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7:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Eddie Perez was on the field at Dodger Stadium by 2:30 p.m. PT on Monday, hours before either the Los Angeles Dodgers or the Atlanta Braves were scheduled to begin batting practice. The first person he saw was Freddie Freeman, who enveloped him in a warm, tight, affectionate hug

3:05 PM ET Players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year. The decision was announced Wednesday. The third Slam of the year became the first to ban players from those countries, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’ close allyship to Russian president Vladimir Putin. The

6:32 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LIVERPOOL, England — Ralf Rangnick insists that he believes Manchester United might only be two or three transfer windows away from catching Liverpool but judging by the latest thrashing at Anfield, the gap looks more like two or three thousand light years. After Liverpool’s 4-0 victory on Tuesday, the Premier

8:08 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim PFL officials speak of Kayla Harrison with reverence, as though watching her perform is the most exhilarating experience in all of MMA. Who can blame them? Harrison is 12-0 and has mauled everyone in her path to becoming a two-time champion in the PFL women’s lightweight division. She is by

1:42 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Errol Spence Jr. looked impressive in a 10th-round TKO victory over Yordenis Ugas to unify three of the four major welterweight world titles at AT&T Stadium on Saturday. Terence Crawford has the other and a fight between Spence and Crawford has been marinating for too long. Spence said after

9:44 AM BST Ed Sheeran has punted Munster from their Thomond Park Stadium for next month’s Champions Cup quarterfinal tie against Toulouse with the venue set to host the British singer’s concerts. The quarterfinals are scheduled for May 6-8 but with Sheeran set to play Limerick’s Thomond Park on May 5 and May 6 there

11:44 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch slipped past the spinning cars of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe to steal his first Cup win of the season Sunday night on slick, wet, dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Reddick was chasing the first Cup win of his career, led 99 of the 250 laps

7:15 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Thinking he might have a chance for a playoff, Jordan Spieth rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole in regulation. He made an even bigger shot at Harbour Town’s signature hole in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage. Spieth’s 56-foot shot from

1:29 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first repeat champion at the Monte Carlo Masters since Rafael Nadal in 2018 with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win against unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Sunday. “It’s a great feeling because we had the crowd this year,” the third-seeded Greek said after winning the

3:40 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors have a long-standing history of small-ball lineups. During the first championship run of their dynastic era, their small lineup was so lethal it was dubbed the “death lineup.” It has gone through a few different renditions since then, but as the Warriors embark

4:50 PM ET Associated Press Zippy Chippy, horse racing’s lovable loser for never winning in 100 races, has died at the age of 31. The bay gelding was living at the Bobby Frankel Division of Old Friends at Cabin Creek thoroughbred retirement farm near Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York since 2010. The farm

7:00 AM ET New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick turns 70 on Saturday, which is the point when he once thought he’d say goodbye to coaching. In the NFL Films-produced “A Football Life” feature more than a decade ago, Belichick famously said: “I don’t want to be like Marv Levy and coaching when I’m in

7:00 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. — Looking back, Marcus Satterfield jokes that maybe he was too blunt. As South Carolina‘s oft-criticized offensive coordinator from a year ago, and with the Gamecocks desperately needing a quarterback, Satterfield didn’t sugarcoat things the first time he spoke on the phone in December with Spencer Rattler. Yes, the same

7:00 AM ET FIVE YEARS AGO, during one of my eldest daughter’s first Little League games of the season, I noticed her bouncing around at first base on each pitch. It was clear she was imitating someone, and given the only game she’d seen me play in at the time was the Hall of Fame

7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Some nights there are a bounty of NHL games on the schedule, a large proportion of which have massive impacts on the playoff races. Then there are nights like Friday, with three of

6:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MADRID — On a night when Atletico Madrid tried everything to make Manchester City lose their heads, Pep Guardiola’s players showed they have the steel as well as the silk to win the Champions League. By the end, it was the home side who lost their cool when Brazilian defender

7:52 AM ET They can envision April 30 now. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano walking toward the ring in the main arena of New York’s Madison Square Garden, one of the most iconic sporting venues in the world. Thousands of fans cheering. Irish and Puerto Rican flags flying. A buzz in the air, a fight

