Month: April 2019

10:26 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN COLUMBUS — The cannon is a lie. There’s a hand-crafted replica of a 1857 Napoleon cannon, once called “the best gun for all round field service” in the Civil War, that rests on two large wheels in Section 111 of Nationwide Arena. It fires at the start of Columbus Blue
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8:20 AM ET Associated Press The NFL draft drew record numbers both on site and on television. The league said Monday that more than 600,000 attended over the three days in Nashville, easily eclipsing the 250,000 that came to watch two years ago in Philadelphia. Nielsen reports that the draft on ESPN, ABC and NFL
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7:09 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Carolina Hurricanes are bruised and battered. They’re also two wins away from reaching the Eastern Conference final. Plus, the Colorado Avalanche got even with the San Jose Sharks — but not without some controversy. Here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game
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9:59 AM ET It’s Monday, time for another edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, which airs live starting at 1 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. Following the show, the entirety can be heard via the ESPN podcast center. Boy, that was some kinda weekend in MMA. From UFC to Bellator to KSW to Cage
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1:23 AM ET The UFC is officially headed to Abu Dhabi for the first time since 2014. A UFC 242 pay-per-view event has been scheduled for Sept. 7 in Abu Dhabi, the promotion announced Sunday. The event is part of a new five-year partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, that will
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