Julien Laurens, CorrespondentJun 11, 2023, 10:00 AM ET ISTANBUL — Romelu Lukaku can’t have got much sleep on Saturday night in Istanbul. He might not on Sunday or on Monday either. His failure to score for Inter Milan in the 88th minute of the Champions League final against Manchester City will haunt his nights as
Month: June 2023
Jun 11, 2023, 10:18 AM ET New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said he is “not going to blow up” over his team’s poor start to the season and insisted that neither manager Buck Showalter nor general manager Billy Eppler are in danger of being fired. Cohen, in a wide-ranging interview with the New York
ISTANBUL — Whatever else they might say about Manchester City‘s first-ever treble (first of many? We’ll find out…) let them not say that it was painless. Or that it didn’t involve suffering. And maybe even a smattering of self-doubt. We got to the conclusion most expected: a City win over Inter Milan. But the journey
Associated Press Jun 11, 2023, 09:31 AM ET PARIS — Unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Wang Xinyu of China won the French Open women’s doubles title Sunday after beating 10th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Taylor Townsend of the United States 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1. It was another upset victory for Hsieh and Wang
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 01:14 AM ET Amanda Nunes laid her two UFC championship belts on the Octagon mat and had the cutman remove her gloves. She put the gloves in the middle of the two titles, kneeled down and cried into the canvas. On Saturday, after one of her most dominant
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. IT’S A DAY before Game 3 of the 2023
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 11, 2023, 01:01 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. SUNRISE, Fla. — The status of Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk was uncertain after their Game 4 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night. Tkachuk played just 16 minutes, 40 seconds in the 3-2 loss, which moved
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 11, 2023, 12:32 AM ET NEW YORK — Teofimo Lopez reminded the world he’s still an elite fighter with a vintage performance on Saturday night, a dominant unanimous-decision victory over Josh Taylor to capture the WBO and lineal junior welterweight championship at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The scores were 115-113,
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 01:37 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette NEW YORK — Teofimo Lopez stood in the ring, hat on his head, a red WBO belt around each of his arms and two The Ring
Jun 11, 2023, 02:19 AM ET What were the biggest moments from the first UFC pay-per-view in Canada in nearly four years? Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim and Andres Waters offer up their final thoughts after an 11-fight card in Vancouver, British Columbia. Wagenheim: Nunes is the gold standard Amanda Nunes went out like
ESPN News Services Jun 10, 2023, 11:18 PM ET SUNRISE, Fla. — Chandler Stephenson scored two goals and William Karlsson added what proved to be the game-winner, and the Vegas Golden Knights outlasted the Florida Panthers, 3-2, Saturday night in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. With the win, Vegas secured a 3-1 series
Associated Press Jun 10, 2023, 06:52 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Phillies manager Rob Thomson was ejected in the sixth inning of Saturday’s 9-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers for arguing when plate umpire Roberto Ortiz apparently wouldn’t reset the pitch clock after Aaron Nola requested a new baseball. While facing David Peralta with two
The Stanley Cup Final heads back to Las Vegas with the Golden Knights one win away from lifting the trophy. After jumping out to a commanding 3-0 advantage in Game 4, the Golden Knights held off the Florida Panthers to take a 3-1 series lead. Chandler Stephenson scored the game’s first two goals, with William
ISTANBUL — It was mission accomplished for Pep Guardiola on Saturday night at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, and he did it with the big boss watching from the stands. By delivering Manchester City‘s first Champions League title, Guardiola has done precisely what he was hired to do by owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan,
Nick ParkinsonJun 10, 2023, 07:00 PM ET 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 Sunny Edwards set up the prospect of a flyweight world title unification fight for later this year with a unanimous points win
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 10, 2023, 06:14 PM ET WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor faces Teofimo Lopez Jr. in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card Saturday at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN/ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET, undercard on ESPN+ at 6:15 p.m.). This is a battle between
Jun 10, 2023, 05:36 PM ET The old saying goes that it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. That’s exactly what happened to the man who plays Miami Heat mascot Burnie, as he had to go to a local emergency room Friday night after twice getting punched by UFC star Conor McGregor during