12:14 AM ET Brianna Williams Undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor’s face-off against seven-division champ Amanda Serrano was regarded as one of the biggest fights in women’s boxing history before either of them stepped foot in the ring. The bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night lived up to the hype as
Month: May 2022
6:49 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN BOSTON — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo had made two unsuccessful attempts to drive past Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams on a possession midway through the fourth quarter on Sunday, so Antetokounmpo had to get creative. He faked a shot to his left and then turned his body right, gathering
5:50 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Martin Truex Jr. has the blueprint for how to win at Dover Motor Speedway on Mondays. Step 1, rain on Sundays. Truex can win for the third time at the Monster Mile on the unconventional race day after rain stopped the action only 78 laps into the
3:48 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic criticized Wimbledon’s decision to exclude Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s tournament following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two tennis greats said Sunday that Wimbledon had acted unfairly, with Nadal saying that the decision was “very unfair” to his Russian colleagues. “It’s
5:04 PM ET CHICAGO — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani was removed from Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox because of right groin tightness. Ohtani went 0-for-3 as the Angels’ designated hitter before being lifted for pinch-hitter Jack Mayfield with two runners on and Los Angeles leading 4-0 in the ninth inning. The
5:27 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Draymond Green was ejected with less than two minutes left in the first half of the Golden State Warriors‘ opening game against the Memphis Grizzlies in their Western Conference semifinal series. As Memphis forward Brandon Clarke went up for a dunk with 1:18 left in the second
5:02 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Naomi Osaka and Garbiñe Muguruza were among leading players to be knocked out of the Madrid Open on a day of upsets. Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Osaka 6-3, 6-1 in the second round Sunday on the Spanish capital’s outdoor clay courts. Four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka enjoyed
1:44 PM ET NEW YORK — Jake Paul is making his return to the boxing ring. The boxing promoter/fighter/social media influencer tweeted Sunday afternoon he is going to be fighting again Aug. 13 against a to-be-determined opponent at a to-be-determined location. Paul, 25, began training again in March after taking a few months off following
4:00 PM ET Associated Press Home favorite Adri Arnaus won a six-hole playoff to beat Oliver Bekker at the Catalunya Championship and claim his first European tour win on Sunday. Arnaus, who is from Barcelona in northeast Spain near Girona, trailed overnight leader Bekker by seven shots at the start of the day, but he
2:37 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic said he is “heartbroken” for his former coach Boris Becker after the tennis great was sentenced to 2½ years in prison in Britain for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. The 54-year-old Becker coached Djokovic for three years
Back in his first game as Chennai Super Kings captain since giving up the role at the start of IPL 2022, MS Dhoni has suggested that the pressure of leading a side had taken a toll on Ravindra Jadeja, and that it had “burdened his prep and performances”. Speaking to the host broadcaster Star Sports
4:06 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Gareth Bale was absent from Real Madrid’s LaLiga title celebrations on Saturday, blaming a “bad back spasm” for his failure to attend their decisive 4-0 win over Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu. Rodrygo scored twice, Marco Asensio grabbed a third and substitute Karim Benzema added his 26th league goal
1:15 PM ET After failing to land a safety during the draft, the New Orleans Saints are expected to revisit their talks with free-agent safety Tyrann Mathieu and make an aggressive push to try to add him to their roster, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mathieu, who was born and raised in New Orleans, visited
1:25 PM ET MIAMI — Heat guard Kyle Lowry will not play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers as he continues to recover from a left hamstring injury, the team announced Sunday. Lowry has not played since injuring the hamstring during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against
12:00 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. The bat used by Jackie Robinson during the 1949 MLB All-Star Game in Brooklyn sold for $1.08 million (including
12:40 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid won’t travel for Games 1 and 2 of the team’s playoff series against the Miami Heat, but there is optimism that he could return as soon as either Game 3 or 4 in Philadelphia, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Embiid needs to clear concussion protocols and see
10:39 AM ET For the first time in two years, Darren Till has booked a fight in his native UK. Till (18-4-1) will face Jack Hermansson (22-7) at UFC Fight Night on July 23. The three-round middleweight bout will take place at the O2 in London, where Till last fought in March 2019. Sources confirmed
8:15 AM ET Which NBA teams are headed to the conference finals? In the Eastern Conference, the top-seeded Miami Heat just saw their chances skyrocket after the Philadelphia 76ers ruled out center and MVP finalist Joel Embiid indefinitely with an orbital fracture and a mild concussion. The most anticipated series of the second round is