Month: May 2023

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 21, 2023, 12:54 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Devin Haney retained his undisputed lightweight championship with a unanimous decision victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night in a fast-paced fight before a sold-out crowd at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) was able to control the first half of the
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 11:32 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. RALEIGH, N.C. — Matthew Tkachuk didn’t need four overtimes to score the game-winning goal this time. He just needed one to give the Florida Panthers a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final over the Carolina Hurricanes. The Panthers
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Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 02:57 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has memories of the summer of 2020. Fuzzy ones, such as staying in L.A. and playing video games with his teammates. General ones, such as working
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 21, 2023, 02:10 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. LOS ANGELES — For the third time in as many games in the Western Conference finals,
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Associated Press May 17, 2023, 07:47 AM ET Pernille Harder excelled on her return from injury as Chelsea brushed Leicester aside. ANDRES LARROVERE/AFP via Getty Images Pernille Harder excelled on her return from injury as Chelsea brushed Leicester aside. ANDRES LARROVERE/AFP via Getty Images BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An injury-time blast gave the United States a 1-0
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Jeff Wagenheim May 20, 2023, 10:36 PM ET Mackenzie Dern did not add to her record number of submissions but showed off a different dimension of dangerousness in dominating Angela Hill in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Dern (13-3), a two-time jiu-jitsu world champion whose four submission wins
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Associated Press May 20, 2023, 11:28 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Jamal Murray scored 37 points, Nikola Jokic added 24 points and eight assists, and the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with a 119-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 12 of
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ESPN News Services May 20, 2023, 09:16 PM ET ROME — Elena Rybakina is discovering that her big serve and heavy groundstrokes can do damage on clay courts, too. The Wimbledon champion was dominating 21-9 with winners when Ukrainian opponent Anhelina Kalinina retired due to a left thigh injury early in the second set of
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2023, 08:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The last time Brooks Koepka had a lead entering the final round of a major championship, he shot a 3-over 75 on Sunday at
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 07:53 PM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Chantelle Cameron had wanted to be the spoiler in Ireland, to turn Katie Taylor’s homecoming sour. She’d heard the boos from the time she entered the
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