11:27 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are heading back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2019 and for the sixth time in the last eight years. The Warriors punched their ticket with their 120-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 on the Western Conference
Month: May 2022
10:45 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The CFL Players’ Association ratified a collective bargaining agreement with the Canadian Football League on Thursday night. The CFLPA made the announcement via email. The players’ vote came hours after the sides hammered out a seven-year tentative agreement — and two days after CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie unveiled
9:48 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In a pointed letter to teams last week, Major League Baseball said numerous clubs’ stadiums “fall embarrassingly below the high standards” necessary for women who are part of the game’s traveling parties
9:34 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers are hiring ESPN’s NBA draft analyst Mike Schmitz as an assistant general manager, assigning him leadership of the franchise’s domestic and international scouting departments, sources told ESPN. New Blazers GM Joe Cronin targeted Schmitz to take a lead role in player evaluation and hired him away from ESPN,
8:29 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Cleveland Guardians put slugger Franmil Reyes on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a tight right hamstring and selected the contract of Oscar Gonzalez from Triple-A Columbus. Gonzalez hit a single up the middle off Detroit lefty Tarik Skubal in the first at-bat of his major league
7:57 PM ET While their players competed against each other on the field, the social media teams for the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees joined in collaboration Thursday night in an effort to raise awareness about gun violence in the United States. In wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York,
Fast bowler Lea Tahuhu is among those who have been dropped from New Zealand’s central contract list as six new players earn deals. Frankie Mackay, Leigh Kasperek and Thamsyn Newton are the other players who fall off the contracts list along with the retired Katey Martin. The omission of 31-year-old fast bowler Tahuhu is significant
6:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are allowing teams to have an additional pitcher through June 19. MLB and the union said March 31 that a 13-pitcher limit would be enforced starting May 2, then on April 16 announced the date had been pushed back to
6:17 PM ET Associated Press Seven-time NASCAR champion and Indy 500 rookie Jimmie Johnson hasn’t ruled out returning to the Cup Series, and he might even have an idea of his next race. Johnson said Thursday he’s open to driving the “Memorial Day Double” — competing in the Indy 500 and then the Coca-Cola 600
5:10 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Most tennis fans didn’t know Leolia Jeanjean‘s name prior to the French Open. Even many of her peers didn’t know much about her going into the event. After all, the world No. 227 had never played in the main draw of any tour-level event, let alone a major, and had
6:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels said Thursday he didn’t feel the need to give quarterback Derek Carr a heads-up that the team was taking a look at Colin Kaepernick. McDaniels, speaking after a Raiders organized team activity, otherwise revealed little about the first known workout
6:45 PM ET William E. Ricks LeBron James has been busy off the court since the Los Angeles Lakers failed to make the postseason this year. He enjoyed a vacation to the Maldives with his family in April, engaged in a Twitter Q&A with his followers a few weeks ago and saw his son Bronny
6:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jack Kaiser, a former St. John’s baseball player and coach who later guided the New York City university through a changing landscape in 22 years as athletic director, has died. He was 95. St. John’s said Thursday that Kaiser died Wednesday. The school didn’t provide a cause
6:44 PM ET Five-star small forward Elijah Fisher committed to Texas Tech on Thursday, while also announcing he plans to reclassify into the 2022 class and play for the Red Raiders next fall. Fisher chose Mark Adams’ program over a final list that also included Kentucky, Louisville and Memphis. A 6-foot-7 Canada native who attended
11:50 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Make that 30 in a row for Iga Swiatek. The top-ranked Swiatek routed Alison Riske 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the third round of the French Open and extend the longest winning streak in women’s tennis since Serena Williams won 34 in a row in 2013. The
5:47 PM ET Two of the most exciting featherweight fighters in the world will meet this summer. Multiple-time former title challenger Brian Ortega takes on Yair Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Fight Night on July 16 on Long Island in New York, the UFC announced Thursday. It will be the UFC’s first visit
Venue: London and Essex Dates: 27-29 May Coverage: Highlights on Friday and Saturday on BBC iPlayer and Red Button. Live on Sunday on BBC Two, BBC iplayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app RideLondon will feature a three-day Women’s UCI World Tour stage race when it returns between 27-29 May. About 20,000
9:39 AM ET Bruno Cappelozza is arguably PFL’s most fearsome fighter. And he’ll get his second straight headlining nod next month. Cappelozza, PFL’s defending heavyweight champion, will meet Matheus Scheffel in the main event of PFL 5 on June 24 in Atlanta, officials told ESPN. Cappelozza is currently in third place (six points) in the
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