9:00 AM ET A UFC 288 pay-per-view event is set to go down this weekend in Newark — and if we’re being honest, this one is vulnerable to being overlooked. The UFC promoted two PPV events in March, and both felt like signature events. UFC 285 featured the long-anticipated heavyweight debut of Jon Jones, while
Month: May 2023
British rider Anna Henderson will take the La Vuelta Femenina’s red jersey into day two after Team Jumbo-Visma won the first stage in Torrevieja. The Dutch side completed the 14.5km team time trial in 18 minutes and three seconds. Henderson crossed the line first for Jumbo-Visma, taking the lead in the general classification standings. “We
9:18 AM ET On this date 103 years ago, a kind of Boston marathon happened. It was your standard early May matchup between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers — or, as they were known at the time, the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Robins. Two future Hall of Famers would take the
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff We finally made it through the end of the 2023 NFL draft, and there was certainly no shortage of surprises; however, if there was one constant, it’s that the SEC would show out. The SEC had the most players drafted with 62 total selections, followed by the Big Ten with
11:58 PM ET SACRAMENTO — At some point, it will be someone else’s time. One of the young teams that tries to dethrone the Golden State Warriors will break through. One of the defensive stoppers assigned to bottle up Stephen Curry will actually do it. An agitator will do more than poke the bear that
8:05 AM ET Days before King Charles III was to be formally crowned in England, there was another coronation underway in Boston. Or at least that was the unmistakable vibe during Game 1 of the Boston Bruins‘ series against the Florida Panthers. The 2022-23 Bruins were the most successful regular-season team in NHL history, setting
Big picture – Tough challenge for Delhi Capitals Is Tuesday night’s game a contest between the season’s best and worst teams? It’s not just the points table suggesting that. In key metrics, Gujarat Titans reign supreme while Delhi Capitals bring up the bottom. Their chasing records (100% v 20%), middle-order batting averages (37.8 v 16.6)
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN DURING THE POSTGAME news conference following Philadelphia‘s first-round sweep of the Brooklyn Nets, a question was posed to 76ers guard James Harden. What are your motivations for this season, besides winning a championship? In his answer, Harden kept coming back to one word: sacrifice. “I told myself this year, that
7:00 AM ET Mike Clay Close Mike Clay ESPN Writer Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings Field Yates Close Field Yates ESPN Insider Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New
6:00 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans‘ newest quarterback, Will Levis, was one of 17 prospects invited to Kansas City, Missouri, for the 2023 NFL draft. But after not being selected in the
Former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas is “super excited” to be returning to the Giro d’Italia, which starts on Saturday, 6 May. Thomas, 36, has been named in the Ineos Grenadiers team for the three-week race alongside Ben Swift and Tao Geoghegan Hart. Former Giro winner Geoghegan Hart won April’s Tour of the Alps,
6:30 AM ET College football‘s spring transfer portal window closed on Sunday, with more than 1,000 FBS and FCS players having added their names into the portal. The transfer has become a fixture of college football roster management since its inception in the fall of 2018. During the first cycle in 2018-19, there were 2,405
6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2023 NFL draft wrapped up Saturday and through five rounds, 12 quarterbacks were selected — the most in the common draft era. When the draft ended, there was a total of 43 trades, breaking the record of 40 trades set in 2019. Three general managers ran their first NFL
3:31 AM ET CAIRO – Cape Town Tigers head coach Rasheed Hazzard implored the media at the Basketball Africa League to stop asking him about Zaire Wade’s father, NBA legend Dwyane Wade, after the team’s blowout loss to Petro de Luanda. The Tigers were outclassed from the off by the Angolan giants, who were runners-up
11:58 PM ET SACRAMENTO — At some point it will be someone else’s time. One of the young teams that tries to dethrone the Golden State Warriors will break through. One of the defensive-stoppers assigned to bottle up Stephen Curry will actually do it. An agitator will do more than poke the bear that is
In March they were facing each other in Ahmedabad and next month they will do so again at The Oval, but for the next few weeks Cheteshwar Pujara and Steven Smith will be team-mates at Sussex. Smith joins the county this week for his somewhat controversial pre-Ashes stint, which will see him play three County
9:55 PM ET Brianna WilliamsESPN The Boston Bruins have cemented their place in the history books with one of the greatest regular seasons. With a 65-12-5 record, they became the fourth NHL team to win at least 60 games and set a new mark for single-season victories. And now they’re out of the playoffs. The
10:35 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hannah Green of Australia made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to join a three-way playoff and then made par on the second extra hole to win the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club. In a wild finish that featured a