Month: April 2022

6:00 PM ET While the big game of the weekend saw Premier League title hopefuls Manchester City and Liverpool play out a thrilling draw, there was plenty going on elsewhere: Paris Saint-Germain‘s big three found form, Real Madrid and Barcelona won, Serie A‘s title race had more twists and Arsenal and Tottenham endured contrasting fortunes.
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12:42 AM ET Frank Vogel, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA championship in his first season at the helm, has coached his final game with the team, a decision expected to be shared with him as soon as Monday, sources told ESPN. The Lakers’ search for his replacement is expected to be
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11:40 PM ET DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic suffered a left calf strain and left the team’s regular-season finale against the San Antonio Spurs late in the third quarter. There is initial optimism that it is not a significant injury, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “We’ll know more tomorrow, and we’ll go
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1:03 AM ET DENVER — Anthony Davis thinks he and LeBron James can still be the core of a title team moving forward despite two straight disappointing seasons following their championship in 2020. “I think us two can. We’ve shown that we can,” Davis said, conducting a season-wrap news conference before the Los Angeles Lakers
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11:14 PM ET Doug Brenner, a former Oregon offensive lineman, is suing the NCAA for $100 million in punitive damages in a trial that begins on Tuesday in Eugene and also names the University of Oregon and its former head football coach, Willie Taggart, as defendants. Brenner alleges in the lawsuit he sustained lifelong injuries
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10:58 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers will take on the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and defensive specialist Matisse Thybulle will be able to play in only the Sixers’ home games. Unvaccinated foreign nationals are currently prohibited from entering Canada, and Thybulle is not fully
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9:59 PM ET One of the only double champions in UFC history seems on his way back to the Octagon. Henry Cejudo will re-enter himself into the USADA drug-testing pool Monday, his manager Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA told ESPN on Sunday. That signifies that Cejudo, a former Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, is on
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10:36 PM ET Gary Brown, who spent seven seasons as the Dallas Cowboys‘ running backs coach, died Sunday after being treated for cancer. He was 52. Brown was with the Cowboys from 2013-19 and had three different running backs reach 1,000 yards, including DeMarco Murray, Darren McFadden and Ezekiel Elliott. Murray (2014) and Elliott (2016,
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7:19 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy has suffered plenty of heartache at the Masters. Seven previous times at Augusta National, McIlroy has tried to complete the career grand slam by winning a green jacket. Seven previous times he failed to become just the sixth man to do it during the Masters era. McIlroy
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9:13 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Tuesday marks the anniversary of Jamal Murray tearing his left ACL, and the Denver Nuggets say it’s still up to their star point guard if he’ll be ready to return for the playoffs or if he’ll wait until next season. For several weeks Murray has been putting on
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