Olympics

1:00 PM ET Olivia Taylor made one of the best plays anybody has seen on any level of sport in recent memory, and you know it because you couldn’t miss it this past weekend. Taylor, a senior center fielder for Bear River High School in Utah, made a full-extension leap over the fence to haul

May 25, 2021 Associated Press CLEVELAND — A judge in Ohio declared a mistrial in the murder trial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles after jurors said they had read legal paperwork that inadvertently was included in evidence given to them to review. All 12 jurors told the judge during their third

1:52 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Los Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Petersen made 18 saves and the United States beat Kazakhstan 3-0 Tuesday to improve to 2-1 at the IIHF world championship. Kings teammate Trevor Moore, defenseman Adam Clendening and forward Jack Drury scored for the U.S., which set a team world championship

2:18 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The Japanese government Tuesday was quick to deny a U.S. warning for Americans to avoid traveling to Japan would have an impact on Olympians wanting to compete in the postponed Tokyo Games. U.S. officials cited a surge in coronavirus cases in Japan caused by virus variants that may

5:45 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials and the State Department on Monday warned Americans against travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country, which is preparing to host the Olympics in just two months. The twin alerts don’t ban U.S. citizens from visiting the country, but

5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services RIGA, Latvia — Gerard Gallant will be a prime candidate for several NHL coaching positions when he returns from the world hockey championships. But Team Canada’s coach has an uphill climb overseas first. Especially after his club fell to 0-3 in the preliminary round. Germany defeated Canada 3-1 on

10:53 AM ET Skateboarder Sky Brown, who is hoping to become Britain’s youngest Summer Olympian, finished second in a Tokyo Games qualifier on Sunday almost a year after the 12-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in a training fall. Brown underwent surgery for skull fractures and a broken wrist and hand after falling from a ramp in

7:50 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japan mobilized military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination rollout and curb coronavirus infections just two months before hosting the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is determined to hold the

5:40 PM ET ESPN News Services RIGA, Latvia — Trevor Moore scored twice in the second period and the United States bounced back from an opening-game loss in a big way on Sunday, defeating Canada, 5-1, at the world hockey championships. Jason Robertson, Adam Clendening and Matt Tennyson also tallied for Team USA, which lost

2:12 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay were among 28 players announced Sunday for a U.S. training camp ahead of the Americans’ second chance to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. Left-hander Clayton

6:50 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Exactly a year ago, on the occasion of World Wrestling Day, India’s greatest exponent of that sport, Sushil Kumar, had posted an image onto his Twitter account. ‘Happy World wrestling day’ was the caption of the image of one of Sushil’s greatest triumphs. It’s from the final moments of his

9:24 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday. After an all-night rescue operation in freezing temperatures involving more than 700 personnel, rescuers were able to confirm that 151 people were

9:49 PM ET Associated Press With time on her hands and a world-class gym at her disposal after the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Simone Biles started experimenting almost as a way to stave off the monotony of training. Pretty soon a vault that she occasionally tinkered with for fun — the Yurchenko double pike —

9:24 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Rescuers in China say at least 16 people have died and five are missing in extreme weather during a mountain marathon cross-country race in the country’s northwest. The rescue headquarters quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency said hail, freezing rain and gale winds hit the 100-kilometer (60-mile)

5:54 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Jussi Olkinuora made 29 saves, Iiro Pakarinen and Atte Ohtamaa scored and defending champion Finland beat the United States 2-1 on Saturday in their opening game in the world hockey championship. “It’s a good start to the tournament, but we can improve a lot of things,” Pakarinen

7:59 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN On Tuesday this week, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra posted a short video clip of a practice session on his Instagram page. “86.26, 86.87, 87.25, 84.90 First time over 85 in training” is the caption of the six-second clip. The throws made at the National Institute of Sport in Patiala are

7:25 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — World Athletics has declared 23 Russian track and field athletes eligible to compete under a neutral flag ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. With their national federation under a doping suspension, Russians must apply for individual exemptions to gain “authorized neutral athlete” status after their drug testing records have

6:39 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Matiss Kivlenieks made 38 saves, and host Latvia beat Canada 2-0 on Friday in their world hockey opener. Miks Indrasis opened the scoring with 1.5 seconds left in the first period, beating goaltender Darcy Kuemper between the pads. Oskars Batna made it 2-0 on a tip-in midway