12:52 AM ET CHICAGO — Perhaps no one in recent history cared more about winning the All-Star Game than Kobe Bryant. The format changes and his memory combined to create a game Sunday night at the United Center that would’ve made Bryant proud. Technically, the winner was Team LeBron over Team Giannis 157-155, and charity,
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9:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Only moments into his pre-round practice session, hitting balls between Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson in his traditional Sunday red, it became clear that Tiger Woods was at Riviera Country Club in body but not spirit. The possibility of a tournament title had been doused a day earlier, and
8:42 PM ET CHICAGO — The tributes to the late Kobe Bryant began well before Sunday night’s All-Star Game at the United Center. Before the players were announced and the game tipped off, the lights went down and Lakers Hall of Famer Magic Johnson took center court to make a speech honoring Bryant. During Johnson’s
8:40 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The New Jersey Devils completed their second trade of the day, sending forward Blake Coleman to the Tampa Bay Lightning, with prospect Nolan Foote (son of former NHLer Adam Foote) and Vancouver’s 2020 first-round pick (previously acquired in the J.T. Miller trade) heading to Newark. How
6:01 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The New York Islanders acquired New Jersey Devils captain Andy Greene on Sunday in exchange for David Quenneville and a 2021 second-round draft pick. The 37-year-old Greene, a defenseman, has spent all of his 14-year NHL career with the Devils and has been the team’s captain
7:30 AM ET When the Arizona Coyotes narrowly missed out on a wild-card playoff spot last season — extending their playoff drought to seven years — the franchise put a huge emphasis on snapping that streak this season. It wasn’t lost on the Coyotes that they ranked 29th in offense in 2018-19, and were the
7:27 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Adam Scott has another victory at Riviera, and this time it counts. Scott survived a calamitous Sunday with just enough clutch putts — for birdie, par, even a bogey — and closed with 1-under 70 for a two-shot victory in the Genesis Invitational. The victory comes 15
8:04 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Joc Pederson was back in a familiar clubhouse. He had the same dressing stall and many of the same teammates. Not much had changed, except for him. He felt awkward — and with good reason. Pederson put his Dodgers uniform back on at Camelback Ranch over the
7:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The first-nine 31 Tiger Woods shot on Thursday seems like a long time ago. He struggled to the finish on Sunday at Riviera Country Club, posting a 6-over-par 77 and producing one of the worst 72-hole performances of his career. Afterward, all he could do was smile, throw in
6:34 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Scott Parel overcame a three-shot deficit Sunday and closed with an 8-under 63 to win the Chubb Classic by two shots over Bob Estes, his third career victory on the PGA Tour Champions to surpass $5 million for his career. Parel moved atop the Charles Schwab Cup
10:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel has been recalled to the New Zealand squad for the Test series against India while there is a place for uncapped seamer Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult has recovered from his broken hand. Boult picked up his injury in the Boxing Day Test against Australia in
6:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kyle Edmund won his second ATP title Sunday, wearing down Andreas Seppi for a 7-5, 6-1 victory at the New York Open. Edmund won five straight games to take the first set and build a big lead in the second, seizing control with shots that seemed to
4:00 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES — Norwegian Casper Ruud clinched his first title by beating lucky loser Pedro Sousa 6-1, 6-4 in the Argentina Open final on Sunday. Ruud, 21, didn’t face a break point in his nine service games and broke his Portuguese opponent three times. Eighth-seeded Ruud reached the final in
2:54 PM ET ESPN News Services DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump gave an election-year embrace to NASCAR and its fans Sunday when he became the second president ever to attend the Daytona 500. The presidential motorcade took to the track to join in a warm-up lap after he had told the crowd that
9:19 AM ET “Does anyone have an update on Ryan Newman?” Joe Gibbs, the Pro Football Hall of Famer, Denny Hamlin’s car owner and as of about 10 minutes earlier, a four-time Daytona 500 champion, had slipped into the racetrack’s Victory Lane unnoticed. That’s how he wanted it. He refused to step onstage until someone
1:48 PM ET Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt married Chicago Red Stars midfielder Kealia Ohai in the Bahamas on Saturday. On Sunday morning, he posted several photos and tweeted, “Best day of my life. Without question.” Best day of my life.Without question.❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/hEfQ1N4Bl9 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 16, 2020 pic.twitter.com/xDICcQZau2 — JJ Watt
1:15 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The camps have opened. Left-handers and right-handers are building their pitch counts. New gloves are being oiled, bent and broken in. Some players are learning new positions. Hitters have worked offseason swing changes into their first rounds of spring batting practice. Opening Day is 39 days away, meaning
1:16 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent decades taking risks on the track and in the air. He’s trying to minimize both these days. Earnhardt said Sunday before the Daytona 500 that he has changed his approach to flying after a harrowing crash landing near Bristol Motor Speedway this