12:39 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW YORK — Even without star forward Jimmy Butler for Game 2 against the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat felt good about their chances on Tuesday night. Despite missing production from Butler (right ankle sprain), Tyler Herro (right hand fracture) and Victor Oladipo (torn left patellar tendon), the Heat
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12:44 AM ET NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson said he was feeling the weight of expectations as he struggled to find any rhythm at the start of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Brunson, who called his play “horrific” following an 0-for-7 display from 3-point range in Game
10:13 PM ET UFC double champion Amanda Nunes will face Mexican challenger Irene Aldana at UFC 289 on June 10, as her original opponent, Julianna Peña, suffered a rib injury. UFC president Dana White broke the news via social media on Tuesday. The new 135-pound matchup will headline the pay-per-view event, which takes place at
10:59 PM ET Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul‘s status is in doubt for Games 3 and 4 against the Denver Nuggets this weekend because of his left groin strain, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. He is expected to push for a return, but the possibility of recovering by Friday’s Game 3 in the Western Conference
10:51 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Florida Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Tuesday night in opening game of their second-round playoff series. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter
9:00 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Asked to describe his disappointment about missing the cut at the Masters, after he entered the first major championship of the season as a favorite in early April, Rory McIlroy offered a blunt two-word answer: “It sucked.” “It sucked. It sucked,” McIlroy said Tuesday, during his first meeting with
Left-arm spinner Paddy Dooley has been handed his first state contract after signing a one-year deal with Tasmania. Dooley, 25, whose unorthodox action was modelled on Jasprit Bumrah, was one of the breakout stars of last season’s BBL with Hobart Hurricanes having initially played for Brisbane Heat during the 2021-22 campaign among the raft of
9:53 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Two-time Australian Open golf champion Frank Phillips, who also won tournaments in Singapore and Kong Kong, has died, PGA Australia said in a statement Wednesday. He was 90. PGA Australia said Phillips died Tuesday at a nursing home in Bowral, south of Sydney, where he had lived the
3:35 PM ET Popular featherweight Bryce Mitchell has an undisclosed injury and is out of his scheduled UFC 288 fight Saturday against the undefeated Movsar Evloev, sources confirmed to ESPN. Evloev will now fight Diego Lopes, who has been newly signed by the UFC. Evloev vs. Mitchell would have been a big fight in the
10:18 PM ET North Texas transfer Tylor Perry, one of the best available basketball players in the portal, announced his commitment to Kansas State on Tuesday night. Perry chose the Wildcats over Florida, Ole Miss and Texas Tech. A 5-foot-11 guard, Perry was named Conference USA Player of the Year and led North Texas to
5:58 PM ET Veteran catcher Gary Sanchez opted out of his contract with the San Francisco Giants after he was not added to the major league roster. Sanchez, 30, agreed a minor league deal with the Giants in late March with the stipulation that he could depart if he wasn’t in the major leagues by
6:49 PM ET St. Louis Cardinals veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright is set to make his 2023 debut Saturday at home against the Detroit Tigers after recovering from a groin injury. Wainwright, 41, made three minor league rehab starts, going 1-0 with a 6.23 ERA in 13 innings for both Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis. He
5:28 PM ET NEW YORK — The injury bug at Yankee Stadium is contagious. The Yankees‘ roster took another hit Tuesday as right-hander Lou Trivino will undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season. While Trivino has not played a game this season, New York hoped to lean on the hurler coming out of the bullpen.
8:33 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound, perhaps fittingly in Detroit against a team they helped have its last run of success. “It’s funny how baseball works,” Verlander said Tuesday, surrounded by Detroit and New York-area reporters at Comerica Park.
7:26 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Zhang Zhizhen needed to save three match points in his win over Taylor Fritz at the Madrid Open to become the first Chinese player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal on Tuesday. Zhang rallied from a set down against the eighth-seeded American to advance 3-6, 7-6 (5),
5:23 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Astros starter Luis Garcia was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, the second Houston starting pitcher to be put on the list this week. Garcia left Monday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants after eight pitches with right elbow discomfort. His injury came on the same
6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Bryce Harper has always enjoyed playing at Dodger Stadium. His game for the Philadelphia Phillies might top them all. Harper was activated off the injured list and was in the lineup at designated hitter when the Phillies took on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle
7:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the 2022-23 season, the league announced on Tuesday. Embiid, who finished second behind Nikola Jokic in the voting for the award each of the past two seasons, flipped the script this time around, finishing ahead of
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