Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMar 22, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions At long last, Corey Anderson can officially call himself a champion. Anderson (18-6) claimed the vacant Bellator MMA light heavyweight title on Friday, defeating Irish challenger Karl
Jeff Wagenheim Mar 23, 2024, 09:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Igor Severino‘s UFC career lasted barely a round and a half on Saturday night before he was disqualified for biting his opponent and subsequently released from the fight promotion. The 20-year-old Brazilian fighter, making his Octagon debut at a UFC Fight Night event in
Jeff Wagenheim Mar 26, 2024, 04:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bruno Cappelozza, the 2021 PFL heavyweight champion, no longer will compete on the season-opening fight card April 4, the promotion announced on social media Tuesday. Cappelozza was scheduled to fight Sergey Bilostenniy on the main card in San Antonio, but the PFL posted on
Jeff Wagenheim Mar 24, 2024, 01:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rose Namajunas took her first step in a quest to reach the top of the flyweight division, outpointing Amanda Ribas (13-5) by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Namajunas (12-6), a two-time UFC champion at strawweight, ended
Mar 27, 2024, 08:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA tournament has taken over the sports world, as it tends to do every spring. It’s hard to open an internet browser or social media app without immediately getting hit by an image of a bracket. You can’t fight it, so just embrace it. Historically,
Mar 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When we began our top 10 rankings for 2024 in college football, we started at quarterback, a natural spot given the importance of the position. This week we turn to the players whose job it is to make the quarterback’s life miserable. We asked our reporters
Associated Press Mar 27, 2024, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has split with coach Goran Ivanisevic, ending their association that began in 2018 and included 12 Grand Slam titles for the Serbian tennis player. In a post on Instagram published Wednesday, Djokovic said he stopped working with Ivanisevic “a
ESPN News Services Mar 27, 2024, 01:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TEMPE, Ariz. — With his parents at the top of Mullett Arena in a suite, Josh Doan scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally, in his first NHL game, and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday night. Doan,
Associated Press Mar 26, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Defending Miami Open champion Daniil Medvedev won his 350th career match to move into the quarterfinals for a fourth straight year, beating Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (5), 6-0 on Tuesday. After a tight opening set, No. 3 seed Medvedev pulled away
ESPN News Services Mar 26, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Adam Fox scored 36 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 following a wild third period Tuesday night. Alexis Lafreniere had two