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Jeff Wagenheim May 20, 2023, 10:36 PM ET Mackenzie Dern did not add to her record number of submissions but showed off a different dimension of dangerousness in dominating Angela Hill in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Dern (13-3), a two-time jiu-jitsu world champion whose four submission wins

ESPN News Services May 20, 2023, 10:10 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A horse died Saturday after being injured following the sixth race at Churchill Downs, making it the ninth fatality since April 27 at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Swanson Lake, a 3-year-old filly, was pulled up by jockey James Graham about 100

Mark Kriegel, ESPNMay 19, 2023, 09:27 AM ET CAMARILLO, Calif. — Five years ago, when I began interviewing Vasiliy Lomachenko, he explained what he wanted from boxing. It wasn’t money, or to be found atop the pound-for-pound rankings (which, back then, he was). It wasn’t titles — or even that rare recognition that comes with

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 18, 2023, 10:30 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the top three players in the Official World Golf Ranking, but only one of them performed

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — As the No. 8-seeded Miami Heat continue

Alaina Getzenberg, ESPNMay 17, 2023, 01:25 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Leslie Frazier will be among the 40 participants in the NFL’s Coach Accelerator program held at the spring league meeting in Minneapolis next week. The NFL announced on Wednesday the coaches who will be participating in the program. The program’s aim is to

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. FROM THE OUTSIDE, what happened a year ago this week looked like a bruised ego lashing out. Alabama coach Nick Saban couldn’t abide not having the top-ranked recruiting class in the country, so

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. May 17, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The conference final round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs is upon us, and

Associated Press May 16, 2023, 06:23 PM ET TORONTO — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge doesn’t appreciate being branded a potential cheater after he took a sideways peek before hitting a 462-foot home run in Toronto. “I’ve got some choice words about that, but I’m just going to keep that off the record,” Judge

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 16, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Despite some shocking upsets and rain that wreaked havoc on the schedule, one issue dominated the conversation during the first several days of the Italian Open: the pay disparity between the men and women. While some tournaments on tour offer equal prize money, Rome currently does

Mark Ogden, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 15, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Manchester United have entered the decisive days of their season, with their prospects of success or failure resting on a handful of games in the Premier League and FA Cup. But thanks to the ongoing takeover saga surrounding the club, they are already facing

ESPN News Services May 14, 2023, 07:20 PM ET DARLINGTON, S.C. — William Byron avoided a wreck between Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson on a restart six laps from the end and held on to win the Goodyear 400 in overtime at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Byron, who got pushed out of the way by

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 13, 2023, 05:59 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Jailton Almeida still has a long way to reach the top of the heavyweight division, but it certainly appears he’ll be a force to reckon with

Jamal Collier, ESPNMay 12, 2023, 01:43 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — As Celtics star Jayson Tatum went through one of the worst shooting slumps of his career through the first three quarters of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, he continued to get reassuring messages from up and down the Boston sideline. “Keep going,” Celtics

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMay 12, 2023, 03:54 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM PHOENIX — For the second straight season, the Phoenix Suns were eliminated at home in humiliating fashion. Phoenix’s 125-100 loss to the Denver Nuggets in

Kendra Andrews, ESPNMay 12, 2023, 08:00 AM ET STEVE KERR SAT in his Vancouver hotel room pining over one of his players during the Golden State Warriors‘ preseason trip to Canada in 2016. He called assistant Chris DeMarco to his room, and the two sat and discussed their then-second-year center, Kevon Looney. “I don’t know

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 12, 2023, 12:46 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

May 12, 2023, 08:41 AM ET The next few weeks will set the table nicely in the boxing world. As an expected big-fight summer approaches, the middleweights and featherweights will take center stage and feature a number of competitive bouts that feature some of the quickest and most powerful fighters in the world. Up first

The PGA Championship, golf’s second major championship of the season, is just a week away. Before the world’s best players tee it up at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, a handful of the game’s elite are competing in the AT&T Byron Nelson outside Dallas this week. The LPGA Tour returns to the

Rob Demovsky Close Rob Demovsky ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Rich Cimini Close Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate May 10, 2023, 06:45

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMay 9, 2023, 11:07 AM 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 Scotland men’s head coach Gregor Townsend has signed a contract extension until April 2026, Scottish Rugby announced on Tuesday.

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 9, 2023, 09:52 AM ET The Madrid Open concluded over the weekend and, wow, it’s tough to know where to begin with this one. Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Swiatek 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, for the trophy in the latest chapter of their burgeoning rivalry, and Carlos Alcaraz won his second straight title

Craig Haubert Close Craig Haubert ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close Tom Luginbill ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall

Hockey’s most scrutinized teenager seeks the quiet life — for now. Connor Bedard, the most hyped NHL prospect since that Connor, was finishing up his third season in junior hockey when I visited him in March. His team, the Regina Pats, is located in the broad plains of Saskatchewan, where the average winter temperature hovers

May 8, 2023, 03:54 PM ET The Kansas City Royals placed left-hander Ryan Yarbrough on the 15-day injured list with head fractures Monday after he was hit in the face by a line drive in Sunday’s game against the Oakland Athletics. Yarbrough, 31, was hit just above the left temple by a line drive from

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMay 6, 2023, 06:30 PM ET A brace from Rodrygo Goes lifted Real Madrid to a 2-1 win over Osasuna in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, securing Real Madrid’s third trophy of the season. Rodrygo put Madrid ahead in the second minute after Vinicius Junior had opened up the Osasuna

Anita Marks May 5, 2023, 01:21 PM ET The 149th Kentucky Derby is Saturday with 20 of the best athletes in the world facing off in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. They have been bred for speed and distance, trained since birth by the best in the world. For them, this moment

Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 5, 2023, 01:20 PM ET Close Covered the NFL since 2013 Previously covered the Saints for the Times-Picayune and The Athletic Bengals beat writer for ESPN from 2016-19 You have questions about the 2023 Kentucky Derby? We’ve got answers. When, where and how to watch the Kentucky Derby The 149th

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 5, 2023, 03:42 PM ET Jorge Masvidal Fernandez, the father of recently retired UFC star Jorge Masvidal, was arrested Thursday on a charge of second-degree attempted murder with a deadly weapon after a shooting inside the Miami home owned by Masvidal, according to a Miami-Dade (Florida) Police Department arrest affidavit.

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 07:41 AM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — CANELO ALVAREZ STROLLS on Mexican soil, past the elegant horse fountain that greets visitors and inside the stable lined with his prized stallions — all 30 of them — at his ranch named Las Reinas (The Queens) for his wife and two daughters. Alvarez

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 12:19 AM ET BOSTON — The 24 hours leading up to Game 2 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics went quite well for Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid. On Tuesday night, he celebrated being named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. And after he had no setbacks

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterMay 3, 2023, 05:13 PM ET Close Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers‘ new teammates on the New York Jets have spent a week getting to know him — on and off the field — and they don’t mind

9:33 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Another week, another designated event on the PGA Tour. The Wells Fargo Championship returns to Quail Hollow Club this week, after a one-year hiatus while the club prepares to host the 2023 Presidents Cup. As a designated event on the revamped PGA Tour schedule, the tournament will have a