7:30 AM ET ESPN staff After a record-setting season, the Boston Bruins find themselves on the brink of a first-round upset loss against the Florida Panthers. Can the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners avoid becoming the latest NHL team with the best regular-season record to flop in the postseason? Or will the Panthers pull off the
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN It’s been 23 years since the New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals, and 24 since their last NBA Finals appearance. And, to get there both times, the Knicks had to fight their way through the Miami Heat. From 1997 to 2000, the two teams — in the wake
Sergio Perez drove a consummate race with help from the safety car to beat Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen and win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez and Verstappen fought a long, flat out battle after the Mexican leapfrogged ahead by being able to save time by making his pit stop under the safety car. Perez
1:13 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Before Chase Elliott shredded on a snowboard and Alex Bowman moonlighted in a sprint car, Rick Hendrick issued a warning to all his Cup drivers who craved extracurricular activities outside their lucrative NASCAR careers. Be careful. Or else. Even so, Hendrick Motorsports has become the home of
6:16 AM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — Pablo Larrazábal shot a tidy 5-under 67 in the final round of the Korea Championship to complete a two-shot victory over Marcus Helligkilde on Sunday. The Spaniard’s 12-under 276 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea was good enough to secure his eighth European tour title
3:32 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Talor Gooch became the first player to win back-to-back LIV Golf titles after a playoff hole victory against Sergio Garcia at the LIV Singapore tournament at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday. Gooch and Garcia shadowed each other for most of the opening two rounds and the final round
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 isn’t a season to remember for Delhi Capitals. With just two wins in 8 matches, the David Warner-led side sits bottom of the points table, with the hopes of reaching the playoffs hanging by a thread. Though there remain a number of reasons behind Delhi’s poor show in the
12:20 AM ET NEW YORK — New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff blamed a parade of penalties for breaking his team’s early momentum in Game 6, as the New York Rangers pushed their Eastern Conference first-round series to a seventh game after a 5-2 win on Saturday night. “I thought the penalties took our best
1:11 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Kailer Yamamoto scored his first playoff goal with 3:02 remaining, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Saturday night to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Klim Kostin had two goals and an assist as the Oilers eliminated
12:00 PM ET KARL ANTHONY-TOWNS backed down Aaron Gordon in the post, as Jamal Murray was lurking with an eye locked on the Minnesota big man the entire possession. The moment Towns went to pass out of the ensuing double-team by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Murray jumped the passing lane, intercepted the ball and slammed down a
11:51 PM ET CHICAGO — After jogging lightly to first base on a ground ball back to the pitcher, White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr was pulled from the team’s 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Robert hit a ground ball to the
10:51 PM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas was supposed to be a competitive bout between two bantamweight prospects. It turned into a one-sided showcase fight for Song Yadong. Yadong defeated Ricky Simon by TKO in the fifth round of their five-round headliner on Saturday. After torching Simon with a perfect
10:11 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Cheyenne Knight shot a bogey-free 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead through three rounds of the LA Championship at Wilshire Country Club. Knight was at 9-under 204 through 54 holes, and her best round of the week had special significance. Knight made a 20-foot
10:19 PM ET Associated Press VALLARTA, Mexico — Tony Finau had a terrific stretch at the Mexico Open on Saturday, posting five birdies over his last seven holes for a 6-under 65 that gave him a two-shot lead over Masters champion Jon Rahm and 21-year-old Akshay Bhatia. Rahm, the defending champion, matched his lowest round
7:25 PM ET When the Houston Texans made the first trade of the NFL’s draft weekend, it was the start of a record number of swaps of players and picks that took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday. At the conclusion of draft business Saturday night teams had completed 43 trades over the three days. It
7:15 PM ET Two things were certain heading into the 2023 NFL draft: Bryce Young would be drafted No. 1 by the Carolina Panthers and everything else would be chaos. Check and check. The other thing that’s certain now that the draft is over: the AFC South is at the dawn of a new era.
7:09 PM ET A key welterweight fight is now on the docket for summer. Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and Vicente Luque have agreed to a welterweight fight that will headline UFC Fight Night on July 15, sources confirmed with ESPN on Saturday. The card does not have an official location, but it
2:53 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC MADRID — Karim Benzema scored a first-half hat trick as Real Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 in LaLiga on Saturday. Benzema put Madrid ahead just five minutes in — Vinicius Junior providing the assist — before adding a second on 17 minutes after Rodrygo‘s outrageous flick beat defender Samuel Costa,