7:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon, the key offseason addition for the defending Eastern Conference champions, was named the winner of the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award on Thursday night. Brogdon edged out New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley for the award, garnering 60 out of 100 first-place votes.
3:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers ruled Kawhi Leonard out several hours before Thursday’s 129-124 Game 3 loss to the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained right knee. Leonard aggravated his right knee at the end of the Clippers’ Game 1 victory and played through it in the Suns’ Game 2 win
8:28 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid received a flagrant foul 1 after kicking Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Claxton fouled Embiid less than three minutes into Game 3 of the first-round series, and then stepped
4:03 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Devin Booker has been a good scorer since he came into the league in 2016. But he has taken it to another level since Kevin Durant joined the Phoenix Suns in February. Booker scored a game-high 45 points on a blistering 18-for-29 shooting (62 percent) in the Suns’ 129-124
3:44 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — With Draymond Green serving a one-game suspension and the Golden State Warriors down 0-2 in their first-round playoff series against the Sacramento Kings, they had a clear mindset: Don’t feel sorry for ourselves. “We’re winning this because of Draymond,” Donte DiVincenzo told ESPN before Thursday’s Game 3,
6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Heading into the new MLB season, many Oakland fans already were heartbroken about the state of their struggling team — small crowds, bad baseball and dismal winters watching top players being traded away or lost in free agency. Now, the greatest disappointment yet: Yes, the A’s are leaving for
8:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Los Angeles Angels rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe was forced from Thursday’s 9-3 loss to the New York Yankees by a recurrence of intense left shoulder pain after a swing in the ninth inning. “I felt it pop, come out the back, and will be evaluated the next
1:00 AM ET CHICAGO — On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts was sleeping in a hospital room in California. Twenty-four hours later — after the arrival of his new baby boy — he was playing shortstop for the first time in his career after arriving at Wrigley Field during the first inning
7:08 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand during a game. Scherzer initially appealed the penalty and $10,000 fine imposed by Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president for
9:48 PM ET PHOENIX – It has been 564 days since Fernando Tatis Jr. last graced a baseball field in a major league game with actual stakes. There are obvious concerns — given the season-long absence, the steroid-related suspension, the surgeries to both his wrist and shoulder — about whether he can recapture the superstar