2:09 AM ET DALLAS — The formula the Dallas Mavericks used to pull off their series-evening 110-104 win in Monday’s Game 2 felt painfully familiar to the Utah Jazz. Without injured superstar Luka Doncic, the Mavs opened the floor by playing five-out offense, consistently exploiting the Jazz’s shoddy perimeter defense to create a plethora of
Month: April 2022
1:11 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — 76ers star Joel Embiid heard Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse complain about the way Embiid was officiated in the opener of the teams’ first-round playoff series on Saturday night. So, after Embiid finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds and went 12-for-14 from the free throw line — taking
Five-time Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins says he was groomed by a coach when he was a child, and that he “buried it”. Briton Wiggins, 41, claimed Olympic gold medals at the Athens, Beijing, London and Rio Games, and also won the 2012 Tour, before retiring in 2016. In an
11:34 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Astros second baseman Jose Altuve left Monday night’s 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the eighth inning with a strained left hamstring. Altuve legged out an infield single with one out in the eighth and then fell to the ground past first base. He sat on
11:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One thing, more than any other, took Freddie Freeman by surprise during his first series from Dodger Stadium — the amount of times fans chanted his name, after a decade-plus of jeers when he played for the visiting Atlanta Braves. “They’re chanting every time I go up to bat,”
11:16 PM ET Tom Brady said on Monday that despite announcing his retirement, he knew he could still handle another season in the NFL and that he began to think about a return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when free agency began last month. “I knew my body, physically, could still do what it could
10:33 PM ET Ash Barty is returning to the sports world stage, this time wielding a golf club rather than a tennis racket. The former world No.1 will play in a teams exhibition event in New Jersey from June 30 to July 1, alongside some of sport’s biggest names. Barty, who announced her shock retirement
9:04 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have spoken to an NFL investigator looking into claims by former coach Hue Jackson, who said the team intentionally lost games — tanked — in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Jackson, now coaching at Grambling State, was fired by Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam
6:44 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was annoyed with his team’s lack of determination as their slim LaLiga title hopes were shattered on Monday with a 1-0 defeat to Cadiz at Camp Nou. Lucas Perez scored the only goal of the game after 48 minutes to silence the home crowd
3:09 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers won’t face Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes in this year’s version of Capital One’s The Match until June 1. However, the smack talk has already begun. The 12-hole exhibition will take place (6:30 p.m. ET on TNT) at Wynn Las Vegas. Brady and Rodgers are
8:45 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Infielder Jed Lowrie and relievers A.J. Puk and Lou Trivino were among six players added to the COVID-19 injured list by the Oakand Athletics before their home opener against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. Reliever Kirby Snead, infielder Chad Pinder and catcher Austin Allen also were
8:11 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Mike Trout was out of the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night, a day after the star center fielder was hit on his left hand by a pitch. Team trainer Mike Frostad said an MRI on Monday was negative for a fracture and that
7:18 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Luka Doncic is again out for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Utah Jazz, even though coach Jason Kidd said the young superstar guard is continuing to make progress in his recovery from a strained left calf. Monday’s Game 2 comes eight
7:10 PM ET Former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta announced Monday that he’s retiring after a 12-season career. “Well, I haven’t signed the papers, man, but I’m done. It’s time for me to step away from the game,” Arrieta said on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast. “At some point the uniform goes to somebody
7:19 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. It’s the first DPOY award for Smart, who is the first primary guard to take home the honor since Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season. Smart received 257 points (37 first-place votes) to finish
7:39 PM ET Associated Press Mark Williams is the first of Duke’s multiple NBA prospects to say he’s leaving to enter the draft. The 7-foot-1, 242-pound sophomore announced his decision in a social media video Monday evening. “Playing in the NBA has always been a dream of mine, just like how (attending) Duke was when
5:43 PM ET Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year’s Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player, has accepted a six-month ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The period of ineligibility began on April 14, which was the date he accepted the
6:34 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal was fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct for making contact with a player on the ice while on the bench during Sunday night’s loss at Toronto. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the supplemental discipline Monday. While sitting on the
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