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9:41 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The NHL All-Star Game took over Las Vegas this weekend, producing memorable moments, incredible sights and in the biggest surprise, some close, compelling 3-on-3 hockey games. Here are 10 takeaways from Friday’s skills competitions and Saturday’s All-Star Game, which the Metropolitan Division won with Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux

2:30 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. With the MLB lockout started by owners on Dec. 2 now in its

7:31 AM ET “The Colosseum. Oh, you should see the Colosseum, Spaniard. Fifty-thousand Romans. Watching every movement of your sword. Willing you to make that killer blow. The silence before you strike. And the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up like … like a storm. As if you were the thunder god himself.” —

3:19 AM ET It’s now five long years since Arsenal last played in the Champions League, and in fact this season is their first without any kind of European football since 1995-96. Mikel Arteta is trying to put that right, but finds his team in sixth place which, at best, is only going to be

11:48 AM GMT Tom Curry has been named as England captain for their opening Six Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Curry takes over from the injured Courtney Lawes, while Joe Marchant has returned to the side on the left wing after completing COVID-19 isolation protocols. 2 Related Curry, 23, is the youngest

How did a 28-year-old find himself at the center of the boxing world promoting the likes of Claressa Shields, Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook and Josh Taylor in a single month? Ben Shalom’s young career as a boxing promoter has traveled a long way in a short amount of time. Shalom seized an opportunity when

7:26 AM ET The 2021-22 PGA Tour schedule isn’t yet five months old, but it has already produced three first-time Tour winners. Australia’s Lucas Herbert won the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in October, Talor Gooch took The RSM Classic title in November, and then Luke List won a sudden-death playoff at last week’s Farmers Insurance Open

7:39 PM ET Australian fighter Tai Tuivasa said his heavyweight bout with Derrick Lewis is a fantastic opportunity, even if he agreed to the UFC 271 showdown against the American while “pissed.” Riding a four-fight win streak after a bumper 2021 that saw him defeat Harry Hunsucker, Greg Hardy and Augusto Sakai, Tuivasa has solidified

12:11 PM ET ATLANTA — Lakers star LeBron James flew back to Los Angeles on Saturday for treatment on his ailing left knee and will not be with the team for the end of its six-game road trip against the Hawks on Sunday, according to Lakers coach Frank Vogel. James underwent an MRI that revealed

4:52 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden, nursing a strained right hand, went through practice Monday and is questionable for the game Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns. “Progressing,” coach Steve Nash said after practice. “He went through practice. He’s working out right now.” Harden was a late scratch from the loss

1:38 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal is expected to miss the next two games for the Washington Wizards after spraining his left wrist. The Wizards updated Beal’s status Monday. He was injured in the third quarter at Memphis on Saturday. Washington plays at Milwaukee on Tuesday and at Philadelphia on Wednesday. The

7:46 PM ET Tom Brady said on his podcast that he’s “still going through the process” and hasn’t decided when to announce his plans on whether to play or retire. “Sometimes it takes some time to really evaluate how you feel and what you want to do,” Brady said on the latest episode of his

12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN HOUSTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Houston Rockets were giving the Golden State Warriors every inch of fight they had in them. And for about three quarters, it looked to be wearing the Warriors down. But then in the fourth, Stephen Curry erupted. He scored 21

2:41 PM ET After tests revealed a torn ACL in his left knee, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles will miss the rest of the season and need to rehabilitate into the start of the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN. The Jazz revealed a torn ACL that included no other structural damage after an MRI on

7:25 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young was scratched from Monday’s lineup with a right shoulder contusion. Coach Nate McMillan said Young was a game-time decision. The Hawks host the Raptors on Monday. Young’s injury occurred in the first half of Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers when

7:00 AM ET The good news for college football is that the 2021 season looked, more or less, like most seasons that came before, filled with big games, high drama and a satisfying conclusion, as Georgia won its first national championship in 41 years. Off the field, however, 2021 was a year of constant upheaval,

9:00 AM ET On a weekend where the NFL began to bid farewell to one GOAT, men’s tennis crowned its greatest ever — for the time being at least. Rafael Nadal’s triumph at the Australian Open puts him at 21 Grand Slam titles, one ahead of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. It’s tennis’ equivalent of

9:04 AM ET Jake Michaels Close ESPN Associate Editor Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He joined ESPN in June, 2013 and works as an Associate Editor, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN

7:49 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Forbidden Kingdom beat a trio of runners trained by Bob Baffert to win the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths on Saturday at Santa Anita. Baffert’s trio of Pinehurst, McLaren Vale and 4-5 favorite Doppelganger finished second, third and fourth in the race that the

6:42 PM ET Veteran defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, who has worked for some of the biggest names in the sport, is set to return to college football next season as Maryland’s defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Steele did not coach last season. He and Terps head coach Mike Locksley have a long-standing relationship, and the