Month: January 2021

8:15 AM ET Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Michael Brockers caps off a unique travel experience Saturday as he is set to be activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list in time for the wild-card matchup with the divisional rival Seattle Seahawks. Brockers took a separate flight than the one his team was on to Seattle; the
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3:15 AM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry scored 38 points in a 115-105 win over the LA Clippers on Friday night, bringing his team all the way back from a 22-point second half deficit while reminding the rest of the basketball world just how much more fun the game can be when
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2:51 AM ET After the LA Clippers blew a 22-point lead in just over five minutes to suffer another second-half collapse, Kawhi Leonard said the Clippers “just have to change.” The Clippers led 85-63 with 3:15 remaining in the third quarter, only to drop a stinging 115-105 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday
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1:21 AM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawai’i — A new year, and Harris English keeps right on rolling. English finished with a 10-foot birdie to cap off an ideal Friday of low scores and whale watching at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. His 6-under 67 gave him a two-shot lead over a quartet of players
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12:01 AM ET One of the sisters stabbed by UFC fighter Irwin Rivera said Friday her brother hadn’t been acting like himself in the days leading up to Thursday’s incident. Rivera’s sisters, Lezlye and Kelly, remain hospitalized but in stable condition, the fighter’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN. Earlier Friday, in a Facebook post, Lezlye
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7:39 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles‘ iron man streak ended in Milwaukee on Friday night after 384 consecutive regular-season games played. Ingles, who held the longest active streak in the NBA, missed Utah’s 131-118 win over the Bucks because of right Achilles soreness. He hadn’t missed a game since Dec. 16,
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9:47 PM ET After playing 14 minutes in the first half, Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas did not return for the second half of Friday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets because of health and safety protocols, the team said. Valanciunas, a starter who scored 8 points and grabbed 4 rebounds, did not register a positive
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11:30 PM ET The NBA is teetering on the season’s second coronavirus-related game postponement, as the Philadelphia 76ers await the league’s ruling on the submission of a contact-tracing report of several players who shared close proximity to guard Seth Curry, sources told ESPN. The Sixers’ list of seven players placed in the health and safety
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10:13 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — It was little brother’s night Friday inside the Smoothie King Center — and almost a historic one, as well. Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball nearly became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double as he posted 12 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in
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8:59 PM ET Three Dallas Mavericks rotation players remained in Denver when the team returned from its trip after one of them tested positive for COVID-19, sources confirmed to ESPN. Point guard Jalen Brunson, forward Dorian Finney-Smith and shooting guard Josh Richardson are listed as out for Saturday’s home game against the Orlando Magic due
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5:52 PM ET Northwestern quarterback Peyton Ramsey will not return for the 2021 season after helping the team to a Big Ten West Division title in his only season as a Wildcat. Ramsey informed head coach Pat Fitzgerald and offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian of his plans Friday, a team spokesman told ESPN. He also posted
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8:59 PM ET Former Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano, who entered the transfer portal three weeks ago, will transfer to Washington State, he announced Friday. Guarantano started seven games in 2020 for the Volunteers, and 32 in his career, before losing his starting job late in the season to Harrison Bailey. Washington State started true freshman
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8:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers star forward Anthony Davis will be held out of Friday night’s home game against the Chicago Bulls because of a right adductor strain, the team announced. It will be the second time Davis sits out through the Lakers’ first 10 games of the season. The perennial
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6:55 PM ET Associated Press Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame radio play-by-play announcer Mike Lange is taking an early intermission before starting his 46th season in the booth. The team announced Friday that the 72-year-old Lange will sit out the beginning of the 2021 season as a precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’ve decided
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