The San Jose Sharks have signed their defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year deal, with multiple reports stated he will receive $11.5 million per season, making him the highest-paid defenseman in the league. The Kings’ Drew Doughty
Eunice Kirwa, the Olympic marathon silver medalist, has been banned four years for using EPO. Kirwa, a 35-year-old from Bahrain (born in Kenya), finished second at the Rio Games behind Kenyan Jemima Sumgong, who is banned until
The Seattle Mariners traded designated hitter/first baseman Edwin Encarnacion to the New York Yankees for cash considerations and a minor league pitcher Saturday night. The Yankees traded 19-year-old pitcher Juan Then to Seattle. Encarnacion, 36, is a
While the two teams have agreed to the trade, the move cannot be finalized or announced until July 6. Sources: Lakers reach deal for Anthony Davis Via www.espn.com 06/15/2019 7:28 PM Editorial credit: Natursports /
The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions with a 114-110 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. The Raptors won for the first time in franchise history. Kawhi Leonard
Less than three weeks before the beginning of NBA free agency, six-time all-star Kyrie Irving has cut ties with his longtime agent, Jeff Wechsler, and is expected to sign with Roc Nation Sports — the company founded
The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 on Wednesday night, to win their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history. Blues goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 32 shots, and Ryan O’Reilly scored for
The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 on Wednesday night, to win their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history. Blues goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 32 shots, and Ryan O’Reilly scored for
The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired University of California, Berkeley women’s basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb to be an assistant on first-year head coach John Beilein’s staff, the team announced Wednesday. Gottlieb is the first women’s collegiate head
Alex Morgan scored five goals for the United States during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France and dominated Thailand with a 13-0 win. Morgan scored the defending champions’ first goal of the tournament after 12
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant made his return from injury in Monday’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals with the Warriors down three games to one against the Toronto Raptors. However disaster struck when Durant suffered an apparent
Kevin Durant returned from a strained calf injury to play with his team the Golden State Warriors on Monday night, hoping to keep the Toronto Raptors from winning their first championship in the franchise’s 24-year history. Durant’s
Updated 6/11/19 6:35 a.m.: David “Big Papi” Ortiz arrived in Boston on Monday night from a hospital in the Dominican Republic. Sam Kennedy, the Red Sox president and chief executive officer, said Monday afternoon that the team
On Sunday night, the St. Louis Blues hosted the Boston Bruins for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final in St. Louis in the hopes of winning their first Stanley Cup. However, the Bruins took control of the game, winning 5-1 to
Rafael Nadal captured his 12th French Open and 18th Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Dominic Thiem on Sunday. Nadal, who first won the French Open at 18 years old, is the
The St. Louis Blues moved one win away from their first Stanley Cup trophy after a controversial 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday. The win gave them a 3-2 lead in the National Hockey League’s
The Chicago Cubs agreed on a deal with free agent closer Craig Kimbrel on Wednesday night. The deal is reportedly worth $43M over three years. Kimbrel, the closer for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox last
The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in Oracle Arena, 123-109 to take a 2-1 series lead in Game 3 of the NBA finals. Kawhi Leonard led the way for the Raptors with an all-around effort of 30 points, seven
The Philadelphia Phillies Andrew McCutchen tore his ACL in a rundown and will miss the rest of the season, McCutchen hurt his left knee during Monday night’s game against San Diego and an MRI revealed the injury.
Johanna Konta beat Sloane Stephens to become the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1983 to reach the French Open semi-finals. The No. 4 ranked Konta defeated the seventh seeded Stephens on Court Philippe-Chatrier to win
Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney is likely to miss the remainder of the NBA Finals with a fracture of the first costal cartilage on the right side of his rib cage. Looney “will be out indefinitely,”
St. Louis Blues Ryan O’Reilly’s goal 43 seconds into the game led the Blues to a 4-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Monday night. The win ties the best-of-seven Final at 2-2. It was the first
Top seed Novak Djokovic’s chalked up a fourth successive straight-sets victory on Monday at the French Open, defeating Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the quarter-finals. His 6-3 6-2 6-2 defeat of the 45th-ranked German means Djokovic is the
Stephen Curry had 23 points and Klay Thompson scored 25 points (before leaving with a hamstring injury) to bring the Golden State Warriors a 109-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. The Game 2 win
20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer eased through with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 win Sunday against unseeded Argentine Leonardo Mayer and is one match away from a potential semifinal — and a 39th career match — against
Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 32 points, taking the Toronto Raptors to a win over the Golden State Warriors 118-109 on Thursday night for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Kawhi Leonard added 23 points and
Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa says his rib was fractured during a massage. Correa is expected to be sidelined four-six weeks. Correa — the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year — issued a statement through the team saying
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup Final game in franchise history by defeating the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime to take Game 2 at TD Garden. The Blues evened the 2019 Stanley
The Oakland Raiders have signed troubled former Pro Bowl guard Richie Incognito to a one-year contract — despite a history that includes a suspension for bullying, run-ins with law enforcement and the potential for another suspension from
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, 35, said he is “not sure” whether he will play baseball again because of his chronically injured left knee. Pedroia discussed his injury at Fenway Park shortly after the Red