5:32 PM ET As he enters Year 18 of a storied Hall of Fame career, Carmelo Anthony said Friday that he’s fully committed to accepting a full-time bench role with the Portland Trail Blazers but admitted he had to “swallow that pill.” “It’s what works for this team, what we need for this team,” Anthony
Month: December 2020
6:13 PM ET As Karl-Anthony Towns prepares to begin his sixth season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he said he also is continuing to process the death of his mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, and six other family members who died of complications from the coronavirus. “I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom,” Towns
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,
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
7:46 AM ET Getting ready for the NBA preseason … in December. It’s an odd feeling. It feels like the draft was yesterday. That the Finals were just … the day before yesterday. After needing so long to cap off the 2019-20 season, just like that — last year’s rookies are young veterans; our new
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
1:47 PM ET The reforms aim to give greater protections to women. Harold Cunningham/Getty Images Professional women footballers are to be guaranteed maternity leave under new rules approved by FIFA on Friday, the global football body’s president Gianni Infantino said. Under the new rules, approved by the decision-making FIFA Council on Friday, a player will be
9:53 AM ET Arsenal‘s players exchanged angry words with each other in a clear-the-air meeting after manager Mikel Arteta called the squad together to identify reasons behind their poor start to the season. Sources have told ESPN that Arteta assembled the entire first-team group on Tuesday in a bid to address a slump in form
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has welcomed Ed Woodward’s long-term backing but the Manchester United manager has accepted he is never more than six games from the sack. Woodward has been firm in his stance that Solskjaer fits the club’s “long-term approach” with his latest show of support coming at a fans’