Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 11:51 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Tom Aspinall said it was his destiny to win the UFC heavyweight championship in Madison Square Garden. Hard to argue with that after what
Month: November 2023
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterNov 12, 2023, 12:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Alex Pereira has been in the UFC for just two years. And now he has won championships in two weight classes. Pereira stopped Jiri Prochazka via TKO at 4:08 of the second round Saturday night in the main event
Kendra Andrews, ESPNNov 11, 2023, 10:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green isn’t a stranger to controversial foul calls or ejections. And the Warriors’ 118-110 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers added another one to the list. Green was ejected in the third quarter pf Saturday night’s game
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderNov 11, 2023, 10:25 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. has been released from a hospital in Philadelphia where he was treated on Saturday night after being struck by a car in Center City, a Sixers spokesman told ESPN. The
Associated Press Nov 11, 2023, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEVILLE, Spain — Leylah Fernandez led Canada into the Billie Jean King Cup final after beating Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova and then helping to secure a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in a decisive doubles match on Saturday. Fernandez beat Vondrousova 6-2, 2-6,
Associated Press Nov 11, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions METZ, France — Ugo Humbert claimed his first ATP tour title since 2021 by beating Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday in the final of the Moselle Open. Humbert was born in the French city of Metz which hosted the indoor tournament. He will
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov has been suspended six months in California and fined $50,000 for testing positive for a prohibited substance, California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive officer Andy Foster confirmed Saturday with ESPN. Nurmagomedov has been pulled from the Bellator
ESPN News Services Nov 11, 2023, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique said he was “not very happy” with Kylian Mbappé, despite the France forward scoring a hat trick to send his team top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 win at Reims on Saturday. The visitors did not take
Nov 11, 2023, 12:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler will sit out Saturday’s game against the host Atlanta Hawks because of an undisclosed personal family issue, the team announced. Multiple media reports noted that Butler could return to play in Sunday’s game against the host San Antonio Spurs. Butler, 34,
Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Minutes before kickoff on Thursday night against the Tennessee Titans, Matt Canada exited the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room at Acrisure Stadium and
Nov 11, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets activated forward Patrik Laine off injured reserve Saturday morning, making him available for the team’s afternoon game against the host Detroit Red Wings. Laine, 25, had been sidelined since absorbing a high hit from Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson as the final
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 06:10 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
Nov 11, 2023, 07:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Saturday the European Super League is “more necessary than ever” and called UEFA’s new Champions League format “absurd” in a speech to the club’s members. In an 80-minute intervention at the club’s Annual General Meeting, Perez reiterated his support
Andrew Lopez, ESPNNov 11, 2023, 01:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — Following Friday night’s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, two very large countrymen stood at halfcourt of the Frost Bank Center. The 31-year-old, 7-foot-1 Rudy Gobert and the 19-year-old, 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama swapped jerseys and exchanged pleasantries before
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi held the Ballon d’Or over his head as fireworks lit up the sky to bring a pregame ceremony to a close. And with that, Inter Miami CF got to celebrate the game’s greatest player one more time in 2023. Messi was on
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 11:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Williams is returning to the San Francisco Giants as the third-base coach on new manager Bob Melvin’s staff. The team announced its coaching staff Friday. Williams spent the first 10 of his 17 major league seasons as an infielder with
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Through the ups and downs of Stephen Vogt‘s playing career — the minor league demotions, two All-Star selections, injuries and too many moves to remember — he never lost sight of his goal to one day become a manager. For the kid
Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 16-13 on Thursday night without starting quarterback Justin Fields, who missed his fourth consecutive game with a dislocated right thumb. Undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent, out of Division II Shepherd, won for the second time in four starts. He passed for only 162 yards, but he