Month: April 2023

12:53 AM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nathan MacKinnon had three goals and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Friday night to win the Central Division title. Devon Toews also scored and had an assist and Alexandar Georgiev made 18 saves for Colorado, which finished a point ahead
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8:02 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Ryan Preece put his No. 41 Ford on the pole for Sunday’s Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, capping a strong day of qualifying for Stewart-Haas Racing. All four SHR cars qualified in the top seven on Saturday. Daniel Suarez and Preece’s teammate, Aric Almirola, were tied
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12:43 AM ET The next UFC heavyweight title fight could be headed to the Big Apple. The UFC wants heavyweight champion Jon Jones to defend his title against former champ Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC president Dana White said Saturday at the UFC Kansas City postfight news conference. The UFC’s
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4:31 PM ET Associated Press Jessica Pegula sent the U.S. into the Billie Jean King Cup finals Saturday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Austria’s Julia Grabher. The victory gave the Americans a 3-0 lead and clinched the best-of-five tie in Delray Beach, Florida. The third-ranked Pegula also won her singles match Friday after No.
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10:32 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — John Hunter Nemechek was on fire all night at Martinsville Speedway. So maybe it was fitting that he set his car on fire after a lengthy burnout upon winning his second Xfinity Series race of the season. Nemechek held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sammy Smith on
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7:14 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected during the Minnesota Twins‘ 6-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday after an excess rosin controversy concerning starting pitcher Domingo Germán. First-base umpire and crew chief James Hoye had
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10:51 PM ET The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a contract with former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Chosen Robbie Anderson, sources told ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques. Anderson was released by the Cardinals on March 8 after he was acquired last year in a midseason trade. He joins a Dolphins receiving corps led by Tyreek Hill and
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2:45 PM ET Erling Haaland continued his jaw-dropping assault on the Premier League on Saturday as he netted a first-half brace to equal Mohamed Salah‘s single-season goal-scoring record in Manchester City‘s 3-1 victory over beleaguered Leicester City on Saturday. Haaland increased his haul to 32 goals to tie Salah’s mark for a 38-game season —
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — With a familiar berth in the women’s world hockey championship gold medal game on the line, leave it to the United States’ so-called old guard of Hilary Knight and Amanda Kessel to set the tone in a 9-1 rout of Switzerland on Saturday. And the Americans will
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6:37 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Zhilei Zhang, who turns 40 next month, is closing in on a shot at Oleksandr Usyk’s WBO world heavyweight titles, after pulling off a
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