3:01 PM ET Ohm YoungmisukESPN Staff Writer Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of
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11:24 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Los Angeles County have failed to persuade a federal judge to end Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, her daughter Gianna and seven others. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter on Wednesday rejected a county
8:00 AM ET FOR MOST OF Monty Williams’ tenure coaching the Phoenix Suns, the downs have followed the ups. An 8-0 record in the NBA bubble two seasons ago still resulted in missing the play-in game to qualify for the postseason. Last season, making the franchise’s first Western Conference finals in a decade was met
12:39 AM ET DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki watched and listened to two tribute videos and three high-profile speakers Wednesday night before he finally took his place behind the lectern, which featured “41 FOREVER” on the front and was set up in the center of the American Airlines Center court for a postgame ceremony in which
12:00 AM ET Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry suffered a quad contusion against the Dallas Mavericks that could keep him out of Thursday’s game against the Pelicans in New Orleans. “Yeah, it sucked,” Curry told reporters of the injury after the Warriors’ 99-82 road loss Wednesday night. “The way it feels right now, I’m
10:47 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kelly Oubre Jr. hit a career-high nine of Charlotte‘s franchise-record 24 3-pointers and the Hornets routed the Pistons 140-111 on Wednesday night. Oubre had eight 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, tying an NBA record set by Milwaukee’s Michael Redd in 2002. Oubre was 8 of 9 on
11:10 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks won’t guarantee center DeMarcus Cousins‘ contract ahead of the Friday deadline and will waive him, Bucks general manager Jon Horst told ESPN on Wednesday night. Cousins has been productive in his role through 17 games this season, but Horst said that Milwaukee wanted to keep the optionality of an
1:32 PM ET Jamal Collier MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols prior to Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. Assistant coach Darvin Ham was the acting head coach in his absence. “My job, the way I see it, is basically keep the bus moving forward in the
1:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Portland Trail Blazers superstar guard Damian Lillard will be out for at least another week due to the ongoing lower abdominal tendinopathy that has bothered him all season, the team said Wednesday. Lillard will miss Portland’s next three games — home matchups against the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento
2:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will continue his rehab away from the team as he tries to return from a fractured foot, the team announced Wednesday. While the Pelicans did not announce the location, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Williamson is doing his rehab in Portland, Oregon. In
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story originally published on April 3, 2019. On Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks will retire Dirk Nowitzki’s No. 41 jersey after their game against the Golden State Warriors (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Before stepping foot on American soil, 19-year-old Dirk Nowitzki played on a second-division team in his German
11:44 AM ET Breaking News: the wait is over. The Brooklyn Nets just signed European superstar “Jean Patrick.” NBA GMs attempted to lure the fictional French 2-guard to the Association for years. Dangling huge contracts. Sponsorship deals. Untold amenities. Just for the hint of a rumor of the chance of retaining Jean Patrick’s services. Last
11:46 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will make his season debut Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers — but Nets coach Steve Nash didn’t want to reveal whether Irving would start or come off the bench. No matter what Nash decides to do, he is confident that Irving will play “a
8:00 AM ET IT’S A FEW hours after dusk on a Monday in early December, and the Golden State Warriors‘ gleaming spaceship, the Chase Center, is about to transform into a vibrating dance party. The frenzy will be identical to those created by superstar Stephen Curry‘s one-man scoring blitzkriegs, but Curry will be swaying and
8:00 AM ET “Will Kyrie Irving play tonight?” is about to become a regular question throughout the rest of the 2021-22 NBA season. Irving, who is not vaccinated for COVID-19, hasn’t played because of the Brooklyn Nets‘ decision prior to the start of the regular season not to allow him to participate due to New
3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook bounced back from nine turnovers Sunday by committing zero turnovers in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 122-114 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, the first time the point guard protected the ball that well in nearly six years. Westbrook snapped a personal streak of 407 straight games
8:06 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Tuesday, the first Utah Jazz player to be added to that list this season. The Jazz had been the only NBA team yet to have a player in protocols this season. All 29 other teams had
7:11 PM ET The Miami Heat have ruled out forward Jimmy Butler for Wednesday night’s game against the Trail Blazers in Portland. Butler injured his right ankle late in the third quarter of Monday night’s 115-108 loss to the Golden State Warriors. The Heat provided no other updates Tuesday beyond ruling him out against the