Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCSep 4, 2023, 04:37 AM ET If Real Madrid fans weren’t already head over heels in love with Jude Bellingham, Saturday’s 95th-minute winner against Getafe — in his first game at the Santiago Bernabeu — sealed the deal. Bellingham has made an effortless start to life in Madrid, with five goals in
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 21, 2023, 10:50 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. This is your official spoiler warning for the 2023-24 NHL season. Everything you’re about to read is absolutely going to happen over the next several months. OK, some of these things will probably happen. We think. In my first
Associated Press Sep 21, 2023, 10:42 AM ET ZHUHAI, China — Returning to China for the first time in four years, Andy Murray won his first-round match at the Zhuhai Championships on Thursday, beating local wild card Mo Ye Cong 7-5, 6-3. Murray, bidding for his fifth tour title in China and the first there
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 11:04 PM ET Two of the most exciting big men in the UFC will meet for gold at Madison Square Garden. Former light heavyweight champion Jirí Procházka and former middleweight champion Alex Pereira will fight for the vacant light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 295
Sep 21, 2023, 07:48 AM ET The next few months bring some of the best title fights of the year. A battle between two undisputed champions in Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo. A women’s rematch for all the belts junior welterweight between Chantelle Cameron and Katie Taylor. And Leigh Wood’s anticipated featherweight title defense against
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 10:48 PM ET Two title fights have been set up for the UFC’s end-of-the-year pay-per-view. Leon Edwards will defend his welterweight title against Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 296 on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday on social media. In
Sep 21, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The Braves are in. The Dodgers are in. The Rays and Orioles are in — and the Brewers and Twins aren’t far behind. Welcome to the stretch run! With a week and a half left in the season, these teams have locked up their spots in the playoffs —
Sep 21, 2023, 01:25 AM ET Roger Federer said he enjoys being a part of the tennis community after his retirement last year and expressed an interest in captaining Team Europe at the Laver Cup, though the team has no immediate plans to replace Bjorn Borg. Federer, who helped Team Europe claim three Laver Cup
ESPN News Services Sep 20, 2023, 07:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was a late scratch from the Toronto Blue Jays‘ lineup Wednesday night against the New York Yankees because of right knee discomfort. The slugger had been slated to bat third as the designated hitter for the Blue Jays, who are
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 09:14 PM ET Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) executive director Jeff Mullen said on a judges training call Wednesday that he did not agree with a controversial score in last Saturday night’s UFC women’s featherweight title fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso and Shevchenko fought to
Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 04:17 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 09:11 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog sees a much clearer path back to the ice even if he’s not expected to play this season. That’s how encouraged he is 4 1/2 months removed from cartilage replacement surgery on his right knee. Coach Jared Bednar is
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 20, 2023, 06:38 PM ET MUNICH — It says everything about Manchester United‘s current state that Bayern Munich didn’t play particularly well in their opening Champions League group game on Wednesday, but the Bavarians still scored four goals, could have scored more, and won far more comfortably than the 4-3 score suggested.
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 07:02 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun In his first comments since losing the UFC’s middleweight championship earlier this month, Israel Adesanya said he is “quietly confident” he will beat Sean Strickland if and when the two
Arsenal returned to the Champions League after a six-year absence by trouncing PSV Eindhoven 4-0 on Wednesday. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images LONDON — The excitement was so high at Arsenal over their first Champions League appearance in six years that they printed the lyrics to the competition’s anthem in the matchday programme. Not many
Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 03:51 PM ET CLEVELAND — Body camera footage of Cavaliers executive Koby Altman undergoing field sobriety tests shows him being told by officers that he nearly caused an accident last week before he was arrested and charged with driving while impaired. On Wednesday, the Cavaliers issued a new statement about
ESPN News Services Sep 20, 2023, 07:04 AM ET Rafael Nadal‘s most recent Grand Slam win came at the French Open in 2022, and with Novak Djokovic having overtaken his mark for most major titles in men’s tennis, the Spanish player conceded that his rival is the best player in history. Djokovic’s recent win at
Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterSep 19, 2023, 08:42 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) AT 6 P.M. ON Wednesday, April 19, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was driving home from an event for the opening of a local business when she received a