Month: January 2022

9:00 AM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster
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7:00 AM ET The players’ association of the Premier Hockey Federation had high expectations for its next executive director. Fortunately for attorney Alex Sinatra, whom the PHF has tapped to fill that vacant post, its requirements didn’t include any actual hockey-related skills. “They assured me that not having played hockey and me not knowing how
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9:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show 2021 was another momentous year for British boxing — but what does 2022 hold? After Tyson Fury defended his WBC heavyweight title against Deontay
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3:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook hit a key fourth-quarter jump shot to push the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lead from four to six in an eventual 108-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. He also had nine turnovers and shot 0-for-5 from 3, which helped allow the Wolves — missing two
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5:40 PM ET LANDOVER, Md. — A railing on the side of the tunnel leading to the visiting locker room at FedEx Field collapsed Sunday, causing several fans to fall and hit the ground as Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts walked past. None of the fans appeared to be hurt or need treatment at the
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11:34 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Matt LaFleur has this regular-season thing all figured out. Three years with LaFleur as the Green Bay Packers‘ coach, three times they’ve had a first-round bye in the playoffs — including the No. 1 seed each of the past two seasons. But he has never done this before:
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10:22 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Spain and Poland remained perfect at the ATP Cup, securing winning 2-0 leads in their matches Monday for their second consecutive victories in the team event. Roberto Bautista Agut clinched the match for Spain by beating Casper Ruud of Norway 6-4, 7-6 (4) after Pablo Carreno Busta defeated
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4:35 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 17 of the 2021 NFL season featured blowouts by the Bears and Patriots, a three-touchdown game by Bengals rookie Ja’Marr Chase that fueled an AFC North-clinching win over the Chiefs and a comeback by the Bucs during which Antonio Brown took off his uniform and left the field during
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11:08 PM ET ESPN News Services OKLAHOMA CITY — Luka Doncic had 14 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in his return from a 10-game absence and Marquese Chriss came off the bench to score a season-high 15 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 95-86 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.
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11:20 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — A couple of the Dallas Cowboys felt they played against two opponents Sunday: The Arizona Cardinals and the officials. The Cowboys lost to the Cardinals, 25-22, injuring their playoff seeding, and were flagged 10 times for 88 yards by Scott Novak’s crew, including four offensive holding penalties that negated
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11:11 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — For just under 44 minutes Sunday night at TD Garden, it appeared the Boston Celtics were going to start their new year off about as badly as they possibly could. But then Jaylen Brown decided that wouldn’t happen. And, as a result, what seemed destined to be one
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