9:01 AM ET Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been cleared from the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols and will be available to play against the New York Knicks on Saturday, the team announced. He missed six games while in the COVID-19 protocols. The third-year player was averaging 21.6 points over six games prior to
3:08 PM ET Associated Press UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Gregg Popovich took Saturday off, for good reason. There was no way he was going to miss Tim Duncan’s enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The San Antonio Spurs played Saturday afternoon without their head coach after Popovich made the decision to fly to Connecticut to
10:57 AM ET Marc J. Spears Former Detroit Pistons star center Ben Wallace will be inducted into the Class of 2021 for the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, a source told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Saturday. Wallace and the entire 2021 class will be announced on Sunday at the museum in Springfield, Mass. Wallace was
11:47 AM ET As the Los Angeles Lakers seek to win out and avoid the play-in tournament, LeBron James is set for his return Saturday against the Indiana Pacers, according to coach Frank Vogel. James has missed the past six games to continue to recover from a high ankle sprain, but he practiced Friday and
11:53 AM ET Mohamed Elneny has shown his support for Palestine on Twitter. Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images A team sponsor has voiced its concern to Arsenal over midfielder Mohamed Elneny‘s support for Palestine on social media, sources told ESPN. Throughout the week, violence have escalated between Israeli and Palestinian groups in the
11:43 AM ET Champions League hopefuls Eintracht Frankfurt crashed to a 4-3 defeat at relegated Schalke on Saturday to all but dash their hopes of a top-four finish with one game left in the season. Frankfurt are in fifth place on 57 points, with Borussia Dortmund fourth on 58 and in action against Mainz on
11:33 AM ET Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski equalled Gerd Muller’s 49-year-old German league goal record when he scored with a 26th minute penalty in their 2-2 draw at Freiburg to take his season tally to 40 goals. The striker is already second on the all-time scorers list in the Bundesliga, with 276 goals, behind
9:30 AM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has only recently returned to international football. Photo by Andrew Surma/NurPhoto via Getty Images Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is out of Sweden‘s plans for this summer’s European Championship due to a knee injury sustained while playing for AC Milan against Juventus, Sweden boss Janne Andersson has said. Ibrahimovic came out of international
10:35 AM ET Steven Gerrard’s Rangers side became only the second team to win the Scottish Premiership and go a full season without losing a game after the champions beat Aberdeen 4-0 at home on the final day on Saturday. Rangers won all 19 of their home games at Ibrox and equalled the league record
2:05 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo scored on the rebound after his spot-kick was saved and Juan Cuadrado added a double as Juventus kept their Champions League qualification hopes alive with a 3-2 win over Serie A champions Inter Milan on Saturday. – Watch replay of Juve-Inter five-goal thriller on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Despite spending most