12:03 AM ET DALLAS — The drastically improved defense that helped the Dallas Mavericks make a run to last season’s Western Conference finals seems like a distant memory, prompting coach Jason Kidd to call out his team’s poor effort on that end of the floor. Kidd made his pointed comments, sprinkling in a healthy dose
Month: January 2023
11:16 PM ET ESPN News Services VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos scored his 500th career goal in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks and finished with a hat trick in the 5-2 win on Wednesday. The 32-year-old center took a slick pass from Alex Killorn and put a backdoor
Geovanis Uwase, the Rwanda fast bowler, has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after her action was found illegal at Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup. The decision was taken by the Event Panel, which comprises members of the ICC Panel of Human Movement Specialists. Uwase was reported by the match officials
12:05 AM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Desmond Bane scored 25 points, Ja Morant had 24 and the Memphis Grizzlies won their 11th straight game to match the franchise record, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-114 on Wednesday night. Steven Adams tipped in the winner with 16 seconds left. Adams was in position to tip
Jan 18, 2023 Mike CoppingerESPN Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue have agreed to terms for a unified 122-pound title fight in the spring in Japan, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight for Fulton’s WBC and WBO junior featherweights titles is being targeted for May, sources said, though a date has not been set. The
10:07 PM ET William E. Ricks NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama continues to captivate the basketball world. The 7-foot-4 forward with an 8-foot wingspan showed during his latest game why he is projected to go No. 1 overall in the upcoming draft. Editor’s Picks Wembanyama’s Metropolitans 92 team faced Fos-sur-Mer in LNB Betclic Elite action,
11:20 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — The Washington Wizards got star guard Bradley Beal back on the court, and got themselves back in the win column on Wednesday night. Beal, who had missed the prior five games with a left hamstring strain, returned and finished with 18 points, four rebounds and four assists
8:29 PM ET The PGA Tour’s West Coast swing begins at The American Express in La Quinta, California, on Thursday. These past two weeks might serve as a microcosm of what is to come on the PGA Tour. South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, who won The American Express in 2021, returned to the winner’s circle
10:11 PM ET Samantha Stosur’s decorated doubles career is almost over following a first-round exit from the Australian Open with Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. The retiring great and Cornet lost 6-3 6-4 to the Chinese-Taiwanese pairing of Zhaoxuan Yang and Hao-Ching Chan on Thursday. Stosur, who is quitting professional tennis after the Open, remains alive in
9:33 AM ET When the United States men’s national team takes the field next week against Serbia, with the squad to be announced at noon ET on Wednesday, it will officially open the 2026 World Cup cycle. Call it a soft launch. The roster won’t look anything like the version that advanced from the group
10:15 PM ET HOUSTON — Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball left Wednesday night’s 122-117 win over the Houston Rockets after spraining his left ankle again. Ball was injured when teammate P.J. Washington landed on him after jumping to try for a rebound with about nine minutes left in the third quarter. Ball appeared to
9:03 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will defend her title for the eighth time when she fights Mexican challenger Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 on March 4. Shevchenko’s representatives told ESPN on Wednesday that an agreement for the fight has been reached, while sources told ESPN Deportes that there is a mutual agreement
4:20 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Matt Canada is returning as the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator, team spokesperson Burt Lauten confirmed to ESPN. Canada, 50, signed a one-year contract extension last year through the 2023 season and will be the offensive coordinator for a third season. He was previously the quarterbacks coach for the 2020 season.
7:46 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Kicker Jason Myers‘ bounce-back season in 2022 earned him his second Pro Bowl nod in five years. It also earned him his second big contract with the Seattle Seahawks. The team announced on Wednesday that it signed Myers, whose contract was set to expire in March, to a new four-year
9:20 PM ET ESPN staff The sideline of No. 10 Virginia‘s 78-68 win over Virginia Tech was full of familiar faces. Editor’s Picks A handful of Golden State Warriors players, fresh off of their trip to the White House, trekked to Charlottesville to catch the action. Ty Jerome, a 2019 National Champion with the Cavaliers,
11:39 AM ET ESPN News Services STORRS, Conn. — UConn head coach Dan Hurley and associate head coach Kimani Young tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the team’s 67-66 loss at Seton Hall on Wednesday night, the school announced. Neither Hurley nor Young made the trip to Newark for the game at the Prudential Center
7:20 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals Joe Burrow isn’t buying into the notion his team is playing second fiddle to the Buffalo Bills, despite not being the favorite heading into the AFC divisional playoff game at Highmark Stadium on Sunday. “I never feel like an underdog,” Burrow said after Wednesday’s practice. As of Wednesday
4:12 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys still plan to have Brett Maher kick in Sunday’s divisional round matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, but signed Tristan Vizcaino to the practice squad on Wednesday as insurance. Maher missed four extra points in Monday’s wild-card win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After the game,
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