2:50 AM ET The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement, clearing the way for labor peace through this decade, sources told ESPN on Friday night. The deal, which starts with the 2023-24 season, includes a mutual opt-out after the sixth year, sources said. The agreement landed
7:05 AM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges is on the verge of completing a statistically perfect season that makes analytics pushers shudder and teammates smile all at once. Bridges, who started the 2022-23 NBA season with the Phoenix Suns before a midseason trade to the Nets, is on track to play
Chennai Super Kings will wait for Ben Stokes to be “100% ready” before using him as a bowler this season as he continues to manage a long-standing knee injury, team coach Stephen Fleming confirmed. ESPNcricinfo revealed this week that Stokes would start the IPL as a specialist batter following a cortisone injection in his left
6:03 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Seeing the top three drivers get out of their cars after qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix, you’d be forgiven for being transported back to 2021. A Red Bull driver on pole followed closely by two Mercedes cars is nothing new in F1, but in the context of
2:45 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Sergio Perez says a technical issue affecting the brake balance on his car was to blame for his early exit in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver ran wide at Turn 3 after locking up under braking on his first flying lap in qualifying. The
2:24 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Jake Cronenworth and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a seven-year extension, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. The deal, which will become official once it receives approval from Major League Baseball, would begin next year and keep Cronenworth with the Padres through the 2030
12:55 AM ET The feeling may not be mutual but former Formula One racing director Michael Masi is open to meeting with Mercedes more than a year after losing his job over the controversial 2021 title-decider in Abu Dhabi. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton missed what would have been a record eighth title after Masi changed
11:44 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Devon Levi made 31 saves in his NHL debut to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday night, and pull five points behind Pittsburgh for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Jeff Skinner scored at 1:50 of overtime to seal
1:34 PM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid will undergo surgery on his fractured left wrist and will be sidelined for six weeks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. It’s a blow to the team’s depth during the stretch run of the regular season. An MRI on Thursday revealed a left
7:51 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After 10 years in Toronto as an assistant and a head coach, Nick Nurse said he’s going to “take a few weeks to see where I’m at” at the conclusion of what he called “a difficult season from a number of standpoints.” “Early on, had some pretty serious