2:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $25,000 Monday afternoon for violating the league’s injury reporting rules. After Ben Simmons wasn’t on the injury report Friday, when Philadelphia had half its team in the NBA’s health and safety protocols after Seth Curry tested positive for COVID-19 the day before, the Sixers
Month: January 2021
1:15 PM ET Washington Wizards point guard Russell Westbrook is expected to miss at least the next week with a left quadriceps injury, the team announced Monday. Westbrook will be reevaluated at the end of the week. It is the latest blow in an already disappointing 2-8 start for the Wizards, who entered the season
5:25 PM ET The Miami Heat have added stars Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic to the team’s out/health and safety protocol list after the completion of contact tracing. Joining them on the Heat’s list are Kendrick Nunn, Maurice Harkless, Udonis Haslem and KZ Okpala. Guard Avery Bradley was placed into the health and
12:55 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA called off two more games because of COVID-19-related and contact tracing issues, postponing Monday’s game in Dallas between the Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans as well as Tuesday’s matchup in Chicago between the Bulls and the Boston Celtics. Those moves come one day after Miami‘s game
4:57 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — American Christian Harrison won playing in his first career quarterfinal Monday, beating Gianluca Mager of Italy 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the Delray Beach Open. Harrison’s opponent Tuesday will be No. 4-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, who swept qualifier Roberto Quiroz of Ecuador 6-4, 6-4. The 26-year-old
5:38 PM ET Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The NCAA will not meet its self-administered deadline to update rules that dicatate how
12:02 PM ET It was a big weekend for soccer again. Erling Haaland‘s heroics gave Borussia Dortmund a significant win over RB Leipzig to keep the Bundesliga race interesting, Barcelona and Juventus kept their winning streaks going (though both teams still have some glaring issues), and Milan’s form in Serie A continued even as Zlatan
4:22 PM ET Leading Nebraska Cornhuskers wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson is entering the NCAA’s transfer portal, he announced Monday on Twitter. Robinson led Nebraska with 51 receptions for 461 yards and a touchdown in eight games this season, making 33 more catches than any other Huskers player. He also added 240 rushing yards, ranking fourth
2:50 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — By firing coach Doug Pederson on Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles moved on from the only Super Bowl-winning coach in franchise history, less than three years after he accomplished the feat. The memories of “Philly Special” and the Brandon Graham strip sack of Tom Brady in Super Bowl LII are still
3:58 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back Zack Moss will miss the remainder of the postseason with an ankle injury, a league source confirmed to ESPN. Moss injured his ankle in the team’s 27-24 victory Saturday against the Indianapolis Colts. Buffalo’s second-leading rusher behind Devin Singletary, Moss totaled 576