12:21 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers are on the market looking to hire a new head athletic trainer after injuries ravaged their 2020-21 season. Nina Hsieh, promoted to head trainer two years ago, did not have her contract renewed, sources told ESPN. Hsieh worked for the franchise for more than a decade, beginning as
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2:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Looking back on it now, there was no way to see what Terance Mann did in the Los Angeles Clippers’ 131-119 series-clinching win over the Utah Jazz on Friday night coming. No way. Anyone who says they foresaw the second-year player scoring 39 points to send the Clippers to
7:49 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Spain included Pau Gasol in its preliminary squad for the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The 40-year-old Gasol was among the 18 players called up by coach Sergio Scariolo to prepare for the Tokyo Games. Only 12 players will make the final squad. The two-time NBA champion is trying
1:55 AM ET Coping mechanisms are as much a feature of the NBA playoffs as the postgame podium. “You have to have a short-term memory,” Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard Tyrese Maxey said. Maxey was referring to the condition of defending Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young with smothering pressure only to watch him drain a “logo
12:50 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Patrick Beverley, Terance Mann and Marcus Morris Sr. stood on the court and urged the first sellout crowd at Staples Center in over a year to cheer even louder as history was unfolding in dramatic fashion. For the first time in their 51-year history, the Clippers are going to
1:11 AM ET ATLANTA — After the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 104-99 Game 6 win Friday to tie up their second-round series with the Atlanta Hawks, Joel Embiid was so fed up with how he viewed the officiating for him compared to the Hawks’ superstar leader, he wouldn’t even say Trae Young‘s name. “I just felt like
5:54 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will not play in Saturday’s Game 7 against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to coach Steve Nash. Nash said that Irving has “miles to make up” before he could return to the court. He added, however, that if the Nets advance, the team anticipates Irving will be back,
3:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Bradley Beal won a gold medal with USA Basketball 11 years ago, leading the Americans in scoring on their way to an undefeated run at the under-17 world championship. He’s looking for another gold this summer on international basketball’s biggest stage. The Washington Wizards guard has committed to playing
2:56 PM ET The Boston Celtics‘ coaching search remains focused in the ranks of assistants, with a wave of second interviews expected to come with Brooklyn’s Ime Udoka, Milwaukee’s Darvin Ham and the LA Clippers’ Chauncey Billups, sources told ESPN. Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens, running the process to hire his successor, is
12:48 PM ET Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki has rejoined the franchise as a special adviser who will assist in the hiring process of a new general manager and coach and consult on other front-office decisions, the team announced Friday. “Mark Cuban approached me about a role as special advisor and I am happy to