Month: June 2018

1:50 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN DALLAS — The NHL Awards are over, which means that the yelling could begin. Every year, there are votes that boggle the mind, and this year was no exception. Some of them are egregious — like Mathew Barzal getting anything less than a first- or second-place vote for the Calder
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12:58 PM ET Ariel Helwani Michael Chandler is inching closer to free agency. Chandler’s Bellator contract is set to expire imminently, sources told ESPN. Per the terms of the contract, the sources were not at liberty to discuss exactly when the contract runs out. However, according to those same sources, Chandler’s management and Bellator are
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Jun 20, 2018 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Martin Murray hopes that victory over Roberto Garcia on Saturday will move him closer to a fifth world title shot. Murray (36-4-1, 17 KOs)
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2:53 PM ET Former middleweight interim titlist Martin Murray returns to the ring for the first time in nine months to face Roberto Garcia; the fight will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday from The O2 Arena in London. Murray (36-4-1, 17 KOs), who won the WBA middleweight
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2:46 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Petra Kvitova, who hopes a successful title defense at the Birmingham Classic will help her bid to win Wimbledon for a third time, moved into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Julia Goerges on Friday. The fourth-seeded Kvitova took an hour and six minutes
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11:31 AM BST South Africa and England enter Saturday’s third and final test at Newlands with very different mindsets as touring flyhalf Danny Cipriani prepares to take centre stage with a first test start in a decade. South Africa have already secured the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, having extended England’s losing streak to
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