4:45 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev reached the Monte Carlo Masters final for the second time after rallying to beat eighth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 in a rain-interrupted contest on Saturday. The Russian player, who lost in the final two years ago, goes for his 13th career title and
9:14 AM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired Brad Larsen after two seasons as coach, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced Saturday. The Blue Jackets finished with the second-worst record in the NHL this season, totaling 59 points during a 25-48-9 campaign. It was the second time in three seasons that Columbus failed to reach
Apr 14, 2022 The meeting that took place in Branch Rickey’s office on Montague Street in Brooklyn in late August of 1945 has obtained an almost apocryphal status. Dodgers scout Clyde Sukeforth had met up with Jackie Robinson in Toledo, and the two traveled together to New York to meet the Dodgers’ general manager. Sukeforth
12:28 AM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota into the playoffs, as the Timberwolves muscled and hustled their way past the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-95 to finish the play-in tournament Friday night. Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 10 rebounds in his return from
LONDON — Frank Lampard’s disastrous opening week to his second stint at Chelsea was completed as they sunk to their third successive defeat, with a 2-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on his Stamford Bridge return. Conor Gallagher put the hosts ahead on 13 minutes in fortuitous fashion as his deflected strike was sent
7:45 AM ET As a service to fans who have a general interest in the National Hockey League but have no idea what’s happened since the Colorado Avalanche raised the Stanley Cup by preventing a Tampa Bay Lightning three-peat last year, we’re happy to provide this FAQ as a guide to the 2023 Stanley Cup
Apr 13, 2023 The UFC has lost a five-round lightweight main event between Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano after Moicano was forced to withdraw from the event due to an undisclosed injury, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The UFC has not announced the withdrawal or commented on Tsarukyan’s status on the card. The UFC
9:50 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Defending PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier spoiled the PFL debut of 2022 free agent signee Shane Burgos to earn three regular-season points late Friday night. Aubin-Mercier (18-5) defeated Burgos (15-4) via unanimous decision inside The Theater at Virgin Hotel. The 2022 finalist used a well-rounded plan to keep Burgos
9:56 AM ET Veteran defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, a six-time Pro Bowl selection who spent nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, announced Friday that he’s retiring from the NFL. McCoy made the announcement on social media with a video that included an image of him hanging up his cleats with a simple “Thank you”
7:30 AM ET WITH THE LOVE of her life by her side, Olympic tennis gold medalist Monica Puig boards a plane in New York on Nov. 7, 2022. She’s bound for her home, a 1,600-mile flight to Puerto Rico. A day earlier, Puig had bounded through the streets of New York City’s five boroughs, a
6:58 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Two-time defending NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo were named the three finalists for the league’s MVP award for a second straight season Friday night. The awards finalists for all seven of the league’s major individual honors, which are voted on by media members, were
7:32 PM ET Arizona Cardinals‘ five-time Pro-Bowl safety Budda Baker has requested a trade, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Baker informed the Cardinals in February that he wanted to be traded or receive a new deal to make him the highest-paid safety, the source said. Baker is owed $13.1 million this season
11:52 PM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi The lightweight co-main event between former champion Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush, scheduled for UFC 288 on May 10, has been postponed after Oliveira suffered an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. According to a source, Oliveira has been forced to limit his training for the past few weeks due
3:42 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s Lisandro Martinez will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his foot, the club have confirmed. Martinez was stretchered off during Thursday’s 2-2 draw with Sevilla in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal and medical assessments on Friday confirmed the defender has fractured a metatarsal
5:18 PM ET Associated Press After helping the Czech Republic to a 2-0 lead over Ukraine in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier, Barbora Krejcikova announced Friday that she would be donating her prize money to help earthquake relief efforts in the host country. The matches were held in Antalya, Turkey. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake
9:58 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Rays lost their first game following a record-tying 13-0 start as Colin Poche forced in two runs with bases-loaded walks and second baseman Brandon Lowe made a key error in a four-run fifth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win on
10:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff enjoyed playing in front of family and friends in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in her hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday, teaming with Jessica Pegula — who also lives nearby — to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Austria. The No. 6-ranked
8:51 PM ET Jeffrey Springs played an important role in the Rays‘ record-tying start to the 2023 season, but the left-handed pitcher is now out indefinitely with an elbow issue that manifested in his start against the Red Sox on earlier this week. Springs will miss at least two months, sources confirmed to ESPN on