Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 3, 2023, 07:44 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato One recent day, as Saturday’s UFC bantamweight championship defense against Henry Cejudo approached, Aljamain Sterling chose not to dwell on the pressure attached to the most important night of his career.
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5:28 PM ET NEW YORK — The injury bug at Yankee Stadium is contagious. The Yankees‘ roster took another hit Tuesday as right-hander Lou Trivino will undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season. While Trivino has not played a game this season, New York hoped to lean on the hurler coming out of the bullpen.
12:52 AM ET ESPN News Services DALLAS — Yanni Gourde scored 12:17 into overtime, and the Seattle Kraken — after defeating the Colorado Avalanche in Round 1 — kept up the momentum with a 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Joe Pavelski scored four
12:58 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies do not intend to re-sign Dillon Brooks in unrestricted free agency, league sources have confirmed to ESPN. The franchise’s plans to move on from Brooks, a six-year veteran who is the longest-tenured player on the roster, were solidified in the wake of second-seeded Memphis’ first-round playoff elimination to the
12:20 AM ET LAFC is returning to the CONCACAF Champions League final after beating the Philadelphia Union 3-0 on Tuesday night at BMO Stadium to advance from the semifinals 4-1 on aggregate. The defending MLS Cup champions held a narrow advantage coming into match after scoring an away goal in the 1-1 draw in Philadelphia
Lucknow Super Giants’ quick Jaydev Unadkat has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2023 because of a left-shoulder injury, which he picked up while training in the nets on Sunday. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that he will be fit in time for the WTC final against Australia, starting on June 7 at The Oval.
10:13 PM ET UFC double champion Amanda Nunes will face Mexican challenger Irene Aldana at UFC 289 on June 10, as her original opponent, Julianna Peña, suffered a rib injury. UFC president Dana White broke the news via social media on Tuesday. The new 135-pound matchup will headline the pay-per-view event, which takes place at
9:53 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Two-time Australian Open golf champion Frank Phillips, who also won tournaments in Singapore and Kong Kong, has died, PGA Australia said in a statement Wednesday. He was 90. PGA Australia said Phillips died Tuesday at a nursing home in Bowral, south of Sydney, where he had lived the
5:58 PM ET Veteran catcher Gary Sanchez opted out of his contract with the San Francisco Giants after he was not added to the major league roster. Sanchez, 30, agreed a minor league deal with the Giants in late March with the stipulation that he could depart if he wasn’t in the major leagues by
7:51 PM ET As Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs began across the NHL on Tuesday, players on the league’s best team during the regular season cleaned out their lockers and headed home. The Boston Bruins had their breakup day at TD Garden, meeting the media for the final time after exit interviews. As