Jun 1, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Islam Makhachev will defend his lightweight championship against third-time title challenger Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday, June 1, in Newark, New Jersey. In the co-main event, former middleweight champion Sean Strickland will look to get back on the title track
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Cavaliers have been granted permission to interview two more head-coaching candidates in the franchise’s ongoing search, including New York Knicks associate head coach Johnnie Bryant and Miami Heat top assistant Chris Quinn, sources told ESPN on Friday. Bryant has spent four years
Open Extended Reactions One of the top players in the NBA’s 2025 draft class, French guard Nolan Traore, has spurned offers from across the globe to remain in his home country, he told ESPN on Saturday. Traore, a 6-foot-5, 17-year-old playmaker who matriculated from famed Parisian sports academy INSEP, will sign a two-year contract with
Field Level Media Jun 1, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The San Diego Padres‘ starting rotation took a blow Saturday with right-handers Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove both placed on the 15-day injured list. Darvish is out with a left groin strain that forced him from a start Wednesday. Musgrove is headed back
Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Ill. — As he’s trying to race his way into the NASCAR Cup series playoffs, Chase Briscoe now faces a fresh challenge with the potential for his Stewart-Haas Racing team to deteriorate around him. Owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced this week
Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRANKENMUTH, Mich. — Moose Jaw Warriors forward Jagger Firkus was honored as the David Branch Player of the Year Award winner Saturday at the Canadian Hockey League awards ceremony. The first Moose Jaw player to win the award, Firkus led the CHL with 126
Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has described a survey that found one in five of his compatriots would prefer more white players on the national team as “absolutely racist.” The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity,”
Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Ill. — Michael McDowell completed a lap at 139.241 mph Saturday to earn the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It’s the third pole for McDowell’s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first
India vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup Warm-Up, Live© X (Twitter) India vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup Warm-Up, Live Updates: The Indian cricket team will face many questions as it takes on Bangladesh in their only warm-up game of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Saturday in New York. Yashasvi Jaiswal will aim to add his bit to
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 1, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The two best friends stood 5 meters apart in the tunnel before walking
NBA Insiders May 20, 2024, 04:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the 2024 NBA Finals, featuring the season’s most dominant team against a title contender that remade itself at midseason. The 64-win Boston Celtics, behind the most efficient offense in NBA history, have only lost twice during the playoffs and are led by
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 1, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Paul Maurice could tell his team was different. The Florida Panthers‘ head coach joked — at first — that players this season compared to last didn’t find him
Jun 1, 2024, 09:54 AM Open Extended Reactions Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell has played his last game for the side after their 22-20 defeat to Northampton Saints in the Premiership Rugby semifinals on Friday. Farrell will depart for French Top 14 club Racing 92 next season, while Billy and Mako Vunipola are also set to
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2024, 05:36 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 1, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has agreed on a contract extension that’ll take him through the 2026-2027 season with an annual raise to $8.5 million a season, his agent Warren LeGarie told ESPN on Friday night. Brown — the 2022-2023 NBA Coach of the
Jun 1, 2024, 05:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions José Mourinho has begun negotiations with Fenerbahce over the head coach role, the Turkish Super Lig club said on Saturday. “Negotiations have started with José Mario Dos Santos Mourinho Felix for the position of coach,” the club said in a statement to the Public Disclosure Platform
India vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2024 Warm-Up Live Streaming And Live Telecast: Where To Watch Match© BCCI India vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup Warm-Up Live Streaming: India will be squaring off against Bangladesh in their one and only warm-up game of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Saturday in New York. This will be
ESPN News Services Jun 1, 2024, 01:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Judge capped a spectacular May by homering twice in his first game in San Francisco and the New York Yankees beat the Giants 6-2 on Friday night. Judge grew up about 100 miles away in Linden and was heavily