8:45 AM ET Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer 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
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1:11 PM ET Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard will be streaming for 24 hours straight on ESPN Esports’ Twitch channel for the Hammer Classic. Leonard will start his stream at 1 p.m. ET this Sunday. He’ll be trying to get those W’s on Call of Duty, Fortnite, and a host of other games. Leonard won’t
12:51 PM ET Potential No. 1 NBA draft pick LaMelo Ball and his manager Jermaine Jackson have purchased his Australian NBL team, the Illawarra Hawks, Jackson told ESPN on Thursday. “We own the team,” Jackson said. “It’s a done deal.” Ball arrived in Australia in August as part of the league’s Next Stars program and
12:51 PM ET The manager for potential No. 1 NBA draft pick LaMelo Ball told ESPN that they have purchased his Australian NBL team, although in a statement later, the Illawarra Hawks said no sale has been completed. “We own the team,” Jermaine Jackson told ESPN. “It’s a done deal.” No financial details were revealed.
8:49 PM ET In the 10th NBA 2K game simulation put on by the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds took the sticks Wednesday, leading the Suns to a 75-65 victory over Miami Dolphins defensive end Shaq Lawson‘s Oklahoma City Thunder. OKC led for the majority of the game before the Suns got
8:03 AM ET The Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 could be one of the most star-studded ever, a group that is expected to include Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and the late Kobe Bryant. But which active players are on track for basketball immortality? Ahead of Saturday’s announcement of the full class, our NBA
12:04 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN While some might speculate that the NBA season will not resume because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Milwaukee Bucks, who had the league’s best record when play stopped, are going forward as if they will eventually be on the court. “We are operating and functioning and just have a mentality
12:53 PM ET Washington freshman Isaiah Stewart is entering the 2020 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “I plan on declaring for the 2020 NBA draft and signing with Roc Nation,” Stewart told ESPN in a phone call. Stewart, the No. 26 prospect in the ESPN Top 100, was one of the most productive
11:55 AM ET Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who expressed optimism last week that the NBA season could resume as soon as mid-May, has backed off discussing any potential timetables for the league playing games again. “I have no idea,” Cuban said Wednesday on ESPN’s Get Up. “I mean, the only thing I know is
11:09 AM ET NEW YORK — Fifteen days after the Brooklyn Nets announced that four players had tested positive for COVID-19, general manager Sean Marks said the team’s roster is free from coronavirus symptoms. Speaking to reporters during a conference call on Wednesday morning, Marks said the Nets’ traveling party has completed a two-week quarantine