7:49 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Spain included Pau Gasol in its preliminary squad for the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The 40-year-old Gasol was among the 18 players called up by coach Sergio Scariolo to prepare for the Tokyo Games. Only 12 players will make the final squad. The two-time NBA champion is trying
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Retiring from the NFL hardly crossed Star Lotulelei‘s mind over the past year. The Buffalo Bills defensive tackle, who opted out of the 2020 NFL season, enjoyed spending time with his wife and four children. But the more he watched his teammates from afar, the firmer his
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — At the four practices open to the media during the Dallas Cowboys‘ organized team activities and minicamp, all eyes were on quarterback Dak Prescott. And for good reason. The last time he was on a football field, his right leg was in an air cast because of a compound
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Briyana Humphries wanted to get her husband, Arizona Cardinals left tackle D.J. Humphries, something he couldn’t buy for his birthday last December. After all, it’s hard to buy gifts for someone who can buy himself whatever he wants. For the past four years, D.J. had talked about finding a
1:55 AM ET Coping mechanisms are as much a feature of the NBA playoffs as the postgame podium. “You have to have a short-term memory,” Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard Tyrese Maxey said. Maxey was referring to the condition of defending Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young with smothering pressure only to watch him drain a “logo
12:47 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights were less than two minutes away from victory in Game 3 on Friday night — and then goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury tried playing the puck behind his net. With his team leading 2-1 late in the third period, Fleury collected a Montreal dump-in behind his own net but accidentally
5:54 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will not play in Saturday’s Game 7 against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to coach Steve Nash. Nash said that Irving has “miles to make up” before he could return to the court. He added, however, that if the Nets advance, the team anticipates Irving will be back,
1:11 AM ET ATLANTA — After the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 104-99 Game 6 win Friday to tie up their second-round series with the Atlanta Hawks, Joel Embiid was so fed up with how he viewed the officiating for him compared to the Hawks’ superstar leader, he wouldn’t even say Trae Young‘s name. “I just felt like
12:50 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Patrick Beverley, Terance Mann and Marcus Morris Sr. stood on the court and urged the first sellout crowd at Staples Center in over a year to cheer even louder as history was unfolding in dramatic fashion. For the first time in their 51-year history, the Clippers are going to
10:05 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Bubba Watson can still hammer a tee shot, with a homemade swing and a pink shaft and several contortions along the way. He sees the shot, then curves it into play. He has done it at other major championships. He has two Masters victories. He has done it on