Six-time Stanley Cup Champion Mark Messier is joining ESPN with a multiyear agreement to contribute to the network’s NHL coverage, beginning next season. Messier will be a studio analyst when NHL games return to ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ and Hulu for…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Oakland Athletics right-hander Mike Fiers likely won’t throw for at least another four weeks after an injection for his sprained right elbow. Manager Bob Melvin said Thursday that Fiers, who last pitched May 6, won’t need surgery…

Mohamed Salah is unlikely to travel to the Tokyo Olympics to represent Egypt next month, sources have told ESPN, with the Liverpool forward expected to play a full part in the club’s preseason preparations for the upcoming Premier League campaign.…

NEW YORK — Longtime coach Benoit Allaire was hired Thursday as the New York Rangers’ director of goaltending, one of several moves by new general manager Chris Drury to reshape the hockey operations department. Drury also promoted Jeff Malcolm to…

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — Yogi Berra once said, “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” Well, neither are postage stamps. They cost 55 cents for a forever stamp, and that’s the price for the Yogi Berra stamp issued Thursday by…

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Grant Billmeier was promoted Thursday to associate head coach and Donald Copeland has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Seton Hall. Billmeier, a former Pirates player, has been on coach Kevin Willard’s staff for…

Brazil scored an equaliser after referee Nestor Pitana had touched the ball in the build up. MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) has asked Copa America organisers to suspend the referee from their 2-1 defeat by Brazil,…

Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday he had opened contract renewal talks with Mercedes and gave a ringing endorsement of Valtteri Bottas as his teammate. The 36-year-old Briton and Bottas are out of contract at…