1:14 AM ET ESPN News Services Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien was frustrated with the officiating Saturday night, feeling referees Dean Morton and Garrett Rank missed several calls in his team’s home loss to the Dallas Stars. Tyler Seguin scored twice, including the overtime winner, to give the Stars a comeback 4-3 victory. Mattias
11:29 PM ET Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to make a serious statement Saturday to even have the slightest shot at UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. And that’s exactly what he did. Blachowicz (26-8) recorded the 16th finish of his professional career, as he knocked out Corey Anderson (13-5) with a devastating right hand
12:33 AM ET COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Los Angeles Kings won a 3-1 thriller over the Colorado Avalanche in their outdoor game at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium on Saturday night. But thousands of fans didn’t see large portions of the game, and many left before its conclusion, thanks to a horrific traffic
8:37 AM ET Polish light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz needed a signature win at UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside the Santa Ana Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and he ended up getting it in the form of a devastating first-round knockout of Corey Anderson. The win improved Blachowicz’s UFC record to 9-5, and not
11:52 PM ET Super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant’s dream since he was a child was to have a world title fight in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He not only realized it on Saturday night, but won in dominating and emphatic fashion. Plant beat down game mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz for the entire fight
12:34 AM ET Polish light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz needed a signature win at UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside the Santa Ana Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and he ended up getting it in the form of a devastating first-round knockout of Corey Anderson. The win improved Blachowicz’s UFC record to 9-5, and not
11:37 PM ET Lawrence MurrayESPN.com The 2020 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest at the United Center in Chicago already had the potential to be memorable Saturday night. 2008 winner Dwight Howard was returning! Pat Connaughton was participating for the first time! Derrick Jones Jr. was back after coming in second back in 2017! And Aaron
11:10 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Baseball is burning. Opposing players are pummeling the Houston Astros as the fallout from their cheating scandal refuses to dissipate, and fans are frothing for vengeance after
10:51 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After Joe Gibbs Racing swept last year’s Daytona 500 with a trio of Toyota drivers, Joey Logano angrily marched to the car of fellow Ford driver Michael McDowell and pointed at the blue oval. Logano’s message was clear to McDowell: If he couldn’t win the race,
10:19 PM ET In a unique college vs. pro exhibition match leading up to next week’s Delray Beach Open, Coco Gauff defeated Estela Perez-Somarriba 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday night. Gauff, 15, had some challenges in a match that lasted 1 hour, 15 minutes, but she eventually overcame Perez-Somarriba, 21, the current NCAA champion and a
9:37 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A former University of Wisconsin football player who is the brother of a standout in the 2011 Super Bowl surrendered to Chicago police on Saturday in connection with the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds on a road in Janesville, Wisconsin. Marcus Randle El,
8:00 AM ET DUNEDIN, Fla. — Coming up through the Toronto Blue Jays farm system together, spending hours upon hours with each other in Lansing, Dunedin, New Hampshire and Buffalo, the trio of famous baseball sons — Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — started assembling a vision for the shared future of
7:00 AM ET While the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers might just have finished a thrilling Super Bowl, the NFL is only going to get busier in the weeks to come. The league’s 32 teams are planning their offseason agendas, identifying targets in free agency and beginning to narrow down prospects they’ll want
8:03 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Stephen Leaney leads after Saturday’s second round at the Chubb Classic, and Fred Funk is two shots back as he attempts to become the oldest competitor to win a PGA Tour Champions event. Leaney made an eagle on the 17th hole and has posted consecutive rounds of
7:18 PM ET Tampa Bay’s two leading scorers, Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, returned from lower-body injuries on Saturday and combined for four points in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Both assisted on Brayden Point‘s 21st goal of the season in the third period, and Kucherov buried an empty-net goal, as the Lightning
7:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Henry Cejudo is on a quest to cement his MMA legacy, and he has a former champion and a current one in his sights. Cejudo, the UFC bantamweight titleholder and former flyweight champ, told ESPN on Saturday that Jose Aldo is his likely next opponent. He also said he’s
6:47 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy returned to No. 1 in the world for the first time in more than four years and is playing like he wants to stay there for a while. McIlroy had a 3-under 68 on Saturday at Riviera and shared the 54-hole lead with Matt Kuchar
6:21 PM ET Boston Red Sox starter Chris Sale, still recovering from a case of the flu and pneumonia, continued to work with teammates Saturday at spring training, but interim manager Ron Roenicke made it clear Boston will not rush his progress, even if it means missing Opening Day. Roenicke told reporters in Fort Myers,