2:07 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors honored Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven other victims of the horrific helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Saturday, but after the game, the Los Angeles Lakers were still talking about LeBron James‘ unintended tribute to Bryant with his breakaway dunk in Thursday’s
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1:59 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim It wasn’t dominant and it wasn’t so pretty, but Jon Jones once again proved himself to be the greatest light heavyweight in the world. After 12 years in the sport, he’s done all he needs to do in order to be remembered as history’s gold standard among 205-pound fighters. It’s
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6:30 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 Kell Brook returned to form and kept his career alive with a seventh-round knockout win over Mark DeLuca on Saturday. The former IBF world
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1:08 AM ET Featherweight world titlist Gary Russell Jr. came off yet another long layoff and yet again dominated. Russell retained his 126-pound belt for the fifth time — each in dominating fashion — as he won a spirited, unanimous decision over mandatory challenger “King Tug” Tugstsogt Nyambayar in the main event of a Showtime
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12:20 AM ET HOUSTON — Mixed martial arts is running out of words to describe Valentina Shevchenko‘s dominance. And she’s only on her third UFC title defense. Shevchenko (19-3) completely obliterated No. 1 contender Katlyn Chookagian (13-3) in the co-main event of UFC 247 on Saturday, as she finished the fight via TKO at 1:03
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12:49 AM ET Coming on the heels of its 11th induction class, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is changing the nomination and induction processes for the class of 2021, reducing the annual number of inductees from five to three and splitting the nominees into two ballots. The current nomination committee will come up with 10
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10:24 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays traded reliever Emilio Pagan to the San Diego Padres for center fielder Manuel Margot and catcher/outfielder prospect Logan Driscoll, the teams announced Saturday. The Rays boasted one of the deepest bullpens in baseball, and now the same can be said of the Padres, who add Pagan to a
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8:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — ZACH LaVINE had a vision. The All-Star Game was set to return to Chicago and LaVine would be there, representing the hometown Chicago Bulls. He said that was the goal before the season tipped off. LaVine played some of the best basketball of his career in the first
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9:06 PM ET Associated Press EVERETT, Wash. — Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin helped put the United States into the Fed Cup finals after falling short earlier Saturday night. Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands teamed up for a 6-4, 6-0 doubles victory over Jelena Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova to give the U.S. a 3-2 win over
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7:57 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins are working to make Jennifer King the first African American female full-time assistant coach in the NFL after meeting with her late last month, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. King would join the staff as an offensive assistant, a source told ESPN’s David Newton. Redskins coach
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7:00 AM ET When spring training kicked off a year ago, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado remained unsigned. The drama this year will center around the Houston Astros: their cheating scandal, reactions from other players about the Astros’ cheating scandal, the possibility of other teams throwing at Astros hitters in spring training, the counter-reaction from
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7:51 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael Self won the ARCA Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, edging rising star Hailie Deegan for his eighth victory in the feeder series over the last four years. Self held off Deegan and Drew Dollar over the final four laps for his
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7:14 PM ET Montreal Canadiens left wing Jonathan Drouin returned to the lineup Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Postgame analysis and highlight show airing each night throughout the season from Barry Melrose and Linda Cohn. Watch on ESPN+ Drouin, recovering from wrist surgery, last played Nov. 15 for the Canadiens and returns in
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