8:00 AM ET The bottom seven seeds in the Western Conference postseason picture are still a toss-up, but there is another serious NBA race that will be determined in the final week of the regular season. This year’s MVP race between Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo will be decided in the next few
8:58 AM ET Gwendolyn Oxenham Jun Endo trains for Angel City FC without shoes on Aug. 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. Will Navarro/Angel City FC If you were to show up an hour early to an Angel City game and skip the very cool fanfest activities happening outside BMO Stadium, you could behold the vision that
8:43 AM ET Alex Pereira stood with his back to the fence inside the UFC’s Octagon at Madison Square Garden. It was right before the start of the fifth and final round of a title fight in front of a sellout crowd. Pereira looked across the cage at his opponent, then-UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya,
7:53 AM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Anthony Joshua is unlikely to regain the aura and dominance of his first reign as heavyweight world champion, but don’t rule him out of
7:00 AM ET The NCAA men’s hockey Frozen Four isn’t just about bragging rights. It’s an opportunity to glimpse the future of the sport, to watch elite players on college hockey’s biggest stage before their names adorn the backs of NHL jerseys. Take the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The top seed in the 2023 Frozen Four
1:06 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After watching Joel Embiid dismantle the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers was certain of only one thing. “We did so many things wrong,” Rivers said, “but what we did right was Joel Embiid. “The MVP race is over.” There are still five days
5:04 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Madison Keys grabbed an early lead and breezed into the second round of the Charleston Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory Tuesday over wild-card entry Emma Navarro, the 2021 NCAA singles champion whose father owns the green-clay tournament. With the temperature around 80 degrees, 2017 US Open
8:00 AM ET What might go down as Aly Wagner’s greatest assist occurred long after she retired as a professional soccer player. It came in the summer of 2022, when she pitched Charlotte Waxman, the wife of Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman, on the virtues of a NWSL expansion team in the San Francisco Bay
11:29 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol questioned outfielder Tyler O’Neill‘s effort after he was thrown out at home during a 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. With St. Louis trailing 4-1 with two out in the seventh inning, O’Neill attempted to score on Brendan Donovan‘s
5:37 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea and Liverpool extended their miserable Premier League seasons by playing out a dismal goalless draw at Stamford Bridge in the home team’s first game since the sacking of manager Graham Potter. Reece James and Kai Havertz saw goals ruled out by VAR for Chelsea and Mateo Kovacic missed an
5:51 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The women’s hockey world gathered Tuesday for the unveiling of a new exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame celebrating the sport’s history. Hall of Famers Angela James and Jayna Hefford put the finishing touches on the exhibit, placing trophies named after them into a display case at
5:15 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Padres slugger Manny Machado was ejected by plate umpire Ron Kulpa after being called out on strikes on a pitch clock violation to end the first inning of Tuesday’s game against Arizona. Machado was adjusting his batting gloves and appeared to be calling time as the
2:35 PM ET DALLAS — All-Star guard Luka Doncic declared that he would not consider being shut down for the season as long as the Dallas Mavericks have postseason hopes, no matter how long the odds. “I’m playing tomorrow,” Doncic said after Tuesday’s practice. “When there’s still a chance, I’m gonna play. So that’s not
5:53 PM ET Associated Press ROME — The Italian Open plans to award women the same amount of prize money as men starting in 2025. When Iga Swiatek won last year’s tournament on the red clay of the Foro Italico, she earned less than half of what Novak Djokovic took home for his title. Swiatek
4:09 PM ET Marc Raimondi Mike Coppinger The combat sports landscape is about to undergo a seismic shift. Two of the biggest live event and broadcast promoters in the combat space, the UFC and WWE, will be merged into one company, an unprecedented and stunning business move. Endeavor, the UFC’s parent company, announced Monday it
12:02 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders have signed quarterback Brian Hoyer to a two-year deal, it was announced Tuesday. Earlier this offseason, the Raiders signed quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a three-year, $72.75 million contract on March 17. Las Vegas also has the No. 7 pick in this month’s draft. Hoyer was released by the
2:50 PM ET Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill is accused of gross misconduct, including cheating, discrimination and harassment, in an arbitration claim filed Tuesday by former Cardinals executive Terry McDonough to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. McDonough maintains that both he and former Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks were left no choice but to follow Bidwill’s
5:57 AM ET Lionel Messi is unlikely to reach an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain to extend his stay at the club, sources told ESPN. French outlet L’Equipe were first to report the story. Negotiations between the two parties are at a standstill, casting major doubts over the World Cup winner’s future in Paris, according to