11:34 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM After weeks of conversations with ownership and management, Utah Jazz coach Quin
Month: June 2022
Sydney boxing promoter Paul Nasari knew early on he had a good fighter in George Kambosos Jr. “George had his first professional fight on one of my cards, and then he won his NSW and Australian titles on [another one of my shows],” Nasari told ESPN. “And after he won his NSW title I said
9:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Alan Alcantara played a lot of baseball growing up in the Dominican Republic, sometimes without a glove. When the Mets‘ Starling Marte ripped a home run in Alcantara’s direction at Citi Field on Tuesday night, it didn’t matter that he was holding his 1-year-old son, Levi. Alcantara
8:17 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — As he prepares to face off against the Boston Celtics and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart in the NBA Finals, Draymond Green disagrees with NBA voters that there were five defenders better than him this season. The Golden State Warriors‘ defensive leader is vexed that he
8:25 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Tampa Bay placed shortstop Wander Franco on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a right quadriceps strain, the latest setback for the injury-plagued Rays. Franco aggravated the injury running the bases in the ninth inning of Monday’s 9-5 loss at the Texas Rangers. He was replaced by
7:05 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Boston Celtics face the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, and one of their biggest fans — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick — couldn’t be happier. One week after wearing a Celtics hat to his team’s first spring practice, and ensuring his assistants did too, Belichick
7:45 PM ET William E. Ricks Derek Jeter finally joined the social media world Tuesday, creating Twitter and Instagram profiles. As of Tuesday evening, the former New York Yankees shortstop has amassed over 270,000 followers combined on both platforms. Jeter’s Twitter account only has a few tweets at the time of this writing, but one
6:47 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Riding the momentum of a return to the NBA playoffs, the leaders of the Minnesota Timberwolves are determined to further elevate a franchise long mired among the dregs of the league. Tim Connelly is the first big catch. They’re counting on others to follow. “There’s a reason these