Month: March 2022

6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Evgenii Dadonov scored in overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 Saturday. Dadonov’s winner marked his second goal in two games since returning to Vegas’ roster after the NHL on Wednesday negated a
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7:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Vegas Golden Knights center Brett Howden did not suffer a serious injury but will be out indefinitely after being stretchered off the ice in Thursday night’s win over the Nashville Predators, head coach Peter DeBoer said Friday. Howden was taken to a Las Vegas hospital after the incident but
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3:49 PM ET UFC superstar Nate Diaz has publicly requested a release from his exclusive contract with the promotion. Diaz, 36, issued the request on social media on Saturday. He tagged the accounts of the UFC and UFC president Dana White. He also included a tag aimed at Hunter Campbell, the UFC’s chief business officer.
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6:12 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Ben Martin shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to hold onto a 2-shot lead in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Championship. Martin had five birdies and three bogeys as the wind dropped a bit at Corales Golf Course to take a 14-under 202 total into
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press Matthew Jordan and Adrian Meronk share the lead heading into the final round at the Qatar Masters, with Kalle Samooja one stroke back after shooting 6-under 66 on Saturday. Jordan (70) and Meronk (72) have 54-hole totals of 8-under 208 at Doha Golf Club as both search for their first
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6:47 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker apologized Saturday after being arrested on a charge of driving under the influence a day earlier. Walker was arrested early Friday morning in Pinellas County, Florida, and released later that day on $500 cash bond. “There was a traffic incident
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5:45 PM ET Associated Press Joe Williams, who coached Artis Gilmore and tiny Jacksonville University to the 1970 NCAA tournament championship game against mighty UCLA, died Saturday. He was 88. Williams, who also coached at Furman and Florida State, died in Enterprise, Mississippi, while in hospice care after a lengthy battle with cancer, his son
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3:51 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Brad Keselowski is optimistic he can overcome a knee-buckling penalty that potentially ended any championship chances a mere five races into his first season as a Cup team owner. NASCAR this week said an inspection at its North Carolina facility uncovered an illegal modification to the No.
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3:45 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Daniil Medvedev never gave Andy Murray a chance. The top-seeded Medvedev opened his quest at trying to reclaim the world’s No. 1 ranking Saturday by topping Murray 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the Miami Open. Medvedev never faced a break point in any of
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2:21 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge will soon get an offer for a long-term contract extension, general manager Brian Cashman said Saturday. “Between now and Opening Day we’ll make an offer, and he’ll obviously receive an offer and all the conversions will have taken place and
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3:37 PM BST Prop Marlie Packer scored a hat trick of tries as England got their Six Nation’s title defence underway with a 57-5 victory against Scotland at Edinburgh’s DAM Health Stadium on Saturday. The result was the Red Roses’ 19th-straight win, breaking the record for most consecutive Test match wins, which was set by
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