7:00 AM ET Can a change of scenery fix new Chicago Cubs center fielder Cody Bellinger? Winner of the National League MVP Award in 2019, Bellinger has been on a downward spiral at the plate ever since. It led to him being released by the Los Angeles Dodgers in December and eventually signed by the
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. With 11 games left in their 2022-23 season, the New Jersey Devils remain within striking distance of winning the Metropolitan Division (two points and one regulation win behind the Carolina Hurricanes). After finishing
6:51 AM ET LOS ANGELES — They couldn’t have understood in the moment what one declaration from an 8-year-old child could mean for both the father and the daughter. How one decision, essentially out of the blue, could be the fulcrum of change for both of them. One night, while they were watching fights on
4:23 AM ET ESPN Africa and Top Rank Boxing have signed a multiyear broadcast agreement, starting with the junior welterweight bout between Jose Ramirez and Ghana’s Richard Commey on March 25 (03:00 CAT on March 26). The co-feature will be a world title unification clash, as WBA minimumweight world champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada collides
4:51 AM ET WBC heavyweight title-holder Tyson Fury has labelled Oleksandr Usyk a “14-stone coward” after talks for their undisputed heavyweight title fight on April 29 broke down. Sources told ESPN on Wednesday that the talks came to a standstill with the two parties unable to agree deal points beyond the agreed 70-30 revenue split
Big picture: Test thrills augur well Despite the eventual 2-0 scoreline in favour of the hosts, it’s safe to say Sri Lanka might have surprised a fair few folks that tuned into the Tests in Christchurch and Wellington – okay, maybe not so much the latter, but certainly over the course of that epic first
5:25 PM ET Michigan freshman guard Jett Howard will declare for the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Thursday. “This was a great learning year for me,” Howard told ESPN. “It’s what I needed. It taught me how to play within a pro-style offense and be effective, to get out of my comfort zone,
Mar 23, 2023 When Barcelona came knocking, Keira Walsh could have chosen the familiar path, one of certainty and comfort. It happened a few days after England had won the 2022 European Championship. She was settled at Manchester City, the team she and her father had supported all their lives. Regarded as one of the
11:23 PM ET Associated Press GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Alison Lee and Jenny Shin each reeled off four straight birdies in the middle of their rounds and joined Gaby Lopez at 7-under 65 Thursday to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Drive on Championship. Lee, a 28-year-old American looking for
9:31 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Rory McIlroy had every reason to love the long ball Thursday. Taken to the 18th hole in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, McIlroy unleashed the shot of the tournament. He smashed a drive on the 375-yard closing hole so magnificently that it pitched on the green and