9:21 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Wednesday that the team’s championship success in his 23-year tenure isn’t part of his mindset when looking ahead to the 2023 season. “We’re not resting on our past laurels; that’s not the message to the team or the fans,” Belichick told the
4:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday he is hopeful that a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players can get done by the end of this week, though he stopped short of predicting that a deal would actually get struck. “I think everyone understands
6:57 PM ET Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu suffered two torn ligaments in her left ankle at the Miami Open this week and is unsure when she will be fit to return to action, she said Wednesday. Andreescu, the No. 31-ranked player in the world, retired from her fourth-round match against Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova
12:12 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Maguire is stuck in a tough position: indispensable for England, but a bench player for Man United. What should he do from here? Michael Regan – The FA/The FA via Getty Images After playing every minute of England‘s two Euro qualifiers during the international break, Harry Maguire will face a familiar
5:23 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — – The draw for the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals set up a possible meeting between No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 2 Novak Djokovic as Spain and Serbia were placed in the group on Wednesday. Spain will host Group C, which also includes the Czech
7:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The world’s best male players are getting younger, but is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? For the fifth straight year (read 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 here), ESPN brings you our list of the game’s next top young stars aged 21
1:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The welterweight fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Eimantas Stanionis, scheduled for April 29 in Arlington, Texas, has been postponed after Ortiz was forced to withdraw with an unspecified medical issue, sources told ESPN. The 147-pound fight is expected to be rescheduled for this summer, sources said. It was originally
8:32 AM ET After the UFC’s March schedule gifted MMA fans with four straight weeks of exciting fight cards capped by stellar main events, including the much-anticipated return of Jon Jones, the promotion takes a one-week break this weekend. The UFC returns on April 8 will return with another can’t-miss main event as former UFC
7:00 AM ET It’s opening week, and you know what that means — season predictions! There are lots of questions going into the 2023 season: What does Year 2 of MLB’s expanded playoffs have to offer? How will rule changes play out over the season? Is this the year your favorite team will make a
8:14 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A day after Lamar Jackson announced he had requested a trade from the Baltimore Ravens, the former NFL MVP quarterback was back on social media defending why he didn’t play in last season’s playoff game. “Let’s get real. I rather have a 100% PCL than go out there
7:20 AM ET If you have ever been curious about what it’s like to be Michael Bublé on Valentine’s Day … it’s actually quite different than what you might think. He’s by himself, hanging out in the quiet part of a 20,000-seat arena in Cologne, Germany, wearing a Simpsons T-shirt while holding a football signed
7:13 AM ET There are just two weeks left in the 2022-23 NBA season, but there are still countless possibilities regarding the Western Conference playoff seeding. The top three seeds are nearly locked up by the Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings, but there is an eight-team logjam for the final seven seeds of
7:43 AM ET ARLINGTON, Tex. — After another signature win as a trainer, the car waited to whisk Derrick James back from the site of his latest success to the hotel. But after Errol Spence defeated Yordenis Ugas in April 2022, James waived away the black SUV parked in the bowels of AT&T Stadium. The
7:57 PM ET Adriana Garcia Lionel Messi became just the third male player to score 100 international goals as he hit his century in the first half of Argentina‘s friendly with Curacao on Tuesday. The Paris Saint-Germain forward picked up the ball in the middle of the area, cut to his right hit a low
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. It’s a typically light Wednesday schedule in the NHL this evening, with only three games on the slate. One of them pits a team that just clinched a playoff berth — the Toronto
1:37 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue fight for Fulton’s unified junior featherweight championship has been rescheduled for July 25 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Inoue’s American promoter, Top Rank, announced Wednesday. Inoue, ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer, suffered an undisclosed injury while training earlier this month ahead of the scheduled May 7
3:47 PM ET Kevin Durant will finally make his home debut as a Phoenix Sun on Wednesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing three weeks with a left ankle sprain, sources confirmed to ESPN. Durant suffered a freak sprain after slipping during pregame warmups on March 8, which caused him to miss the last 10
10:02 PM ET PHOENIX — While NFL teams opted not to vote on a rule that would allow games to be flexed into a Thursday night kickoff, clubs agreed Tuesday to modify the existing rule and allow teams to play a maximum of two short-week games. That means that while some teams could play two