7:15 AM ET For decades, the equation for high school basketball stars advancing to the next level was fairly simple: college basketball, or the NBA. The overwhelming majority chose the former, with universities and the NBA embracing a system — one that persists to this day — that effectively utilized college basketball as a sort
Month: November 2021
7:25 AM ET We’re just over a week into the 2021-22 men’s college basketball season, but we already have surprises, disappointments, victory laps and wrong predictions. While you might say it’s too early to truly evaluate anything, I would counter with the fact there’s no better time for overreactions and knee-jerk assessments. After one weekend
7:00 AM ET It was a performance unlike any we’ve witnessed in our lifetimes. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels — who is expected to take home the American League Most Valuable Player trophy — starred both on the mound and at the plate in 2021. As a starting pitcher, Ohtani posted a 9-2
3:44 AM ET We’re three seasons into VAR in the Premier League, and ESPN has looked at which players have suffered or profited the most at the hands of the video referee. We’ve trawled through the stats for all 870 top-flight games so far to find out who has had the most goals disallowed, caused
Dates: 19-21 November. Venue: Losail International Circuit Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sport website. Text commentary on website and app. With three races left in a thrilling 2021 Formula 1 season, the sport heads to new territory this weekend – Qatar. The state is set to host a grand prix
1:36 AM ET Jamal Collier MILWAUKEE — The Bucks are starting to get whole again. Behind a season-high 47 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo, pestering defense from Jrue Holiday and a pair of clutch 3s in the fourth quarter from Khris Middleton — in his first game back after missing the previous eight after testing positive
11:04 PM ET Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Garbine Muguruza said earlier in the week that playing in Mexico was like playing at home. After winning the WTA Finals title on Wednesday, it certainly looked that way. The 28-year-old Spaniard beat Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 7-5 to win WTA Finals title for the first time in
12:30 AM ET MILWAUKEE — After the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks 109-102 to fall to 8-8 this season, LeBron James opened the door to making his return from an abdominal strain on Friday in Boston. “I hope,” James told ESPN on Wednesday when asked if he would play against
News Having been on the sidelines, he finally got some game-time after seven months, scoring a 50-ball 63 Mark Chapman has had such a long break between playing competitive games of cricket, that he isn’t quite sure when he was in the middle last. The cricket caravan might be hurtling along for viewers – and
9:36 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Joe Smith Jr. and Callum Johnson have agreed to terms for a light heavyweight title fight that will headline an ESPN show on Jan. 15 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, sources told ESPN. Smith (27-3, 21 KOs) was scheduled to defend his title against Umar Salamov
6:02 PM GMT South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been found guilty of misconduct by an independent committee for his hour-long video critique of the match officials during the British & Irish Lions series, World Rugby said on Wednesday. Erasmus has been suspended from all matchday activities for two months with immediate effect
8:50 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said leading receiver Justyn Ross will have surgery to fix the stress fracture in his foot then get ready for the NFL draft. Ross will miss Saturday’s game against Wake Forest and the season-ending rivalry contest at South Carolina on Nov. 27. Swinney
5:37 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — First baseman Brandon Belt accepted an $18.4 million qualifying offer from the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday rather than pursue bidders as a free agent. Belt was the only one to accept among the 14 free agents who received the offers from their former clubs on
9:12 PM ET The Big 12 on Wednesday issued a public reprimand of the Texas Tech radio announcers for their call of Saturday’s 41-38 win over Iowa State. Play-by-play host Brian Jensen and analyst John Harris were critical of the officials during the game, going so far as to list off individual names. As a
9:09 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Georgia outside linebacker Adam Anderson was released from the Athens-Clarke County jail on $25,000 bond Wednesday, one week after being charged with rape. Anderson’s attorney, Steve Sadow, told The Associated Press that Athens-Clarke County Superior Court judge Eric Norris “decided that bond was appropriate and that puts
8:41 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” CHICAGO — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said Wednesday the team is “not going to be afraid to get into the free-agent market” and suggested the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal would
3:02 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams is still haunted by her experience at Indian Wells in 2001 and the mental anguish that she says she endured when returning to the event in 2015 after a lengthy boycott. “Even when I went back 14 years later, it was very traumatizing,” Williams said in an interview
5:02 PM ET For the U.S. men’s national team, the just-concluded round of World Cup qualifiers finished much like the previous two. There were more positives than negatives even if there was a nagging sense that points were left on the table. In this instance, Friday’s 2-0 defeat of rivals Mexico provided its usual boost,
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