The Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Ilya Mikheyev have agreed to a two-year, $3.29 million US contract extension. The team announced the deal, which carries an average annual value of $1.645 million, on Tuesday.
On Saturday, undefeated 33-year-old Custio Clayton from North Preston, N.S., faces Sergey Lipinets for the IBF interim welterweight championship. A win would position Clayton to challenge the division’s biggest names in bouts that could earn him life-changing paydays and a rock-solid legacy.
A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.
Ahead of a World Series capping the pandemic-shortened season, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he hopes to keep two of this year’s innovations: expanded playoffs and starting extra innings with runners on second base.