Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 01:55 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Forward Jesper Bratt has signed an eight-year, $63 million contract extension with the New Jersey Devils ahead of restricted free agency this summer, the team announced Thursday. The contract has an average annual value of $7.875 million against the
Month: June 2023
Associated Press Jun 15, 2023, 02:47 PM ET NOTTINGHAM, England — The three remaining seeded players at the grass-court Nottingham Open all lost Thursday to leave a quarterfinal lineup with a very British flavor at the Wimbledon warmup tournament. The biggest shock saw third-seeded Magda Linette from Poland lose 7-5, 6-3 to Jodie Burrage of
Jun 15, 2023, 01:53 PM ET It’s parade time in the Mile High City. The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat in five games earlier this week to win the franchise’s first title, with star Nikola Jokic capturing Finals MVP honors. Now, despite Jokic’s well-documented wishes of returning home to Serbia, the Nuggets are taking
Jun 15, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad needs shoulder surgery and will miss the start of training camp. Ekblad, who also played most of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a broken foot, confirmed the news Thursday. “We’re going to get it fixed,” he said. “So no, I won’t be ready for
Lindsey Thiry, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 06:56 PM ET Close Lindsey Thiry covers the Los Angeles Chargers for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2018 to cover the Los Angeles Rams after two years of covering them for the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Atlanta Falcons. You can follower her on Twitter @LindseyThiry. COSTA MESA,
Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 09:10 AM ET Ante Delija headlines Friday’s PFL Regular Season: Heavyweights and Women’s Featherweights in Atlanta, and Larissa Pacheco fights in the co-main event. Both are 2022 champions, and both are familiar faces to fans who have followed the fight promotion’s last couple of seasons. But both Delija and Pacheco
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
Just five days after Manchester City set the seal on the 2022-23 season by completing a Premier League/FA Cup/Champions League treble, the countdown to the 2023-24 campaign has begun with the release of the fixture list for year ahead. PREMIER LEAGUE OPENING WEEKEND Aug. 11 Burnley v Man City Aug. 12 Bournemouth v West Ham
The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup champions, joining the distinguished list of the NHL’s best. And now, their title defense begins. As we await the 2023 NHL draft, along with free agency and trade season, it’s time for the Way-Too-Early edition of the 2023-24 NHL Power Rankings, voted on by the extended
Associated Press Jun 15, 2023, 06:07 AM ET LONDON — Feliciano Lopez has been appointed tournament director for the Davis Cup Finals, the International Tennis Federation said Thursday. The 41-year-old Lopez, who won the competition with Spain four times, plans to end his playing career after this year. The group stage will take place from
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 06:55 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Winning a hockey championship requires sacrifice from the players. But the Coachella Valley Firebirds are asking their fans for an unusual sacrifice of their own during the team’s push for the American Hockey League’s championship round: Giving up all
Jun 15, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays still rule, but the Baltimore Orioles are coming on fast in this week’s MLB Power Rankings. The O’s — led by American League Player of the Week Gunnar Henderson — move up a spot to enter the top five, one of four AL East teams
Jun 14, 2023, 08:43 PM ET The Oakland Athletics are a charter member of the American League, a franchise that dates to 1901, and in their nomadic century-plus of existence they’ve bounced from Philadelphia to Kansas City to Oakland. Now, they’ll head to Las Vegas. With a pair of rubber stamps from the Nevada Assembly
Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 11:48 PM ET SYDNEY — Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed he spent time in a psychiatric ward following a loss at Wimbledon in 2019 because of suicidal thoughts. The comments from Kyrgios, widely published in Australia on Thursday based on interviews for the upcoming Netflix documentary series “Break
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentJun 14, 2023, 05:18 PM ET Former Crystal Palace manager and Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira is interested in the vacant United States men’s head coaching job, sources have told ESPN. Sources added that the United States Soccer Federation has already made contact with the Frenchman, but talks haven’t progressed following the initial approach.
Dan Hajducky, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 12:08 AM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor 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. On the 25th anniversary of Michael Jordan’s iconic game-winning shot in Game 6 of the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 09:17 PM ET Sergiy Derevyanchenko once again came up just short in a big fight, and this time, he’s hoping to secure a rematch. The Ukrainian dropped a unanimous decision to Jaime Munguia on Saturday in Ontario, California, in a brutal back-and-forth super middleweight battle that is among the front-runners
Stephen Holder, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 03:19 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Jonathan Taylor has assessed the current economic attitudes toward running backs in the NFL, and the All-Pro is beginning to wonder what it all means for him. The Indianapolis Colts star said Wednesday that recent developments with backs such as Dalvin Cook, Saquon Barkley and