2:33 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for an undisclosed injury she suffered while playing in a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, this week. A seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, Williams, 42, received a wild-card entry into the Australian Open last month to compete in what
8:14 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala will make his season debut on Saturday against the Orlando Magic. The Warriors and Iguodala have been targeting a return for the second half of the season since training camp, but Saturday — which will be the Warriors’ 40th game of
11:00 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Terry Rozier scored a season-high 39 points, and the Charlotte Hornets matched an NBA record with 51 in the first quarter of a 138-109 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Charlotte’s 51-point outburst tied the NBA mark for a first quarter set by the Golden
12:27 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Despite finishing with a 7-for-22 shooting night, Kyrie Irving couldn’t help but smile as he walked off the floor following a 108-102 win over the Pelicans on Friday at Smoothie King Center. As has been the case throughout his star-crossed career, the 30-year-old hit the biggest shot of the
11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — For the second time this week, a Denver Nuggets game was delayed because of a crooked rim. Officials stopped play with 11:22 left in the fourth quarter Friday night with the Nuggets leading Cleveland 96-82 when Cavaliers players noticed the same rim that caused a 35-minute delay
1:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — With the Lakers heading to Sacramento this weekend and LeBron James needing fewer than 500 points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time mark of 38,397 points, James reflected on the time he scored his first NBA points in the home of the Kings. “I knew that I was ready for
1:16 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Top-seeded Coco Gauff advanced to the final of the ASB Classic by beating Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday. The American hasn’t yet dropped a set at the Auckland hardcourt tournament and needed a little more than an hour to defeat seventh-seeded Kovinic to
11:44 PM ET Associated Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Kyle Connor set a franchise record with his 41st game-winning goal, scoring on a power play at 5:38 of the third lead as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Friday night. Connor’s record-setting goal moved him past Ilya Kovalchuk for the most winners
Tea South Africa 71 for 3 (Bavuma 28*, Zondo 5*, Hazlewood 1-11) trail Australia 475 for 4 dec (Khawaja 195*, Smith 104, Labuschagne 79, Head 70, Nortje 2-55) by 404 runs A fired-up Josh Hazlewood extended the struggles of South Africa captain Dean Elgar as Australia claimed three wickets quickly after play finally resumed on
3:07 PM ET The last time Trevor Bauer took the mound, he seemed to have reached the apex of his pitching career. By the summer of 2021, the talent that made him a first-round draft pick and the curiosities that unlocked cutting-edge training regiments had finally converged. He was a reigning Cy Young Award winner