7:48 AM ET As the shell-shocked Portland Trail Blazers dressed in the visiting locker room in New Orleans, processing a humiliating sweep that stretched their postseason losing to streak 10 games, Paul Allen, the team’s longtime owner, walked in to address them. Allen typically thanked the team after the final game each season. He began
Spain and Portugal are considering a joint intercontinental bid with Morocco to host the 2030 World Cup, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday. Sanchez was on a visit to the Moroccan capital of Rabat and met with Prime Minister Saadedin Al Othmani and King Mohamed to discuss the possibility of bidding for world
12:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Career saves leader Mariano Rivera and late pitcher Roy Halladay are among 20 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, joined by 15 holdovers that includes Edgar Martinez. Left-hander Andy Pettitte and infielders Todd Helton, Michael Young and Miguel
12:16 PM ET Danyal Rasool Kane Williamson has hailed the astonishing four-run win in Abu Dhabi as New Zealand’s “best in recent memory” and among the best in his career. Speaking just after New Zealand triggered a Pakistan collapse that saw the hosts lose their last six wickets for 24 runs to be bowled out
12:31 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Indians will rock red jerseys next season for the first time since the 1970s. The team unveiled a new alternate home jersey on Monday. It’s a red top scripted with “Indians” on the front that Cleveland occasionally will wear for home games in 2019. The Indians last
12:06 PM ET Teenage Formula 3 racer Sophia Floersch has come through surgery without complications following the horrifying high-speed crash which left her with a fractured spine at the weekend. Early on in Sunday’s race Floersch, 17, hit a rival car on the flat-out run down to Lisboa corner. That caused her to lose control
12:12 PM ET The Washington Nationals have agreed to a two-year contract with free-agent catcher Kurt Suzuki, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by MLB.com. Suzuki played for the Nationals for parts of the 2012 and ’13 seasons, hitting .239 with eight home runs and 50 RBIs in 122 games. He was
11:52 AM ET Manny Pacquiao will return to the fight in the United States for the first time in two years when he will defend his secondary welterweight world title against former four-division titlist Adrien Broner. The fight, formally announced on Monday at a news conference in New York, will take place on Jan. 19
11:29 AM ET A day ahead of the draft for the fourth season of the Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars have an envious conundrum to resolve: AB de Villiers or Steven Smith? Both Smith and de Villiers are likely to be the first two players to be snapped up, and with just two picks available
11:31 AM ET UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich suffered a broken orbital bone after being attacked, her manager, Brian Butler-Au, confirmed to ESPN on Monday morning. Ostovich was taken to a hospital in Hawaii for treatment and has recently been released. The news was first reported by TMZ. Rachael Ostovich was attacked, putting her next match