Month: March 2023

12:36 PM ET CINCINNATI — The longest-tenured member of the Cincinnati Bengals‘ offensive line is seeking a trade. Offensive tackle Jonah Williams has expressed his desire to be traded, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The request comes after four-time Pro Bowl tackle Orlando Brown Jr. agreed to terms with the Bengals earlier in
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9:06 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Elena Rybakina fired seven aces in routing top-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final. “I’m pretty sad that I lost,” Swiatek said. Rybakina will play second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday’s final in
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8:24 PM ET MIAMI — Mexico’s manager, Benji Gil, said he doesn’t believe his team should be playing until Saturday. Its quarterfinal game against Puerto Rico in this year’s World Baseball Classic is instead taking place on Friday night, which meant a tough turnaround for a team that was navigating the pool-play portion of the
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6:57 PM ET The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers combined to pay more than $88 million in revenue sharing receipts to smaller-market teams for the 2021-2022 season, according to a memo obtained by ESPN on Friday. Eight more larger-market teams — including New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, the LA Clippers and
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7:57 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Adam Schenk is playing for the 10th consecutive week on the PGA Tour and finally seeing some good results, making enough putts Friday for a 2-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the Valspar Championship. Schenk had four birdies, all
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4:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gilberto Ramirez’s 175-pound fight vs. Gabe Rosado on Saturday in Long Beach, California, has been cancelled after the former champion came in unofficially at 182.6 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in, sources told ESPN. Former champion Joseph Diaz Jr. will fight Mercito Gesta in the new Golden Boy on DAZN main event,
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres signed goalie Devon Levi to a three-year entry level contract Friday, less than a week after the 21-year-old’s junior season ended at Northeastern. Levi won the Mike Richter Award as college hockey’s top goalie last season, and is once again a finalist this year
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3:25 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Valdez and Adam Lopez will meet in a 130-pound rematch on May 20 in Las Vegas, a source told ESPN on Friday. The bout will serve as chief support for the Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko fight for the undisputed lightweight championship on ESPN+ PPV, per source. Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs)
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7:26 AM ET Holders Real Madrid have been drawn to face Chelsea in the Champions League quarterfinals, while Manchester City will play Bayern Munich. The winner of those two ties will face each other in the semifinals, which were also drawn on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)– Manchester
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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. There have been some incredibly busy nights on the NHL schedule recently, with many playoff contenders battling it out for those precious points. Tonight is not one of those nights. Six of the
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12:44 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Wide receiver Allen Lazard said he signed with the New York Jets because of the “bright lights” of the city and a strong affinity for his new offensive coordinator. Then, of course, there’s the life-changing money. And one other thing, too. “Obviously, standing here today, it feels good
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