UFC Fight Night takeaways – Should Yair Rodriguez get a title shot? Is Miesha Tate now a gatekeeper?

UFC Fight Night takeaways - Should Yair Rodriguez get a title shot? Is Miesha Tate now a gatekeeper?

What were the biggest moments at UFC Fight Night in Long Island? Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim offer up their takeaways from a fun-filled event in Elmont, New York. There is plenty to unpack from a disappointing UFC Long Island main event. How does Yair Rodriguez’s victory following a Brian Ortega injury affect the UFC … Read more

2022 NHL free agency – Winners and losers of Day 1, plus the best remaining players

2022 NHL free agency - Winners and losers of Day 1, plus the best remaining players

The opening hours of NHL free agency did not bring us an answer as to where Nazem Kadri and John Klingberg would be skating in 2022-23, but there was no shortage of money being doled out elsewhere. Plus, we were treated to some blockbuster trades, as the Carolina Hurricanes added Brent Burns and Max Pacioretty … Read more

Winners and losers of the 2022 NHL draft

Winners and losers of the 2022 NHL draft

MONTREAL — The 2022 NHL draft is in the books, as 225 players were selected over the course of seven rounds and two days. Before getting to the annual list of draft winners and draft losers, let’s focus on the event’s biggest leader: Holding the draft in person again, and in Montreal. This was the … Read more

UFC 276 — Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier, live results and analysis

UFC 276 -- Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier, live results and analysis

6:57 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi LAS VEGAS — Israel Adesanya had a look into a proverbial crystal ball Thursday at the UFC 276 news conference. Behind him on the dais were Sean Strickland and Alex … Read more

2022 Stanley Cup Final – What we learned in Game 2, and how it impacts the rest of Avalanche-Lightning series

2022 Stanley Cup Final - What we learned in Game 2, and how it impacts the rest of Avalanche-Lightning series

Game 1 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final was a back-and-forth thriller, with the Colorado Avalanche winning a 4-3 contest in overtime over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 2 was … not nearly as thrilling, with the Avs jumping out to an early lead and then pouring it on en route to a 7-0 win. … Read more

2022 Stanley Cup Final – Game 1 of Avalanche-Lightning gave us everything we could have wanted

2022 Stanley Cup Final - Game 1 of Avalanche-Lightning gave us everything we could have wanted

The 2022 Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning got off to a rollicking start, with Colorado jumping out to a 3-1 lead in the first period, Tampa Bay tying it in the second, and the Avalanche prevailing 4-3 in overtime. What did we learn in Game 1 and how will … Read more