Dmitry Bivol avenged his 2024 loss to Artur Beterbiev, defeating his rival by majority decision for the undisputed light heavyweight championship early Sunday morning at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The rematch was set 133 days after Beterbiev won a narrow majority decision in October, and the second fight was every bit as good […]
Feb 22, 2025, 05:44 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When the NHL draft comes to Los Angeles this summer, expect a lot more Gary Bettman. On Saturday, the league formally announced that the 2025 NHL draft will take place June 27 and 28 at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theatre, confirming a report from ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski […]
Feb 22, 2025, 03:37 PM ET The Fresno State men’s basketball program has drawn scrutiny for potential ties to sports gambling, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. The NCAA and university are both investigating, sources said. The school has removed one player from the team and suspended two others for at least Saturday’s 72-69 loss […]
Ryan S. ClarkFeb 21, 2025, 02:03 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. BOSTON — Losing the 4 Nations Face-Off to Canada didn’t dissuade the United States from delivering a message: Team USA has arrived, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. And it’s just as good as Canada. The […]
Feb 20, 2025, 06:36 PM ET Two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant is the Memphis Grizzlies player whose home was burglarized by the seven men from Chile charged in federal court with orchestrating break-ins at the homes of prominent professional athletes around the country, a league source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. The Daily Memphian reported […]
Michael VoepelFeb 19, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Notre Dame started this season as No. 7 in the ESPN Power Rankings. Now, it has […]
Jeff CarlisleFeb 20, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Since the start of the year, there had been a lot of talk about head coach Emma Hayes’ desire to “bridge the gap” within the U.S. women’s national team. The first tier of players is […]
Eric KarabellFeb 20, 2025, 06:44 AM ET Close Fantasy baseball, football and basketball analyst for ESPN Charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame Author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments” Fantasy baseball season officially ended at the end of last September and myriad managers likely tuned out far earlier than that, choosing to focus on […]
MILAN, Italy — Who knows exactly what thoughts lurked inside the head of Theo Hernández, just beneath his shocking pink tufts of hair, when he made the most boneheaded of decisions five minutes into the second half of AC Milan‘s Champions League playoff second-leg clash against Feyenoord? Games don’t often turn on individual players and […]
Arsenal’s financial records revealed a jump in player wages from last season. Getty Arsenal have announced a loss of £17.7million ($22.3m) for the year ending May 31, 2024. The north London side generated a club-record £616.6m for the 12-month period — compared to £466.7m a year earlier — with £52.4m coming from player trading. Mikel Arteta’s […]