7:28 PM ET Kawhi Leonard said he loves the challenge of bouncing back from the LA Clippers‘ stunning 3-1 NBA playoff series collapse to the Denver Nuggets and will see “how strong” the Clippers are. As the Clippers prepare to start training camp Sunday, Leonard and Paul George discussed the team’s failure to live up
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7:49 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball and all 30 of its teams are suing their insurance providers, citing billions of dollars in losses during the 2020 season played almost entirely without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suit, filed in October in California Superior Court in Alameda County and obtained Friday by
6:38 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson will open his first year of semi-retirement by racing the Rolex 24 at Daytona as part of an Action Express Racing lineup revealed Friday that should be among the best in the field. The seven-time NASCAR champion will be teamed with Simon Pagenaud, Kamui Kobayashi
5:44 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal said it was “shocking” and a “tough pill to swallow” to see John Wall traded to the Houston Rockets for Russell Westbrook but believes he and Westbrook will “mesh well.” Wall and Beal were teammates for the past eight seasons, but Wall has not played in two
5:31 PM ET NEW YORK — In lieu of speaking to reporters as a part of media week, Nets guard Kyrie Irving elected to send out a written statement on Friday afternoon. “Instead of speaking to the media today, I am issuing this statement to ensure that my message is properly conveyed,” the statement said,
6:23 PM ET Associated Press The Atlantic Coast Conference says it has postponed the men’s basketball game between the No. 15 Virginia Cavaliers and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons set for Dec. 16. The announcement comes amid positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and quarantines within the Wake Forest program. The Demon Deacons announced earlier this
6:39 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Billy Joe Saunders stayed in contention to face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by retaining his world super-middleweight title via a slick, unanimous points win over
5:13 PM ET Marv Marinovich, captain of USC‘s 1962 national championship team and a former NFL player and strength coach, died Thursday at 81, the school announced. Marinovich died in Mission Viejo, Calif., of natural causes. He played both offensive and defensive line for USC, which went 11-0 and defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl
4:21 PM ET The NBA schedule has been released for the first half of the 2020-21 season. The regular season tips off on Dec. 22, 72 days after the Los Angeles Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy inside the NBA’s Orlando bubble. Since then, we’ve had the NBA draft, a flurry of coaching changes and
3:07 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA released the first half of its regular-season schedule Friday, as it continues to adjust to the new reality placed upon it by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than what typically happens — the NBA announcing its full 82-game schedule — the league instead unveiled only half of its
2:41 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa‘s left thumb injury has lingered into its second week, casting uncertainty on whether he will be able to start Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. If Tagovailoa can’t play, veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick would start for the Miami Dolphins once again. Dolphins coach Brian Flores said Friday that the
3:43 PM ET The SEC announced on Friday a retooled slate of games for the final two weeks of the regular season, a result of postponements from earlier in the season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference will play a slate of six games on Dec. 12 — a designated open date for all
4:30 PM ET Former major league pitcher Chris Young will be the new executive vice president and general manager of the Texas Rangers, the team announced Friday. Young, a 6-foot-10 right-hander who went 79-67 with a 3.95 ERA for the Rangers, Padres, Mets, Mariners and Royals during his 13-year playing career, had been serving as
4:56 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Trace McSorley went from being the Baltimore Ravens’ No. 3 quarterback to their only quarterback on the active roster Friday, although reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson could get activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list this weekend. The Ravens placed top backup Robert Griffin III on injured reserve Friday after
3:57 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, the NFL’s fifth-leading rusher with 782 yards, has been ruled out of Sunday’s game at the winless New York Jets after suffering a right ankle injury last week, coach Jon Gruden said Friday. Safety Johnathan Abram, who has a knee injury, also
2:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A minor league baseball team once affiliated with the Yankees has shut down and filed a lawsuit accusing the major league team of violating an agreement that it would never abandon the farm club. The owners of the Staten Island Yankees announced in a statement Thursday that
12:13 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz took accountability for his struggles during an address to the team this week, a gesture that is resonating well in the locker room as Philadelphia looks to break out of its three-game losing streak Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. “The first step is admitting where
2:18 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks with a hamstring injury. Veteran Colt McCoy is expected to start in his place. Jones, who left last week’s win over Cincinnati Bengals, practiced Friday for the first time since the