Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2023, 01:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC will hold its first-ever event in Saudi Arabia on March 2, 2024, officials told ESPN on Wednesday. The card will be a Fight Night in conjunction with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season festival. According to a release, UFC president Dana White
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 11, 2023, 08:44 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions An already important week for the Buffalo Sabres‘ long-term plans became even more paramount Wednesday with the club announcing they signed defenseman Owen Power to a seven-year extension. Signing Power, 20, to
Associated Press Oct 11, 2023, 08:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The NHL suspended Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden for two games without pay for an “illegal check to the head” of Seattle Kraken forward Brandon Tanev on Tuesday night. Howden will lose nearly $20,000 in pay, and that money will
Liam Napier Oct 11, 2023, 04:59 PM Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Heartache and evolution hangs heavy in the expectant Parisian air as the All Blacks and Ireland, one of rugby’s great modern rivalries, prepare to collide in a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal for the ages. Peel back the layers on a sudden death showdown
Oct 11, 2023, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions One team down, three to go. The day after the Texas Rangers moved on to the American League Championship Series by sweeping the Baltimore Orioles, the 2023 MLB playoffs continue with the three remaining division series matchups. Two teams face potential elimination today. In the AL,
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions A.J. Dybantsa, the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 recruiting class and one of the top players in all of high school basketball, plans to reclassify to the 2025
ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Charlotte Hornets have waived former first-round pick Kai Jones, president of basketball operations and general manager Mitch Kupchak announced Wednesday. Jones, the Hornets’ 19th overall pick out of Texas in 2021, wrote Monday on X, formerly Twitter, that he had officially requested
Jamal Collier, ESPNOct 11, 2023, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard will both play Sunday night against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin announced Wednesday on NBA Today. Antetokounmpo and Lillard sat out the team’s first two preseason games, but will suit up
Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 11, 2023, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joe Dumars — the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations — said the NBA has communicated to its players and teams that “we are really emphasizing that this is an 82-game season” and that the league has data that shows player
Oct 11, 2023, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL added three more players this week in advance of its January debut as Sahith Theegala, Cam Young and Keegan Bradley all are on board, TMRW Sports announced Wednesday. Those additions come a week after Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton were named to the