10:12 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For many New Orleans Pelicans fans, Saturday night was a first chance to lay eyes on No. 1 pick Zion Williamson. And they showed out in a way the fan base has few times before. Pelicans officials estimated over 10,000 fans in attendance for Saturday’s open scrimmage,
Month: October 2019
9:56 PM ET NEW YORK — Junior middleweight Israil Madrimov, one of boxing’s best prospects, dominated Alejandro Barrera en route to a fifth-round knockout victory on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Madrimov, who only turned pro 11 months ago, is on the fast track and showed why on the Gennadiy Golovkin-Sergiy Derevyanchenko undercard as
10:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin left Saturday’s 7-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second period and did not return after suffering an undisclosed injury. Malkin suffered the injury when he collided with Penguins defenseman Kris Letang near center ice and awkwardly fell into the boards. Malkin,
10:16 PM ET ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — Ky. Colonel died from an apparent heart attack after a jog on the training track at Santa Anita on Saturday, trainer Richard Mandella confirmed to The Associated Press. It was the 33rd horse death at the track and second in Mandella’s barn since December. “It was
Shaka Hislop and Mark Donaldson debate the merits of a loan move for Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic in January. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has said Christian Pulisic‘s ongoing omission from the team is part of a “harsh” decision-making process. United States international Pulisic hasn’t played in four of his club’s last five matches and has spoken of
Oct 2, 2019 On Sunday morning (AEDT), more than 50,000 fight fans will flock into Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, as an Australia vs. New Zealand world title fight headlines a UFC card full of local fighters. It’s yet another indicator of how much the sport has grown globally, especially in Australia. Rewind the clock to
9:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Just too much traffic for Minnesota Twins rookie Randy Dobnak. The feel-good story of the Uber driver-turned-big league pitcher came to a screeching halt Saturday when the New York Yankees tagged him from the get-go in an 8-2 rout, putting Minnesota in a serious jam in the
9:00 PM ET Associated Press FLINT, Mich. — Trash talk at a weigh-in or news conference is nothing new in boxing. This was something different entirely. Claressa Shields’ homecoming fight Saturday night was canceled because of an altercation before Friday’s weigh-in that left her opponent’s trainer hospitalized. Shields called the incident “inexcusable” — and the
8:00 AM ET WASHINGTON — The Los Angeles Dodgers weren’t necessarily expecting Max Scherzer to jog out of the bullpen and pitch in relief Friday night in their most recent game in the MLB playoffs — but they weren’t necessarily surprised by it, either. “Boston showed us last year,” Max Muncy, among the Dodgers’ most
8:51 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The Atlanta Braves are promising to continue their dialogue with the Native American community in the wake of St. Louis Cardinals reliever Ryan Helsley‘s criticism of the tomahawk chop chant. Helsley told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he thinks the chant is insulting, and the 25-year-old rookie was