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THINGS TO CARE ABOUT
Get your mint juleps ready … This year’s Kentucky Derby favorite was scratched on Wednesday with a breathing issue, so you better study up if you had your money on Omaha Beach … Luckily for you, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know in just one spot. Here’s a horse-by-horse breakdown to get you caught up, as well as the latest odds, because it’s a whole new race now. Read More
On the road to the Stanley Cup … It’s been an absolutely wild NHL playoff so far, and we’re still only in the second round. Our hockey experts picked the most captivating stories, biggest surprises, and biggest disappointments so far. Read More
Way-too-early 2020 mock draft … We don’t know all the players who’ll be in next year’s NFL draft. We don’t know the order of the teams. We don’t know a lot of things. What we do know is that Todd McShay took a forecast of the possible first-round draft order in 2020 and mapped out the potential first round on ESPN+. Check it out, especially if you already miss all the hype around the 2019 draft. Read More
OVERHEARD
“Maybe if we were doing a little better, maybe we would be doing it, but you can’t be losing and playing Fortnite in the clubhouse.”
–Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, on the team’s struggles. Read More
WEEKEND BINGE READS
Liverpool rising … Liverpool are in an intense race to win their first title in almost 30 years — and winning it would go far beyond sports. Wright Thompson takes us through what a title would mean to a city that has experienced such extremes of joy and tragedy along the way. Read More
The Mariners are fun to watch … They started off the season with a bang, winning two in Japan and sending Ichiro Suzuki into retirement in grand style. Now they’ve cooled down a bit, but the Mariners — who were supposed to be mired in a miserable rebuilding year — are a dangerous team filled with young talent and legitimately a blast. Read More
How Canelo got paid … Canelo Alvarez is one of the highest-paid athletes in the world, with an 11-fight deal worth $365 million. He’s not a charismatic figure or a flamboyant extrovert. What he is, however, is exactly the right fighter at the right time — and a damn good one at that. Read More
THINGS TO WATCH
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After missing a shot, Pascal Siakam appears to trip Joel Embiid, leading the officials to take a look at the replays and they would assess him a Flagrant 1.
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Noah Syndergaard carries the Mets past the Reds, hitting a solo shot and striking out 10 in a complete-game shutout as New York wins 1-0.
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SC Featured tells the comeback story of Tim “oLARRY” Anselimo, a professional NBA2K player, who was shot 4 times at a Madden event in Jacksonville, FL last year. Watch the full feature Saturday on ESPN.
REMEMBER WHEN?
On this date in 2011, Derrick Rose became the youngest player ever to win the NBA MVP award, for a season in which he averaged 25 points, 7.7 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game.
WHAT’S ON TONIGHT?
Bucks at Celtics (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), Nuggets at Trail Blazers (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN): Splitting a pair of road games in the NBA playoffs seems like such a huge deal, and for both the Celtics and Blazers, getting a win before their respective homestands might end up being a difference-maker. The Bucks-Celtics series is particularly interesting — after both teams traded blowouts in Games 1 and 2, Game 3 might be the one that really decides things.
UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cerrone (Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN+): “Ragin’ Al” Iaquinta matches up against Donald “‘Cowboy” Cerrone in this main event. Iaquinta’s won six of his past seven matches, with the lone loss coming against Khabib Nurmagomedov (who beats pretty much everyone, so that’s understandable). You can watch the undercards at 5 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+.
Beterbiev vs. Kalajdzic (Saturday, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN): Undefeated IBF light heavyweight world titleholder Artur Beterbiev takes on “Hot Rod” Radivoje Kalajdzic in a title fight. Make sure to catch the undercards as well, starting 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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