11:59 AM ET Newly acquired Brooklyn Nets forward James Harden took to social media on Friday to thank the city of Houston and the Rockets, saying he was “indebted” to the franchise. “Houston you welcomed me with no guarantees. Took a leap of faith and it changed my life and the lives of my family
Month: January 2021
1:18 PM ET Despite nine COVID-related postponements since Sunday, team health officials, team executives and sources around the league familiar with its health and safety protocols say that, while the situation remains fluid, they don’t expect it to be enough to warrant a shutdown of the league or moving back to a bubble. The officials
11:14 AM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $50,000 for violating the league’s health and safety protocols and ordered to take part in a five-day quarantine, NBA president of league operations Byron Spruell announced Friday. According to a release from the NBA, Irving violated the protocols by attending a private indoor party
News A 21-member squad, with nine fast bowling options, is set to depart tonight Left arm-seamer Marco Jansen will replace Ottniel Baartman in South Africa’s Test squad which leaves for Pakistan tonight. Baartman has been ruled out of the touring party for a medical reason unrelated to Covid-19, while the entire 21-player party have returned
9:01 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said he is not capable of playing “mind games” in the Premier League title race after being accused of attempting to copy Sir Alex Ferguson by ex-referee Mark Clattenburg following the Liverpool manager’s claim that Manchester United have had “more penalties in two years than I have had in
12:21 PM ET Swansea City are in “ongoing” discussions to acquire United States winger Jordan Morris from the Seattle Sounders on a six-month loan, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Telegraph was the first to report Swansea’s interest in Morris. – USMNT 2021 to-do list: Find a striker, build depth behind stars– Sources: Juve interested
11:28 AM ET Juventus and Roma are among the clubs interested in signing American teenager Bryan Reynolds, sources have told ESPN. The 19-year-old FC Dallas full-back is also attracting Club Brugge and another unnamed European team. – USMNT 2021 to-do list: Find a striker, build depth behind stars– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
10:12 AM ET Second baseman DJ LeMahieu and the New York Yankees are finalizing a six-year, $90 million contract, sources familiar with the agreement told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. LeMahieu finished third in the American League MVP voting after winning the AL batting title with an MLB-leading .364 average over the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, becoming just
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Glacial. Snail’s pace. Tortoise-like. Pick your favorite metaphor for slow, and that will aptly describe the free-agent market of the 2020-21 MLB offseason. Some numbers to paint that picture: The free-agent tracker at Baseball Reference lists three-year WAR totals for all the players who have signed with a new team,
11:31 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — During the 2017 season in Minnesota, Kevin Stefanski often would kick his starter out of the quarterback meeting room. Stefanski, then the Vikings quarterbacks coach, was into the TV show Game of Thrones. So too were quarterbacks Sam Bradford, Taylor Heinicke and Teddy Bridgewater. But Case Keenum was not.