Apr 10, 2023 Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored twice in the 4-1 obliteration of Southampton this weekend to take his tally to 44 goals in 38 games this season, which led manager Pep Guardiola to compare the 22-year-old directly with two indisputable luminaries in Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “In terms of the thesis
7:00 AM ET NBA insiders The regular season has come to an end, but there are still key seedings being fought for ahead of the 2023 NBA playoffs. The play-in tournament is in its third year and will feature perhaps the most high-stakes matchups in its existence. Editor’s Picks 2 Related In the Eastern Conference,
8:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With four days left of the 2022-23 NHL regular season, we know the identity of 13 out of 16 playoff teams. But quite a bit of specific seeding remains to be determined. That
5:00 AM ET Everywhere you look, there are pulsatingly brilliant stories in this season’s Champions League quarterfinals. Take Benfica, who recently moved on four players who now feature for other clubs in the competition’s last eight for over €350 million — Joao Felix (€126m to Atletico Madrid), Enzo Fernandez (€121m to Chelsea), Ederson (€40m to
10:14 PM ET ESPN News Services San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson became the first NHL defenseman to reach 100 points in a season since Brian Leetch in 1991-92 on Monday night. Karlsson entered the Sharks’ road game against the Winnipeg Jets with 98 points over his first 79 games. He tallied the Sharks’ two
12:08 PM ET At least six teams have inquired with the Arizona Cardinals about trading up for the third overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The Cardinals still are mulling whether to move the pick or make it, sources told ESPN. The Carolina Panthers and Houston
9:30 PM ET Multiple Contributors Yes, it’s only 10 games into the 2023 MLB season but what the Tampa Bay Rays have done so far is mind-boggling: A 10-0 record. A plus-58 run differential. And their 1-0 win against the Boston Red Sox on Monday was the first time they’ve won by fewer than four
7:46 PM ET ESPN News Services Bradley Beal, speaking Monday at the Washington Wizards‘ end-of-season availability, addressed the postgame incident with a fan in Orlando, Florida, last month that landed him under police investigation. After a loss to the Orlando Magic, Beal and the Wizards were exiting the court and in the visitors’ tunnel headed
9:36 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays became the first major league team since the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers to open the season with 10 straight wins, getting a solo homer from Brandon Lowe in the eighth inning to defeat the Boston Red Sox 1-0 on Monday night. Lowe
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Entering the final week of the regular season, three teams are vying for two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference. Heading into tonight’s 10-game slate, the Florida Panthers have the slightest of edges
1:43 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has been hit with a one-game suspension, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, for his verbal and physical altercation with a teammate in Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Gobert will not travel to Los Angeles with the team and will not play against the Lakers on
7:00 AM ET Louis RiddickNFL Close ESPN NFL Analyst 12-year NFL scout and Director of Pro Personnel Played in the NFL for six years Graduated from University of Pittsburgh The 2023 NFL draft is getting close, and I’ve been watching a ton of tape on the class’ top prospects to prepare for the three-day event
12:37 PM ET What a weekend in European football! The English Premier League title race took another twist after Liverpool and Arsenal drew 2-2, Villarreal stunned Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Frank Lampard started his second Chelsea stint on a downer, and Erling Haaland broke another goal-scoring record. Meanwhile, Lazio are on the up and
2:30 PM ET The WBC has ordered a fight between undisputed super middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn and mandatory challenger Shadasia Green. The two sides have until April 28 to come to an agreement or the fight will be placed in a purse bid. Crews-Dezurn (8-1, 2 KO) became the undisputed super middleweight champion last April
6:15 AM ET Simultaneously, Bijan Robinson is both one of the least controversial and most controversial prospects in the 2023 NFL draft. After a sterling career at Texas, just about everybody agrees Robinson is an excellent running back and one of the best players, independent of position, in this class. He ranks No. 9 overall
5:02 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves lost two starters before locking up the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference on Sunday with Rudy Gobert being sent home for swinging at teammate Kyle Anderson and Jaden McDaniels fracturing his right hand, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Gobert was escorted to the
9:00 AM ET Arsenal are 90% of the way to becoming a title-winning team for the first time since 2004, but it is that missing 10% that might ultimately see them fail to win the Premier League this season. With eight matches to go, the fine margins that are the difference between success and failure
6:18 PM ET While this weekend gave UFC fans plenty to talk about and look forward to, the UFC 287 main event left us with one important question: Where does Israel Adesanya‘s middleweight championship win over Alex Pereira place him among the top pound-for-pound fighters? Beyond last weekend’s card, two upcoming fight announcements also sparked