7:00 AM ET Complaining about Stanley Cup playoff officiating is a rite of the season, like watch parties and rally towels. The coaches complain about officiating. Like Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour admitting that “I’m a little pissed, to be honest with you” when an unpenalized slash from New York Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau broke
Month: April 2023
12:59 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MILWAUKEE — Less than two weeks ago, the Miami Heat were trailing with under five minutes to go in the final Eastern Conference play-in game against the Chicago Bulls. At that point, it was easy to see a world in which the Heat wouldn’t even make the playoffs — and
9:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Drew Maggi‘s long road to the major leagues culminated in his first career at-bat Wednesday night. The 33-year-old infielder, who had played 1,155 games across 13 minor league seasons before getting called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week, appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning,
11:41 PM ET The Florida Panthers stunned the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 overtime win in Wednesday’s Game 5, defiantly avoiding what could have been the first elimination of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Matthew Tkachuk‘s goal at 6:05 of overtime gave new life to the Panthers, who had dropped consecutive games at home — games
8:30 PM ET MANCHESTER — It was when Manchester United defeated Arsenal in a seismic FA Cup semifinal in April 1999 that Sir Alex Ferguson’s team started to believe they could achieve the unthinkable by doing the Treble. Manchester City‘s rampant 4-1 victory against the same opponents on Wednesday has now done the same for
5:03 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray will have surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais made the announcement before the Mariners played Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Ray, in the second season of a $115
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN New York Knicks fans spent the summer dreaming Donovan Mitchell would lead their team to playoff victories inside Madison Square Garden. Mitchell was on the court for a pair of Knicks playoff victories at the Garden over the weekend — just not in the uniform anyone around the NBA expected.
4:52 PM ET Kevin De Bruyne scored twice as Manchester City took a giant step toward retaining the Premier League title with a dominant 4-1 victory over leaders Arsenal in Thursday’s top-of-the-table clash at the Etihad Stadium. In what was billed for weeks as the likely title-decider, City were superb from the first whistle with
12:26 PM ET The Washington Commanders won’t pick up the fifth-year option on defensive end Chase Young, making him a possible free agent after this season, multiple sources confirmed. The move isn’t a surprise considering Washington coach Ron Rivera had said last week that they would announce a decision at the May 2 deadline. Rivera
2:56 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes forward Jack Drury has resumed skating after being knocked from Game 4 against the New York Islanders following a jarring hit into the boards, coach Rod Brind’Amour said Wednesday. Drury missed the Hurricanes’ Game 5 loss to the Islanders on Tuesday after the hit by
3:11 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — While saying he’s “not a savior of any kind,” Aaron Rodgers nevertheless said he was lured to the New York Jets by the opportunity to end the franchise’s 54-year Super Bowl drought and add to his NFL legacy. Rodgers, introduced Wednesday at the packed news conference at the
6:40 AM ET The International Boxing Association has filed an official complaint to the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit against the individuals and entities involved in the creation of a new world boxing federation, it said Wednesday. Earlier this month, a group including the United States and Britain announced a new world boxing federation in a
12:38 PM ET Brendan Loughnane and Rob Wilkinson will look to continue their quests for back-to-back PFL championships on June 8, in the second round of the promotion’s regular-season matchups. Loughnane (27-4) will face Jesus Pinedo (20-6-1) in a featherweight main event of PFL 4. Wilkinson (18-2) will take on Will Fleury (12-3) in a
6:45 AM ET ESPN staff The Carolina Panthers, with the No. 1 overall pick, are hours away from being on the clock — which means the 2023 NFL draft has arrived. There will be 259 total selections over a three-day period from Thursday to Saturday. The big questions heading into the draft: Where the top
10:47 AM ET The Portland Trail Blazers will begin operating a G League franchise in the 2023-2024 season — leaving only the Phoenix Suns without a minor-league affiliate team, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The Blazers are fast-tracking a team that’ll play its home games at the University of Portland and conduct practices at the
9:14 AM ET MADRID — Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu withdrew from the Madrid Open shortly before she was due on court to play Viktoriya Tomova in the first round Wednesday. The 20-year-old British player cited an injury to her right hand as the reason for her withdrawal. It is the latest setback for
8:00 AM ET It’s not enough that the Colorado Avalanche have won four straight first-round series. They’ve been so strong in the first round that they swept their past two first-round series and only had two first-round losses in four years, with their last one coming after the 2019-20 season. Then came the upstart Seattle
3:57 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag’s dilemma with David De Gea was summed up in two cup ties in four days last week. The Manchester United goalkeeper contributed more than most to the shock Europa League exit to Sevilla with two calamitous mistakes, but then on Sunday made crucial saves against Brighton &