8:00 AM ET As soon as they saw each other at the American Airlines Center, Donovan Mitchell made a simple request of Theo Pinson before the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks met in the first round of the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs. “Theo, shut up, please,” Mitchell told Pinson. Mitchell is quite familiar with his
Month: May 2022
7:00 AM ET Few were more interested in last week’s NFL draft than college football coaches. They have coached those whose names were called in Las Vegas and game-planned against them. They have seen players rise from the high school ranks to the highest level of the sport. College coaches ultimately aren’t making decisions on
6:56 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby kicks off Triple Crown season. The race for the elusive crown begins this Saturday at Churchill Downs with Zandon as the 3-1 morning-line favorite. Our focus moves to pari-mutuel betting, which is different from the normal sports betting futures we are used
7:00 AM ET After back-to-back Stanley Cup championships for the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach Jon Cooper still couldn’t believe he was uttering these words: “We’re going for three.” The last time an NHL team won three straight Stanley Cups was from 1981-83, as part of the New York Islanders‘ run of four straight championships. “‘We’re
7:00 AM ET It’s been a month of firsts for Seiya Suzuki. The Chicago Cubs rookie outfielder collected his first big league hit during his first big league game, on Opening Day. His first home run followed just 48 hours later. A day after that, he helped the Cubs to a win with his first
6:50 AM ET Trading down in the NFL draft remains one of the most obvious and fruitful edges in the game. Teams routinely seem to rely on the outdated Jimmy Johnson chart to make these trades instead of charts that are actually based on how players perform out of each draft slot in the NFL.
2:55 AM ET Associated Press Former Ryder Cup player Thorbjorn Olesen and Ryan Fox shared a one-shot lead following the first round of the British Masters on Thursday. Both shot rounds of 66 to finish the day on six under par, while a trio of players — Hurly Long, Richie Ramsay and Ashun Wu —
Owain Doull will start the Giro d’Italia feeling his new team has been “like a breath of fresh air” that has “rekindled that love of cycling”. He is in Budapest where the 2022 Giro starts on Friday, 6 May and relishing the chance to take on his former team. “I’m loving it, I have to
The Giro d’Italia starts in Budapest on Friday and concludes with an individual time trial in Verona on 29 May. The 21-stage race travels a 3,446km (2,141 miles) route across flat sprinter-friendly days, time trials and gruelling mountain climbs. Here, BBC Sport looks at everything you need to know about the race. What’s the significance
11:49 PM ET NEW YORK — Goalie Louis Domingue was the hero of the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ Game 1 win, stopping all 17 shots he faced after entering the game during the second overtime. But Thursday night in Game 2, there were no storybook endings — just a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers to
Mohammad Amir is back playing first-class cricket again. Two-and-a-half years after announcing the end of his Test career, the left-arm fast bowler is back in whites. Amir signed up with Gloucestershire county cricket club in England as a replacement for Naseem Shah and picked up his first wickets of the season on Thursday. Still only
11:56 PM ET The Minnesota Twins say star shortstop Carlos Correa may have suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger during Thursday night’s 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Baltimore. Correa exited after being hit by a Spenser Watkins pitch in the top of the fifth inning. Initial tests after the game revealed
10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The New York Mets erased a six-run deficit with seven runs in the ninth inning, capping the rally with Starling Marte‘s tiebreaking double to beat the flabbergasted Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Thursday night. With the Mets trailing 7-1, Marte led off the inning with an infield single against
6:17 PM ET Sergio Garcia‘s frustration over a ruling on a lost ball in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday might have caused him to reveal where he’s soon headed. After driving his tee shot on the 10th hole into a hazard at TPC Potomac in Potomac, Maryland, Garcia became frustrated
9:44 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Thursday that he doesn’t “at all” envision the team trading for a quarterback. Carroll’s comments came during an interview with Sports Radio 950 KJR-AM in Seattle. He was not asked specifically about Baker Mayfield — organizations aren’t allowed to publicly comment on potential interest
8:38 PM ET NC State‘s offensive line received a boost Thursday when the NCAA granted an appeal from Chandler Zavala, giving him a sixth year of eligibility in 2022. Zavala, a transfer from Division II Fairmont State in 2021, played in five games last season with the Wolfpack before suffering a season-ending back injury. His
2:13 PM ET Roman Abramovich has dismissed suggestions he is seeking any financial return from selling Chelsea. A spokesman for the Russian oligarch issued a statement through the club’s website on Thursday denying claims that he explored the possibility of seeking repayment on the £1.6 billion ($2bn) loan owed to him by the Blues as
7:49 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners optioned young right-handed starter Matt Brash to Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday, with the plan to transition him to a bullpen role for the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais said the team thinks Brash can best contribute on the big league club from the
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