12:30 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. The week of June 16 saw the week of June 2 and said, “Hold my beer.” If
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9:15 AM ET The Boston Celtics are trading Kemba Walker and their 2021 first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a package that includes Al Horford, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Along with Walker and the No. 16 overall pick in 2021, the Celtics are also sending a 2025 second-round pick to the Thunder
1:15 AM ET NBA fans were anticipating a Brooklyn Nets–Milwaukee Bucks matchup to turn into a classic series. What’s happened is it’s turned into a classic 2021 series. This messy, flowless, injury-riddled, unpredictable and dramatic season has its mascot: a seven-game saga after the Bucks struck back to take Game 6 from the Nets, 104-89
1:03 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN With his team’s season on the line, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo entered Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals with a clear goal in mind: to attack every chance he could. After so much of this series has been dominated by chatter about his wayward jump shot, Antetokounmpo ensured
8:18 PM ET The LA Clippers will have to try to clinch their first trip to the Western Conference finals without Kawhi Leonard in Game 6. Coach Ty Lue said Leonard remains out for Friday’s game against the Utah Jazz with a sprained right knee. Leonard could miss the rest of this series and longer
10:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The top two vote-getters in this year’s NBA Rookie of the Year voting, Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, were both unanimous selections for the All-Rookie First Team. The NBA announced both rookie teams before Thursday night’s Game 6 between the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee
4:15 PM ET Rick Carlisle — who led Dallas to the 2011 NBA championship — informed Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Thursday that he won’t be returning as coach next season, Carlisle told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Carlisle had two years left on his contract. He spent 13 seasons as Mavericks coach. “‘After a number of
1:26 PM ET Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic expressed disappointment with the departure of Donnie Nelson, the team’s longtime president of basketball operations. The Mavs announced Wednesday that Nelson and the team “mutually agreed to part ways,” but sources told ESPN that owner Mark Cuban fired Nelson on Sunday. “It was kind of tough to
10:52 AM ET Devin Booker found his man. Booker, the Phoenix Suns’ All-Star guard, tweeted Monday that he wanted to know the identity of the Suns fan who was recorded punching a Denver Nuggets fan several times in the closing minutes of the Suns’ Game 3 win in Denver on Friday — and then declaring
4:07 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print It’s certainly nice of Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to send a gift to a player on the team that knocked him out of the 2021 NBA playoffs. Jokic won the MVP last week, but then got ejected for a flagrant foul in the