10:37 PM ET Alexander Volkanovski has welcomed Henry Cejudo’s return to the USADA testing pool, but the Australian says he is instead focused on a shift to lightweight and an immediate crack at becoming a two-division UFC champion. Fresh off his domination of Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273, Volkanovski is already mapping out his

8:44 PM BST England continued their winning run in this year’s Six Nations with a 58-5 victory over Wales in front of a record crowd at Kingsholm. Lark Davies and Jess Breach both scored two tries each while Sarah Bern, Alex Matthews, Shaunagh Brown, Emily Scarratt and Sarah Hunter also crossed the line. – Clargo:

8:59 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fifteen minutes after Scottie Scheffler won the Masters, a golf cart rushed him to the back door of Butler Cabin. The only sounds came from a drone circling overhead and a few birds. His green jacket waited inside. He looked dazed. Of course he did. In the past 57

3:38 PM ET Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons‘ pain-free progress is fueling hope that he could return in the first-round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, even if it’s just in a 10-15 minute a game role, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The Nets would need to advance out of the Play-in Tournament this week and,

7:25 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Reilly Opelka beat fellow American John Isner 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Sunday to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in the tallest matchup in an ATP Tour final. The 6-foot-11 Opelka won his fourth tour title and first on clay. He improved to 5-1 against the 6-10

12:08 AM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — William Byron took the lead on pit road after Stage 2 stops and held it pretty much the rest of the way at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday night to become the first repeat winner this season in NASCAR’s Cup Series. Byron needed to hold off a challenge

5:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mo Donegal rallied to win the $750,000 Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct on the last weekend of major prep races for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Joel Rosario, Mo Donegal ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.96. Trainer Todd Pletcher tied “Sunny” Jim Fitzsimmons for most Wood

11:10 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died this weekend when he was hit by a car, his agent Cedric Saunders told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Haskins was 24 years old. Haskins was training in South Florida with other Steelers quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. He was killed Saturday morning when he got hit

8:00 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Like him or loathe him, Dabo Swinney doesn’t mind speaking his mind, nor does he ever spend much time trying to be somebody he’s not. Entering his 14th season as Clemson‘s head coach and 20th season overall, Swinney has steered the Tigers to the top of the college football

7:05 AM ET The last month of the 2021-22 NHL regular season brings the final edition of the NHL Awards Watch, as we’re days away from ballots being sent out to voters. While there are established front-runners for each of these awards, the next few weeks are still critical for determining the winners, as voters

6:07 PM ET Opening Day of the 2022 MLB season is in the rearview mirror, but plenty of teams are still set to make their debut on the diamond. Thursday’s slate of action provided a wide spectrum of entertainment. The games included everything from a memorable first major league hit for Bobby Witt Jr., to

11:01 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — William Byron raced to his first NASCAR Truck Series victory since 2016 on Thursday night at Martinsville Speedway. Byron, in just his second Truck Series start since 2016, led a race-high 94 of the 200 laps and grabbed the lead after Stage 2. Byron outdueled Johnny Sauter

6:00 AM ET The first legs of the Champions League quarterfinals featured contrasting fortunes for the Madrid clubs, wins for Premier League title chasers Manchester City and Liverpool, a chastening loss for defending champions Chelsea and a shock for Bayern Munich. Rob Dawson, Bill Connelly and Derek Rae give their views on the big questions

7:08 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — As Mark O’Meara approached the tee box of the 15th hole at Augusta National Golf Club during the first round of the 1997 Masters, he saw Tiger Woods sitting on a bench. O’Meara, one of Woods’ closest friends and a mentor during the early years of Woods’ PGA Tour

7:47 AM ET When Jennifer Han got the call in 2021, she knew this was not going to be easy. Not even close. The opponent — undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor — was very talented. There was also her own situation. Han had given birth to her second child, Nolan, months before. She said she

12:58 AM BST ESPN staff Perth has won the right to host the opening Test between the Wallabies and England, while the Wallaroos will commence their Rugby World Cup preparations with Tests against Japan and Fijiana in Queensland. Rugby Australia on Tuesday unveiled the fixtures for its opening Test series of 2022, with international rugby