11:19 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Nelson Cruz isn’t eager to talk about his age. The slugger just wants to produce whenever he’s in the lineup, and he is proving he still belongs in the major leagues. Cruz hit a three-run homer and drove in six runs, and the San Diego Padres beat
7:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — On the day Seve Ballesteros would have celebrated his 66th birthday — and in the week of the 40th anniversary of his second Masters victory — a fourth Spanish champion was crowned at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Jon Rahm, who started the day 4 strokes behind Brooks
Australia A 253 and 297 for 5 (Renshaw 140, Ward 63, van Beek 2-47) lead New Zealand A 246 (Solia 60, Bruce 44, Hay 43, Buckingham 6-58) by 304 runs Matt Renshaw piled on another century in New Zealand to keep up in the hotly contested race for an Ashes berth. The Australia A opener
11:57 PM BST Australia’s rugby sevens men have fought back from a deflating quarter-final exit at the Singapore world series event to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the Olympics. Nick Malouf’s team were hammered in the last-eight on Sunday by Argentina, who ran in five tries against them in a 29-12 trouncing. But
10:37 PM ET Associated Press Christopher Bell held on through a restart eight laps from the end to hold off Tyler Reddick and win the dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday night. Bell was a whiz-kid dirt racing sensation growing up and that experience helped the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to his fifth
8:58 PM ET The Boston Bruins have set a new NHL single-season record with 63 wins, defeating the Flyers 5-3 on Sunday at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. Bruins forward David Pastrnak tallied a hat trick to give him 60 goals on the season, second only to Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid (64). The Bruins entered
8:13 PM ET The LA Clippers needed everything they had to beat the Phoenix Suns to secure the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs, including overcoming a brief heated disagreement on the bench between Mason Plumlee and Bones Hyland in between the third and fourth quarters. At the end of the third quarter of
8:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Back in training camp, the Lakers made it known their mission was to get back to the playoffs after last season’s disappointment. Sunday’s regular-season finale, a 128-117 win over the Utah Jazz, didn’t guarantee L.A. a first-round berth, but it will be playing beyond game No. 82. The Lakers
4:29 PM ET DALLAS — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s pregame media availability on Sunday opened with the NBA’s all-time wins leader declining to discuss whether he would consider retirement this offseason and ended with an unprompted, passionate speech lobbying for gun control legislation in America and criticizing “cowardly legislators who are selfish.” Popovich,
3:28 PM ET The Houston Rockets are declining to pick up the fourth-year option on coach Stephen Silas’ contract, ending his three-year run leading the franchise’s rebuild, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Rockets general manager Rafael Stone and Silas are expected to meet Monday morning and formalize the parting, sources said. Editor’s Picks Silas, 49,