Month: October 2022

1:25 AM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Devin Haney showed once again this weekend why he deserves pound-for-pound consideration, while Deontay Wilder’s right hand was back in action, finishing Robert Helenius in Round
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2:05 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Nights like these, when the weekend arrives and the Dodgers are in town, don’t often feel like a home-field advantage for the Padres. So many Dodgers fans make the 125-mile drive south that Petco Park is often called “Dodger Stadium South” when the two teams match up. But that
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1:58 AM ET Eight teams started Saturday still in the 2022 postseason. After today’s league division series games, that number shrank considerably. The Philadelphia Phillies eliminated the Atlanta Braves with an 8-3 National League Division Series Game 4 victory that had Philly’s Citizens Bank Park rocking. The Seattle Mariners played their first home playoff game
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1:22 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland rallied to beat fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the San Diego Open final. In the other semifinal, qualifier Donna Vekic of Croatia and unseeded American Danielle Collins were tied 2-2 in the third set when the match
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10:47 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Alexa Grasso showed Saturday she has fully settled in as a flyweight, winning her fourth fight in a row since bulking up from strawweight two years ago. Her conquest in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas came by unanimous decision against a fellow top-10 contender in
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3:48 PM ET Brazil forward Richarlison fears his World Cup dream could be wrecked by a calf injury sustained in Tottenham Hotspur‘s 2-0 win over Evertonon Saturday. The 25-year-old was pictured on crutches and in tears having been forced off 52 minutes into Saturday’s Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. – Stream on ESPN+:
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10:41 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Jeremy Peña homered in the 18th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Saturday to advance to the American League Championship Series for the sixth straight year. Peña, who had been 0-for-7 in the game, drove a slider from Penn Murfee deep to
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Oct 15, 2022 Claressa Shields jumped up and down in the ring, having gone to the United Kingdom to fight a British fighter and still come out of the toughest bout of her career as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Again. Shields beat Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision (97-93, 96-94, 96-94) in London
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6:54 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs placed goaltender Matt Murray on long-term injured reserve Saturday with an adductor injury. He’s expected to miss at least four weeks. Murray left the team’s morning skate earlier in the day with what coach Sheldon Keefe later called “groin discomfort.” Toronto is hosting Ottawa — Murray’s former team
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6:47 PM ET The NHL said it found no evidence to substantiate sexual misconduct allegations against Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ian Cole and considers the matter closed. Cole was immediately reinstated by the Lightning, who had suspended him with pay. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to respond to and refute the anonymous allegations made against
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Oct 15, 2022 As promised, George Kambosos Jr has presented in supreme physical condition at an explosive, chaotic weigh-in for Sunday’s world lightweight title rematch with Devin Haney in Melbourne. Unlike before his first fight with Haney in June, Kambosos comfortably made weight at 134.08 pounds, easily under the 135-pound limit, before mayhem broke out
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