ESPN News Services Feb 19, 2024, 01:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Aryna Sabalenka said it is in her nature to keep striving for success and that she has become addicted to that winning feeling as the Australian Open champion returns to action at the Dubai Championships this week. Sabalenka won her second Grand Slam
The Chappell-Hadlee trophy, earlier awarded to the winner of bilateral ODI series between Australia and New Zealand, will now also be played for in T20I series between the trans-Tasman rivals, starting with the three-match contest beginning on Wednesday in Wellington. The change will also mean that when the two teams face off in back-to-back ODI
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 18, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — LeBron James, speaking before his record-setting 20th NBA All-Star Game appearance,
Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 19, 2024, 01:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — After months of stressing the importance of having a more competitive product on the court for this weekend’s All-Star Game, NBA commissioner Adam Silver doubled down on that front Saturday night, declaring, “I think we’re going to see a good game” in
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 18, 2024, 11:01 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — It was Dame time all NBA All-Star Weekend long. The Milwaukee
Brianna Williams, ESPNFeb 18, 2024, 09:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mac McClung and Jaylen Brown weren’t the only ones representing the G League and Boston Celtics, respectively, in a dunk contest on All-Star Saturday. Maine Celtics guard Jordan Jackson won the G League dunk contest while paying homage to his mom, WNBA icon Sheryl
ESPN News Services Feb 18, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Hideki Matsuyama set the Riviera record for the lowest closing round by a winner Sunday in the Genesis Invitational, giving the Japanese star another record that means far more to him. Matsuyama rallied from a six-shot deficit with a 9-under
Associated Press Feb 18, 2024, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — There were jokes. And laughter. And catharsis. Just no tears. At least none from Jaromir Jagr. Maybe because they were unnecessary when the Pittsburgh Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Sunday. The look on Jagr’s face, the subtle catch in his
Associated Press Feb 18, 2024, 08:46 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald is out of a hospital following a cardiac event this month. The 71-year-old McDonald wrote in an Instagram post Sunday — with a photo of him standing outside Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre — that he’s ending his “two-week
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 18, 2024, 09:16 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a storybook finish for the New York Rangers in their Stadium Series win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. But not necessarily the story they intended to tell. “It