3:19 AM ET PHOENIX — Missing Devin Booker and with the New Orleans Pelicans applying heavy pressure to Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns got a historic effort from Mikal Bridges to take back control of their first-round series with a 112-97 Game 5 victory for a 3-2 lead. Bridges had perhaps the best offensive and
1:37 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After scuffling through a frustrating first three quarters, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant exploded with a vengeance Tuesday night in one of the most compelling closing performances in recent postseason history. His exploits fueled a fourth-quarter rally that lifted the Grizzlies to a 111-109 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves
10:20 PM ET MIAMI — The Heat were missing two of their starters yet hardly missed a beat in Tuesday’s 97-94 Game 5 win over the Atlanta Hawks to advance to the second round. With Kyle Lowry sidelined since late in the third quarter of Game 3 with a left hamstring strain and Jimmy Butler
12:25 AM ET New York star forward Artemi Panarin left the Rangers’ 4-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night with an upper-body injury. Linemate Andrew Copp (lower-body) also left in the second period and did not return for the Rangers, who settled for the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division as a result
1:21 AM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — New York Mets right-hander Chris Bassitt expressed frustration and concern for his teammates after three more Mets batters were plunked in Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, raising the team’s major league-leading total to 18. Bassitt blamed the baseballs, which he says are
9:59 PM ET The Houston Dash suspended head coach and general manager James Clarkson on Tuesday due to an ongoing investigation to “review current and historic complaints of discrimination, harassment and abuse.” The Dash said an interim coach would be named in the coming days. Houston opens its National Women’s Soccer League regular season Sunday
8:33 PM ET Mark Emmert’s 12-year tenure as the head of the NCAA is coming to a close. Emmert and the NCAA’s Board of Governors announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down from his role as president by June 2023, or sooner if his replacement is found before then. Emmert, 69, has spent the
11:18 PM ET Nashville Predators goalie Juuse Saros left Tuesday night’s 5-4 loss to the Calgary Flames in the third period with an apparent left foot injury. Saros went to the Predators bench after an interference penalty on Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington stopped play with 6:32 remaining in regulation. Nashville’s trainer looked at Saros’ ankle,
12:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos general manager George Paton has said “the door is open” for some of the team’s free agents to return to the team, even well more than a month into free agency On Tuesday night, running back Melvin Gordon III agreed to walk through that door. The 29-year-old,
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 59th and 60th goals of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-0 on Tuesday night to clinch home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The 24-year-old American, who snapped a five-game goal