5:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken agreed to terms Sunday with top prospect Matty Beniers, making him the latest University of Michigan player to jump immediately to the NHL. Beniers posted an illustration of himself standing on a frozen Elliott Bay looking at the Seattle skyline on social media with
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2:10 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Khamzat Chimaev stole the show, as expected, at UFC 273 on Saturday night with a unanimous-decision win over Gilbert Burns in what Dana White called one of the greatest fights he’s ever seen. Featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski put on a show of his own with a fourth-round stoppage of
4:42 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The San Diego Padres scratched starting pitcher Blake Snell from the lineup just before game time on Sunday. The 2018 AL Cy Young winner went through his usual warm up before the game but right-hander Nabil Crismatt came out to the mound for the first inning against the
3:08 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods on Sunday finished a week that didn’t seem possible less than 14 months ago. Playing in his first official tournament since he was seriously injured in a car wreck outside Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2021, Woods walked up the 18th fairway to applause at Augusta National
3:45 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — It was epic, frenetic and unpredictable until the end, when Riyad Mahrez had a chance not only to win the game, but almost certainly the Premier League title. Instead, the Manchester City substitute sent the ball high over the Liverpool crossbar and the 2-2 result means we are no
3:38 PM ET Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons‘ pain-free progress is fueling hope that he could return in the first-round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, even if it’s just in a 10-15 minute a game role, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The Nets would need to advance out of the Play-in Tournament this week and,
12:50 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Novak Djokovic is ready to move on from the controversy surrounding his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “I miss competition,” the Serbian tennis star said Sunday on the opening day of the clay-court season at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. “I still feel motivation to be
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Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski claimed the second Amstel Gold Race of his career in a photo finish after France’s Benoit Cosnefroy had initially been awarded victory. Last year’s race was also a photo finish with Wout van Aert edging Tom Pidcock, a team-mate of Kwiatkowski. In confusing scenes, Cosnefroy had begun to celebrate after the PA
2:46 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The screeching sound you may have heard late Saturday night if you were anywhere near Jacksonville, Florida, was the Khamzat Chimaev hype train slowing its roll. Gilbert Burns was the one applying the brakes. Burns had been bloodied and beaten down in a brutal opening round, but he had survived.
7:32 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans and wide receiver Brandin Cooks have agreed to a two-year contract extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Prior to agreeing to the extension, Cooks was owed a $12.5 million base salary in 2022 as part of a deal that was signed with the Los
1:37 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Outfielder Myles Straw and the Cleveland Guardians agreed Saturday to a $25 million, five-year contract, a deal with two option years that could be worth $39.5 million over seven seasons. The agreement was the club’s third long-term commitment this week. Straw, acquired last July from the
7:45 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Thanks to some early start times, Sunday’s NHL schedule gives us another “all-day hockey” feel, and it starts off with arguably the best matchup of the day as the Boston Bruins visit the
9:46 PM ET Associated Press Rayfield Wright, the Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle nicknamed “Big Cat” who went to five Super Bowls in his 13 NFL seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, died Thursday. He was 76. Wright’s family confirmed his death Thursday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which said Wright had
6:46 PM ET DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic avoided a one-game suspension when the NBA rescinded the technical foul called on him during Friday night’s blowout win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The league office made the determination Saturday after a review of what would have been Doncic’s 16th technical foul of the
8:43 AM ET Gio Reyna has been ruled out for the remainder of the campaign after picking up a muscle injury. Photo by Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna has been ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining a muscle and tendon injury, the Bundesliga club said on
Charles Leclerc looked like a future world champion from very early in his Formula 1 career and that potential is becoming very real after his dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Ferrari driver’s second win in three races has moved him into a 46-point lead over the only man who at this
2:34 AM ET Alexander Volkanovski said he felt better than ever. He said his self-belief was at an all-time high. He said he would stop Chan Sung Jung. And so it proved on Saturday night in Jacksonville. The Australian turned in a thoroughly dominant display, feeding Jung with a series of heavy shots to the