12:12 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA Finals allow for the slimmest margins of error. Opponents are too elite and opportunities too precious to squander in a seven-game series. For the Boston Celtics, sins of commission in Game 5 were too numerous to overcome a Golden State Warriors team with a championship pedigree on
1:29 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight in Japan again in another exhibition, this time against MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura. Promoters on Tuesday said the bout is scheduled for September. The rules and length of the bout have not yet been made public. Mayweather retired undefeated from professional boxing almost
12:36 PM ET Neymar took his first major step toward a secondary career on the professional poker circuit when the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward made his first in-person appearance at a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in the US. The 30-year-old, who became the world’s most expensive signing ever when he joined PSG
5:10 PM ET DENVER — Andre Burakovsky is close to feeling 100 percent again, days ahead of the Colorado Avalanche facing the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. The Avalanche forward blocked a shot off his hand in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Edmonton
3:22 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti BROOKLINE, Mass. — Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson drove into the players’ parking lot at The Country Club, the site of this week’s U.S. Open, at exactly
7:40 PM ET ESPN News Services BROOKLINE, Mass. — Bryson DeChambeau called his move to the LIV Golf series “a business decision,” and a difficult one at that. The 2020 U.S. Open champion, who as recently as 10 days ago had said he was sticking with the PGA Tour, offered his first comments about his
4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services The Texas Rangers on Monday placed outfielder Eli White on the 10-day injured list with a fractured right wrist. White was injured during the Rangers’ 8-6 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday when he collided with left fielder Charlie Culberson on a fly ball. Culberson said he
7:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Baltimore Orioles outfield prospect Kyle Stowers made his major league debut against the Blue Jays on Monday night after being added to the roster as a substitute player for a four-game series in Toronto. Stowers and right-hander Rico Garcia were put on the roster Monday in place of
5:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg is going back on the injured list. Manager Dave Martinez said Monday that Strasburg experienced discomfort Sunday after he threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was set to have an MRI. He had been scheduled to start Tuesday night against the Atlanta
4:46 PM ET Starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez has informed the Detroit Tigers he won’t rejoin the club at this time for personal matters and has been placed on the restricted list “until further notice,” general manager Al Avila announced in a statement Monday. The left-hander, who signed as a free agent with the Tigers last