Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — As the No. 8-seeded Miami Heat continue
Mike Coppinger May 18, 2023, 03:07 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Regis Prograis is in search of a new opponent for his June 17 homecoming title defense in New Orleans after Australia’s Liam Paro withdrew with an injury, Prograis announced Thursday. Prograis (28-1, 24 KOs) will make the first defense of
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 03:29 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun If Sean O’Malley is to become the UFC’s bantamweight champion this summer, he’ll have to defeat the most dangerous bantamweight in the history of the sport — at least in
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 18, 2023, 11:48 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year North Wilkesboro Speedway was left in ruin after NASCAR stopped showing up in 1996. Aaron Burns/NWS Photo Nine-thousand, seven-hundred and thirty-one days. When the NASCAR All-Star
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 11:53 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes will get a lineup boost for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, as winger Teuvo Teravainen is expected to return from injury. Teravainen, 28, broke his hand on a slash from New
Associated Press May 18, 2023, 02:26 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jay Jacobs, the former Auburn athletic director who has been serving as Florida‘s associate AD for external affairs, is formally retiring following nearly four decades in college athletics. The 62-year-old Jacobs spent 13 years as Auburn’s athletic director and won the 2010 national championship
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 09:45 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Arizona Coyotes won’t quit. They’re the NHL equivalent of a 1980s horror movie monster, snapping back into consciousness after being electrocuted for the 10th time, shambling along in defiance of its assumed mortality while everyone runs away screaming.
Associated Press May 18, 2023, 01:42 PM ET ROME — The right thigh injury that forced top-ranked Iga Swiatek to retire during her Italian Open quarterfinal “shouldn’t be anything serious,” the Polish player said Thursday. Swiatek had to stop playing during the third set against Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in a match that started late
Royal Challengers Bangalore 187 for 2 (Kohli 100, du Plessis 71) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 186 for 5 (Klaasen 104, Bracewell 2-13) by eight wickets A stunning chase from Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis significantly strengthened Royal Challengers Bangalore’s hopes of making it to the playoffs despite one of the great T20 hundreds by Heinrich
John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 01:03 PM ET Close Covered the Redskins for the Washington Examiner and other media outlets since 1994 Authored or co-authored three books on the Redskins and one on the Cleveland Browns NFL owners will not vote on the Washington Commanders sale during their meetings next week in Minnesota,