1:22 AM ET This weekend features five high-stakes NBA showdowns on ESPN and ABC. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers faced off in a huge Eastern Conference tilt on Saturday night in a game that came down to a last-second 3-pointer by Jayson Tatum — and a three-quarters-court Hail Mary by Joel Embiid that would
11:29 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patrick Marleau walked to the stage as the fans chanted his name and began tearing up. The emotions carried through the entire ceremony until his No. 12 jersey was raised to the rafters Saturday night as the first to be retired in San Jose Sharks history.
12:54 AM ET ESPN News Services GREENVILLE. N.C. — Kelvin Sampson had no interest in breaking down the ins and outs of top-ranked Houston‘s first-half lockdown on East Carolina. Not when compared to having another American Athletic Conference regular-season title in hand. “I’m happy for our kids to be rewarded with winning a conference championship,”
10:44 PM ET M.A. VoepelESPN.com Close M.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Tennis superstar Serena Williams received the Jackie Robinson Sports Award, and Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was recognized at Saturday’s NAACP
6:53 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie won semifinal matches Saturday to set up their second straight final at the Rio Open. Alcaraz worked hard to beat Nicolas Jarry 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-0 on Saturday. Hours earlier, Cameron Norrie topped Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
10:37 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Goaltender Linus Ullmark scored into an empty net in the final minute and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday night for their sixth straight victory. Ullmark made a save and fired a high wrist shot the length of the ice to
8:12 PM GMT CARDIFF, Wales — Wales have been battling all week on and off the field. They’d secured one victory on Wednesday, but this was one scrap too many. England needed 75 minutes to break the hosts’ resolve, but in a match of low quality, and one contested in the air as much as
7:09 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Saying Major League Baseball’s new Economic Reform Committee is “focused in on how best to depress player salaries,” MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Saturday vowed to
Tea New Zealand 209 (Southee 73, Broad 4-61) and 128 for 0 (Latham 72*, Conway 53*) trail England 435 for 8 dec by 98 runs New Zealand produced their best partnership of the series after being made to follow on at Basin Reserve, the openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway batting through the afternoon session
9:35 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to a three-year contract extension with defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris, a league source confirmed on Saturday. Robertson-Harris had one year remaining on the three-year, $24.3 million contract with $14 million guaranteed that he signed in March 2021. The extension takes him through the 2025
7:46 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Yaroslav Amosov had not competed inside the Bellator MMA cage since the summer of 2021. He had been busy with a more consequential fight. Amosov, the welterweight champion from Ukraine who stepped away from MMA over a year ago to help defend his country against the Russian invasion, returned on
7:58 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — NASCAR postponed the Xfinity Series race at Fontana to Sunday night because of steady rain at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday. Practice and qualifying sessions for both weekend races at Fontana had already been canceled because of consistent, heavy rain from an extraordinary Southern California storm. The
8:23 PM ET The UFC lost a light heavyweight main event between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann on Saturday after Krylov was forced to pull out of the bout because of illness just hours before it was scheduled to take place. UFC officials announced Krylov’s withdrawal at the start of the main card of UFC
8:43 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said umpire C.B. Bucknor “has zero class” for refusing to shake his hand during the lineup card exchange at home plate before a game against the Washington Nationals on Saturday. Marmol was seeing Bucknor for the first time since being ejected
7:57 PM ET Toronto All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk has formally withdrawn from the World Baseball Classic, Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed on Saturday. Kirk was in line to play for Team Mexico, but his arrival at Blue Jays spring training in Dunedin, Florida, has been delayed while he awaits the birth of a child.
6:58 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Talor Gooch made a 4-foot birdie putt on his final hole to tie Peter Uihlein for the lead in the LIV Golf season debut at Mayakoba that looks to be an Oklahoma State alumni reunion. Uihlein was in the lead for most of Saturday at
6:38 PM ET ESPN News Services CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Down by 25 early in the second half, Florida State decided not to stop playing. And the Seminoles ended Miami’s hopes of a perfect home season. Matthew Cleveland‘s 3-pointer as time expired capped Florida State’s comeback from a 25-point second-half deficit and the Seminoles stunned
6:32 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats called freshman forward Brandon Miller‘s pregame introduction routine of being patted down by a walk-on before heading to midcourt “not appropriate” after his team beat Arkansas 86-83 on Saturday. “I don’t watch our introductions, I’m not involved with them, I’m drawing up plays