles have called up catcher Adley Rutschman from Triple-A Norfolk, and he is expected to make his major league debut Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays. Rutschman, the top prospect in minor league baseball and the overall top draft pick in 2019 out of Oregon State, was hitting .309 with 3 home runs
Camille Balanche of the Commencal Dorval team will be looking to make it two out of two at Fort William this weekend, in a women’s field that may see the return of Rachel Atherton, a fan favorite who has been out of competition since 2019. At Round 1 in Lourdes, less than a second separated
Well this wasn’t the Boston performance we saw in Game 1. But based on the team’s postgame comments, it was a performance that was wholly expected by the members of the squad. The Celtics responded to a disappointing 118-107 opening night loss Tuesday with a resounding 127-102 pounding on Thursday. And despite surrendering an early
Running in the heat is both something I love and loathe. There’s that satisfaction of a good sweat and the frustration of not being able to hit certain paces because the body is working so much harder. As your core body temperature rises, your heart rate rises which not only increases the perceive effort, but
The Champions League as you know it will be no more — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Pogba fears a backlash from Manchester United fans. Jump to: Pogba’s fear over fans’ backlash | Oxlade-Chamberlain’s Liverpool limbo | Newcastle won’t be bullied in transfer window | Super Cup quandary for UEFA Champions League’s radical
As recently as a decade ago, the first few weeks of the college basketball offseason were mostly quiet. NBA draft decisions, a few transfers here and there, the final turns of the coaching carousel. Now? It might be busier than the actual season. Between the one-time transfer waiver and the extra year of eligibility due
