8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders The first round of the playoffs is barely a week old and has already packed in plenty of intrigue. The Boston Celtics became the first team to advance to the second round when they completed a sweep of the Brooklyn Nets on Monday. If the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks win
Month: April 2022
1:44 AM BST New Zealand will kick off their international season against Ireland at Eden Park on July 2 before meeting the Six Nations runners-up at Dunedin and Wellington in the three-Test series. The All Blacks have won 46 consecutive matches at Eden Park since their last loss at the Auckland venue in 1994, and
World champion Julian Alaphilippe remains in hospital after hitting a tree during Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race. The 29-year-old Frenchman suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a collapsed lung. A huge crash brought down many riders 62km from the finish, with Alaphilippe landing in a ditch. His Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team said “a period
7:00 AM ET NEWARK, N.J. — While the Buffalo Sabres were playing the New Jersey Devils, their digital avatars were mimicking each move in virtual reality. Strap on the VR goggles. Touch a button, and you’re watching the game through the eyes of a skater heading in for a shot. Touch it again, and your
Have Formula 1’s new rules worked so far this year? McLaren driver Lando Norris certainly thinks so. “It’s 100% better,” Norris said after finishing third in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. “It’s what they intended to do and the reasons for the changes are working. I think you have been seeing better races this year
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Wide receiver remains a work in progress for the Philadelphia Eagles despite heavy investment in the position in recent years, including two first-round picks dedicated to the position over the last two drafts. It remains a hot topic in the City of Brotherly Love in the lead-up to this week’s
7:00 AM ET Many of the names called during the opening round of the NFL draft will be familiar to recruiting fans, as they belong to former five-star and ESPN 300 prospects. Big things were expected from and delivered by the likes of Kayvon Thibodeaux, who was the No. 1 overall player in the 2019
7:00 AM ET We are nearly three weeks into the new MLB season, with teams across the majors approaching their 20th game played. In the grand scheme of a 162-game schedule, what has happened so far means — well, not a whole lot. But what’s the fun in saying that? With that in mind, we
7:00 AM ET Start with two of the best recent Group of 5 college football programs (Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina), plus a rising Georgia State. From Conference USA, add a borderline top-50 program (Marshall) and a high-potential young program in a fertile recruiting area (Old Dominion). Throw in the second-best program in FCS (James
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff There are 13 games on the NHL schedule tonight, including five being waged between teams that are currently in playoff position. But perhaps the most consequential matchup of the bunch features the Dallas Stars hosting the Vegas Golden Knights (8:30 ET, streaming live on ESPN+ for out-of-market customers). The Knights
Allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has been ruled out of the first Test against Sri Lanka after he injured the small finger on his right hand during a Dhaka Premier League game. The selectors haven’t yet named a replacement, but Nayeem Hasan, who is the next in line, could be a like-for-like option. Chief selector Minhajul
8:40 AM ET Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City squad could not get out of the Estadio do Dragao quickly enough after losing last season’s Champions League final against Chelsea in Porto. Guardiola gave the briefest of postmatch interviews and his players headed out of the stadium with barely a word to any media outlet
2:58 AM ET Emma Raducanu has split from her coach Torben Beltz after just five months. Raducanu began working with Beltz in November but she announced on Tuesday she will transition “to a new training model,” which ESPN understands will carry through to Roland Garros. 1 Related LTA coach Iain Bates will work with her
2:11 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he hopes to fight Tyson Fury in a crossover bout in 2023 and that there is a “70% chance” his next opponent will be the British boxer. WBC heavyweight champion Fury had suggested he would fight Ngannou when the pair spoke in the ring following the
2:33 AM ET DALLAS — Luka Doncic downplayed the fracas that started with Utah Jazz backup center Hassan Whiteside‘s hard foul on him as “nothing” but typical playoff tension, but the Dallas Mavericks‘ superstar appreciated his teammates’ rushing to protect him. The incident occurred on Doncic’s dunk attempt with 5:33 remaining in the Mavs’ 102-77
1:41 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA – After the Raptors took down the 76ers 103-88 in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Monday night — moving Toronto within two wins of becoming the first team to erase a 3-0 deficit in NBA history — Philadelphia superstar Joel Embiid remained confident his team has
1:49 AM ET NEW YORK — In the wake of their season-ending sweep by the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Nets formally acknowledged on Monday night what was apparent throughout their season: All the issues they dealt with off the floor had a big impact on how they played on it. “I think it was just
2:10 AM ET Mike D’Antoni was watching the Brooklyn Nets‘ season-ending loss to the Boston Celtics Monday night from his living room in Austin, Texas, a world away from the drama his protégé, Nets coach Steve Nash, had just lived through. A year ago, D’Antoni had been on the Nets bench alongside Nash as the
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