Month: April 2023

2:04 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen is sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery on his broken left hand, the team announced Saturday. Teravainen, 28, suffered the injury after being slashed by New York Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau during the third period of Carolina’s 4-3 overtime victory on Wednesday. The Hurricanes hold a 2-1 lead
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3:26 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles have hired former New England Patriots assistant coach Matt Patricia as their new senior defensive assistant, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Coach Nick Sirianni had said Thursday at a news conference that it was “trending” toward the Eagles hiring Patricia. Patricia, a longtime defensive assistant and former Detroit Lions
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Botic Van de Zandschulp has another chance against defending champion Holger Rune in the final of the BMW Open after both players won their semifinals on Saturday. The 19-year-old Rune saved all eight break points he faced to beat Australia’s Christopher O’Connell 6-3, 6-2. The Danish star has
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1:19 PM ET ESPN News Services STUTTGART, Germany — Defending champion Iga Swiatek will again play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix after they came through their semifinals on Saturday. Swiatek had an easier path to the final than she expected when Ons Jabeur retired with a left calf injury. Swiatek
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1:30 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Denny Hamlin won the first superspeedway pole of his career and will lead the field to green at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner and two-time winner at Talladega, turned a lap at 180.642 mph in Saturday qualifying to put his Joe Gibbs
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9:21 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will miss the Madrid Open, apparently due to a fitness issue, the Spanish event said Saturday. “Wishing you a speedy recovery, we hope to see you back on court as soon as possible, Nole,” the Madrid Open tweeted. While no specific reason was given for Djokovic’s
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6:52 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell is expected to miss most, if not all, of the remainder of the regular season after an MRI showed damage to the labrum in his right shoulder. Mitchell suffered the injury while sliding into third base during the 10th inning of Milwaukee’s win in
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8:19 PM ET The UFC has booked a No. 1 contender matchup at middleweight between former champion Robert Whittaker and Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290 in July, UFC president Dana White announced on Friday. In a video posted to social media, White said Whittaker and Du Plessis will square off on July 8 in
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3:08 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Talor Gooch continued his bogey-free run at the inaugural LIV Australia tournament Saturday and shot his second consecutive 10-under 62 to increase his lead to 10 strokes after two rounds at the Grange Golf Club. Gooch had a 36-hole total of 124 going into Sunday’s final round.
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12:00 AM ET ATLANTA — For at least one night, the Atlanta Hawks appeared to have finally found the fearsome twosome they tried to form last offseason, when they traded for All-Star Dejounte Murray. The late June swap with the San Antonio Spurs was intended to pair Murray with fellow guard Trae Young, Atlanta’s All-NBA
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1:20 AM ET Bellator MMA flyweight champion Liz Carmouche defended her title for the second time on Friday by submitting challenger DeAnna Bennett via arm triangle choke at 4:29 of the fourth round. The 125-pound title fight headlined Bellator 294 inside Neal S. Blaisdell Centre in Honolulu. It was a unique situation in that it
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