1:37 PM ET Riyad Mahrez scored a hat trick as Manchester City snapped their losing streak in FA Cup semifinals with a 3-0 stroll over second-tier Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday. After exiting at the semi-final stage for the last three seasons, Pep Guardiola’s treble-chasing side were not about to suffer the same fate
Month: April 2023
8:00 AM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. IT’S WILL LEVIS‘ pro day at the University of Kentucky, where the zip on his drag routes and 70-yard
9:58 AM ET Noncontact injuries for NFL players occurred at a higher rate on artificial turf compared to grass during the 2022 regular season, according to data released this week by the NFL Players Association. The gap arose one year after the league moved to neutralize the debate about the two types of playing surfaces
3:11 AM ET SEATTLE — Nathan MacKinnon made a statement about the Seattle Kraken that was just as profound as the one made by the Colorado Avalanche on a historic night in Seattle. That message? Nobody should be underestimating the Kraken. MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen each scored twice, with Cale Makar also scoring in the
2:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Ryan Garcia claimed he was ordained, that the outcome was all but predetermined — a vision that came to him time and time again. His signature left hook, delivered with blinding speed, would render Gervonta Davis senseless in their super fight on Saturday and catapult him to
1:43 AM ET LAS VEGAS — At first, it was unclear what had occurred during the seventh round inside T-Mobile Arena. Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia clashed in the middle of the ring in one of the biggest fights in recent years and suddenly Garcia grimaced and dropped to a knee. Now, it was obvious.
1:32 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim One stunning knee earned Patchy Mix two championship belts. Mix landed a knee to the chin of Raufeon Stots barely a minute into the Bellator 295 main event on Saturday night in Honolulu, taking away Stots’ interim bantamweight championship in a bout that also served as the final of the
1:25 AM ET NEW YORK — New Jersey Devils rookie goaltender Akira Schmid had never appeared in an NHL playoff game before Saturday night’s Game 3 victory over the New York Rangers. He entered an absolutely desperate situation for his team: Down 2-0 in their opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series, having been routed in two
12:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks earned a premature exit in Saturday’s Game 3 for poking the bear below the belt. Brooks was called for a flagrant 2 only 17 seconds into the second half after he swiped his left hand into LeBron James‘ groin area as the Los Angeles
7:44 PM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate LAS VEGAS — Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia, two of the best young fighters in boxing, will meet in a 12-round bout at
11:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Ryan Garcia took a beat, then dropped to one knee, the delayed effect of a stinging liver shot from Gervonta “Tank” Davis that floored Garcia for the second time in their superfight Saturday night. This time, he didn’t beat the count. The referee reached the count of
10:03 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Adolis Garcia hit three home runs for the Texas Rangers in the first five innings of their 18-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. The 30-year-old Cuban slugger launched two-run shots in the first, third and fifth – all at least 400 feet – as
8:38 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Randy Arozarena homered in the first inning as the Tampa Bay Rays set a major league record by going deep in each of their first 21 games, then he hit a 10th-inning single for his fourth RBI that lifted his club to a 4-3 victory
9:39 PM ET The UFC has a new heavyweight knockout king. Sergei Pavlovich flattened Curtis Blaydes via TKO at 3:08 of the first round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Pavlovich has six straight first-round KO/TKO victories, extending his own modern-day UFC record. He is tied for second with
7:34 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Joe Cordina’s slick combinations helped him earn a split-decision victory over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov to regain the IBF junior lightweight world title at the Cardiff
6:02 PM ET WREXHAM, Wales — It was like asking the tide to stop rolling in. “Please stay off the pitch!” the Wrexham stadium announcer pleaded, as hundreds became thousands and the Racecourse Ground playing surface was swamped in seconds by supporters waving scarves and lighting flares. They had waited 15 years for this; of
4:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Manager Derek Shelton’s contract was extended by the Pirates after the team’s 14-7 start — its best since 1992. Shelton’s contract was set to expire after the season. The Pirates announced the new deal Saturday but did not specify a length. “It shows what we’re doing and how we’re
3:22 PM ET Mark Ogden WREXHAM — Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched alongside Ant-Man star Paul Rudd as the team won promotion from the National League to the English Football League with a dramatic 3-1 win against Boreham Wood on Saturday. Wrexham, bought by Reynolds and McElhenney from a supporter-backed Trust