7:21 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN THE BALL SWUNG from Jayson Tatum to Dennis Schroder to Al Horford to Marcus Smart, pinging around the perimeter in search of the best possible shot. It was Nov. 19, and the Boston Celtics — already leading by 14 points with just over five minutes to go against LeBron James
Month: November 2021
7:32 AM ET Mike SchmitzESPN Las Vegas has been the center of the basketball world since Sunday, with team presidents and general managers bouncing back and forth between arenas to evaluate the next wave of NBA players. After a long week of scouting and schmoozing, the large contingent of NBA executives will be treated to
2:07 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils are going to use a third jersey for the first time in franchise history. The Devils announced Tuesday that a black sweater with the word “Jersey” on the front will be used for the first time on Dec. 8 against Philadelphia. The franchise
7:00 AM ET This Thursday is Thanksgiving, or as it’s known in the NHL, “American Thanksgiving.” That means it’s time for our own annual tradition here: what we’re thankful for in hockey. As because this is the first one of these we’ve done since the NHL returned to ESPN airwaves, we’ve decided to keep it
7:00 AM ET As we approach American Thanksgiving weekend — and a triple-header of matchups on ABC, ESPN+ and Hulu — we’ve also traversed another week of the 2021-22 NHL schedule. And for the second straight week, we’ve got a new No. 1 team atop the ESPN NHL Power Rankings. Moreover, now that teams are
7:00 AM ET Here’s how to win the offseason: Spend a lot of money. In the constant swirl of the sports news cycle, that’s as good a proxy for aggression as anything. Right? Well, no. While stingy owners should often be taken to task for their frugal ways, we simply cannot say that spending big
4:02 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Karim Benzema did not attend the three-day trial in France. Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Karim Benzema has been handed a one-year suspended prison sentence and a €75,000 fine for his involvement in the attempted blackmail of former teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape. Benzema’s lawyer told
News Lizaad Williams also ruled out because of an intercostal muscle strain, Junior Dala has been added to squad Lungi Ngidi has been forced to withdraw from South Africa’s squad for the three-match ODI series at home against Netherlands after testing positive for Covid-19. “He is well and in good spirits,” a CSA statement on
1:11 AM ET NEW YORK — Russell Westbrook was tremendous in the second half of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 106-100 loss to the New York Knicks, scoring 25 of his game-high 31 points after the break to help get his team back into a game in which it trailed by as many as 25 points
9:58 PM ET Starting pitcher Steven Matz, a key component to a turnaround season for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2021, has agreed to a four-year, $44 million deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, pending a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday night. Matz could earn up to $48
12:24 AM ET LAS VEGAS — In April, Gonzaga and UCLA staged one of the greatest Final Four games in college basketball history, one that was decided on a Jalen Suggs buzzer-beater in overtime that will go down as an iconic moment. In the rematch on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, however, there
12:30 AM ET ESPN staff Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale’s return to courtside was but one part of a special Tuesday night for college basketball, with the top-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs taking down the No. 2 UCLA Bruins, 83-63, in a rematch of a 2021 Final Four thriller. Unlike April’s overtime spectacle, Gonzaga dominated this
11:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ union have agreed to move the upcoming deadline for teams to offer contracts to certain players in order to keep them out of potential limbo in the event of a work stoppage next month. The tender deadline was moved from Dec.
10:14 PM GMT Liam Napier As summer descends on Aotearoa New Zealand, dark clouds greet the All Blacks’ arrival home. While they complete one-week hotel isolation the team would be best advised to switch off the wireless, unplug the Wi-Fi and close the curtains to block out the circulating storm. Three defeats are hardly cause
4:41 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent VILLARREAL, Spain — The Manchester United-owning Glazer family, as well as executive vice-president Ed Woodward and director Richard Arnold, will no doubt celebrate the team’s 2-0 win over Villarreal to reach the knockout rounds of the Champions League as Group F winners, but they don’t deserve to. By botching the
7:59 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Cecil Hurt, a longtime sports columnist at The Tuscaloosa News, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia. He was 62. The newspaper said Hurt died at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. He had worked for The Tuscaloosa News since 1982, becoming the newspaper’s sports editor and columnist seven years
8:46 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse running back Sean Tucker says he’ll make a decision about his future after the season but believes he’ll return to the Orange in 2022. “I believe a lot I’m going to be here,” Tucker told reporters Tuesday, adding that a coaching change could alter his plans.
8:47 PM ET Liberty has reached a new deal with Hugh Freeze that will make him one of the highest-paid non-Power 5 coaches in college football, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night. The university is expected to officially announce the new contract on Wednesday. Sources told ESPN that Freeze’s total financial package would average more
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