7:45 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. We often hear that the NHL has some of the best rivalries in professional sports, and there’s nothing like a big rivalry matchup when both teams are in the playoff mix. As it
7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — At first, the baseball skipped into the glove of Josh Donaldson, but when it spilled out onto the ground to his right, he loudly formed a familiar four-letter word. Donaldson then returned to the deep crouch on a back practice field at the New York Yankees‘ spring training complex,
Formula 1 drivers say they agreed to race in Saudi Arabia this weekend despite security concerns following a missile attack near the Jeddah track. The race will go ahead on Sunday following four hours of meetings between drivers and senior figures. The decision was made at 02:30 local time. A statement from the Grand Prix
News Interim head coach remains favourite to take over Australia men’s coaching job full-time after 1-0 Test series win in Pakistan Cricket Australia’s search for a new men’s coach may have narrowed to one following Australia’s triumphant 1-0 away Test series over Pakistan, with captain Pat Cummins full of praise for the role of interim
1:00 AM ET Our 2022 NCAA tournament brackets are broken. All of them. And the uncle who claims he had Saint Peter’s in the Elite Eight? He’s lying for the ninth year in a row. We’ve never seen his actual bracket. Your sibling who said they picked Miami to make the Elite Eight for the
1:46 AM ET CHICAGO — Jim Larrañaga knew the water his Miami players had doused him with was cold, but he couldn’t remember the rest of the celebration. “Did I dance?” the Miami coach asked. Star guard Kameron McGusty confirmed he did, and mimicked Larrañaga’s moves. WE’RE GOING TO THE ELITE EIGHT FOR THE FIRST
11:38 PM ET Associated Press Lionel Messi says he will reconsider his future in soccer later this year but said it’s likely “many things will change” after the World Cup in November and December in Qatar. Messi’s comments came after Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 on Friday in the remaining match of the penultimate round of
11:00 PM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal PHILADELPHIA — You will likely watch the NCAA tournament for a very long time before you see anything comparable to what the Saint Peter’s Peacocks have
4:40 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Iga Swiatek started her week by deciding that she wanted to set her sights on becoming the No. 1 player in the world, without knowing how long that quest would take. A few days and one surprising retirement later, mission accomplished. Women’s tennis has a new
10:58 PM ET CHICAGO — As Kansas prepared to face Providence in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, Jayhawks coach Bill Self reluctantly acknowledged his team’s improvement on defense. “I’m not exactly giddy about it yet because we haven’t been as consistently good,” Self said Thursday. “But I think people that follow us would
10:20 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Nanna Koerstz Madsen shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead in the JTBC Classic in a bid to win in consecutive starts. Two weeks after breaking though in Thailand to become the LPGA Tour’s first Danish champion, Koerstz Madsen was back on top
8:59 PM ET Ole Miss Rebels coach Lane Kiffin brought props to the Rebels’ baseball field Friday night. The coach who rarely passes up an opportunity to troll stepped to the mound with a plan. Instead of throwing a baseball during the ceremonial first pitch before the Rebels’ game, Kiffin reached into his pocket, pulled
10:00 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Tampa Bay Rays acquired outfielder Harold Ramirez in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Ramirez batted .268 with seven homers and 41 RBI in 99 games with Cleveland last season. He was acquired by the Cubs for cash in November. Chicago got minor league
10:22 PM ET William E. Ricks The Saint Peter’s Peacocks‘ Cinderella run in the 2022 NCAA tournament continued Friday, as they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers to advance to their first-ever Elite Eight. 2 Related Shaheen Holloway’s squad knocked off the 3-seed Boilermakers behind 14 points from Daryl Banks III. Guard Doug Edert chipped in 10
8:57 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Jon Rahm lost his match and still made it to the weekend. Scottie Scheffler needed only 14 holes to win his match against Matt Fitzpatrick, and then six more to beat him in a playoff. The third full day of endless action in the Dell Technologies Match
9:00 PM ET Alexa Phillippou It’s a big weekend in the NCAA tournament for the Ivey household. Purdue men’s basketball star Jaden Ivey played in the Sweet 16 against Saint Peter’s on Friday night in Philadelphia. The following morning, his mother, Niele, head coach of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, will be in Bridgeport,
9:40 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox designated hitter Yermin Mercedes will miss the start of the season because of a left hand injury. A CT scan on Friday showed a hamate fracture in Mercedes’ hand. The team said he will have surgery Monday, and his projected recovery time is six
9:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN PHILADELPHIA — The NCAA tournament has been played since 1939, an annual athletic carnival engineered to match the opposite ends of college basketball’s caste system. Over eight decades, thousands of games and dozens of precocious March darlings, Saint Peter’s found a way on Friday night to set a new historical