Max Verstappen won a chaotic and controversial Australian Grand Prix that finished under a safety car after a controversial crash-affected restart. The Red Bull driver led Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso home to set the podium. That was despite Alonso being tagged into a spin at a restart with two laps to
1:23 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Trayce Thompson not only took out his frustrations on a left-hander, he helped one as well with a career night to spark the Los Angeles Dodgers to an easy victory. Thompson hit three home runs, including a grand slam in his first at-bat of the season, and
1:09 AM ET ESPN News Services Leon Draisaitl authored a hat trick, landing him in the 50-goal club this season, and the Edmonton Oilers shut out the Anaheim Ducks 6-0 on Saturday night to clinch their fourth straight playoff berth. The All-Star forward now has points in each of his past 12 games and joins
12:06 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The first event of PFL’s 2023 regular season sure looked a lot similar to 2022, as far as Brendan Loughnane and Rob Wilkinson are concerned. Loughnane (27-4) and Wilkinson (18-2) each won PFL titles in 2022, at featherweight and light heavyweight, respectively. On Saturday, they kicked off their quests
Mar 28, 2023 Gabriel Jesus ended the longest goal drought of his professional club career to keep Arsenal clear at the top of the Premier League. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images LONDON — Arsenal restored their eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League after a comfortable 4-1 win over Leeds United at Emirates
8:34 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooks Koepka became known for showing up big in the majors. He started to hit his stride Saturday with a 6-under 65 for a 3-shot lead in LIV Golf-Orlando on the weekend before Koepka heads for the Masters. Koepka played bogey-free at Orange County National. Sebastian Munoz
8:26 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — The Boston Bruins have been playing hockey for nearly a century. Never, however, quite like this. David Pastrnak finished off his 14th career hat trick with a blast by Tristan Jarry with 2:26 remaining to lift the Bruins to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on
11:31 AM ET Associated Press Tony Parker and Pau Gasol played for him. Becky Hammon coached alongside him. Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade waged battles against him. He is San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. And he, finally, is a Hall of Famer. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame made it official Saturday, with
8:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Injured Stanford golfer Rachel Heck was watching the opening rounds of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on TV at her parents’ home in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this week. When Cardinal teammate Rose Zhang grabbed what seemed like a commanding 5-shot lead after 36 holes, Heck knew she had to
5:32 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Twelfth-seeded veteran Petra Kvitova, in her 13th appearance at the Miami Open, finally won her first crown here, upsetting seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina on Saturday with a marathon tiebreaker in a 7-6 (14), 6-2 win. The 33-year-old Kvitova, 10 years older than her opponent, snapped Rybakina’s 13-match
8:08 PM ET Connor O’Halloran LONDON — So much of Saturday’s fight was about starting a new chapter for former heavyweight unified champion Anthony Joshua. It had been eight months since the British heavyweight — once upon a time so clean cut and untouchable — gave an embarrassing speech in the ring in Riyadh, Saudi
4:23 PM ET New Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel was in no mood for big celebrations after his team’s 4-2 victory over Bundesliga title rivals and former team Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, saying there was room for improvement. Tuchel returned to the Bundesliga to take over at Bayern after they made the shock decision to
3:40 PM ET ESPN News Services Anthony Rendon wasn’t very talkative Saturday, two days after video surfaced of the Los Angeles Angels All-Star swiping at an Oakland fan following an Opening Day loss to the Athletics. “I’m sorry. I can’t comment,” the third baseman told reporters Saturday during a news conference on the field at
4:56 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Chandler Smith outran John Hunter Nemechek out of a restart with six laps to go Saturday at Richmond Raceway to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Nemechek chose the inside lane on a restart with 12 laps left, relegating Smith to the outside. When another caution
3:54 PM ET The implementation of the first nationwide anti-doping program for racehorses in the U.S. has been delayed by at least one month as it awaits approval by the federal agency that oversees it, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) said. The new rules, which had been scheduled to take effect late last
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 is off to a great start with defending champions Gujarat Titans beginning their title defence in style with a win over the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in Ahmedabad on Friday. Ahead of the match, which saw some terrific batting from CSK’s Ruturaj Gaikwad and GT’s Shubman Gill, the
2:05 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo has been suspended one game without pay for head-butting Celtics forward Blake Griffin on Thursday night. Antetokounmpo was ejected from the game after the incident, which occurred with 1:25 remaining in the Bucks’ 140-99 blowout loss. Antetokounmpo will serve his suspension Sunday when the
1:33 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Milwaukee Brewers placed infielder Luis Urías on the 10-day injured list on Saturday and selected outfielder Joey Wiemer from Triple-A Nashville. Before Saturday’s game against the Cubs, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Urías is expected to miss six to eight weeks with a strained left hamstring. “It’s