Month: April 2023

12:56 AM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — A series of fights between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs broke out in the third period of Saturday night’s Game 3. And the penalty sheet, after order was restored, resembled an NHL All-Star roster. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos and Toronto star Auston
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1:32 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim One stunning knee earned Patchy Mix two championship belts. Mix landed a knee to the chin of Raufeon Stots barely a minute into the Bellator 295 main event on Saturday night in Honolulu, taking away Stots’ interim bantamweight championship in a bout that also served as the final of the
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1:25 AM ET NEW YORK — New Jersey Devils rookie goaltender Akira Schmid had never appeared in an NHL playoff game before Saturday night’s Game 3 victory over the New York Rangers. He entered an absolutely desperate situation for his team: Down 2-0 in their opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series, having been routed in two
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8:47 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his first home run since returning from an 80-game drug suspension, driving a fastball into the left-center stands in the first inning of the San Diego Padres‘ 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. It was Tatis’ first homer since 2021.
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10:03 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Adolis Garcia hit three home runs for the Texas Rangers in the first five innings of their 18-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. The 30-year-old Cuban slugger launched two-run shots in the first, third and fifth – all at least 400 feet – as
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9:01 PM ET Winnipeg Jets‘ defenseman Josh Morrissey has been ruled out for the remainder of their first-round NHL playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights after suffering a lower-body injury in Game 3 on Saturday. Jets’ coach Rick Bowness made the announcement shortly after Winnipeg’s 5-4 loss in double overtime to the Golden Knights,
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9:39 PM ET The UFC has a new heavyweight knockout king. Sergei Pavlovich flattened Curtis Blaydes via TKO at 3:08 of the first round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Pavlovich has six straight first-round KO/TKO victories, extending his own modern-day UFC record. He is tied for second with
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7:34 PM ET 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 Joe Cordina’s slick combinations helped him earn a split-decision victory over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov to regain the IBF junior lightweight world title at the Cardiff
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