12:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies turned the eighth inning of their game Friday night into a benches-emptying, trash-talking, finger-pointing commotion that spiced up a routine game — and could ignite more sparks this weekend. It started when Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado thumped his glove and gestured at
12:10 AM ET New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman has a new nickname as a result of his actions over the first two days of the NFL draft. Trading down on each of the Giants’ first two selections this year — the first time in his career as a GM that Gettleman has ever
10:29 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2021 NFL draft began Thursday and continues through Saturday (ABC/ESPN/ESPN App). With quarterbacks going 1-2-3 — Trevor Lawrence to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Zach Wilson to the New York Jets and Trey Lance to the San Francisco 49ers — the rest of the draft promises to be just as exciting.
5:49 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out of Friday’s game against the Chicago Bulls with a right ankle sprain he suffered early in Thursday’s loss to the Houston Rockets. Antetokounmpo played just 46 seconds Thursday before he appeared to step on the foot of Kelly Olynyk, rolling what was already an
8:47 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will return from the longest absence of his career against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. James, who has been out since March 20 with a high ankle sprain, will not be on a hard minutes restriction, according to coach Frank Vogel. Friday’s game is one
10:50 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — At halftime of Friday night’s game here at TD Garden between the Celtics and San Antonio Spurs, the only history anyone would’ve thought might happen on this night would be Boston setting one for margin of defeat. Instead, a dismal first half only set the stage for a
Report On a pitch that has given suggestion of uneven bounce, Bangladesh will have to bat well to reach safety Sri Lanka 493 for 7 dec (Thirimanne 140, Karunaratne 118, Oshada 81, Dickwella 77*, Taskin 4-127) vs Bangladesh Sri Lanka declared on 493 for 7, after batting for 15 minutes on the third morning. The
8:10 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — And the winner is … the NFL draft. Thursday’s broadcast of the first round from Cleveland averaged 12.6 million viewers on television and digital sources, according to the NFL and Nielsen. That is the second-highest first day on record, surpassing 2014 (12.4 million). Last year’s first round holds
8:22 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots traded up Friday night in the second round of the NFL draft and once again tapped Bill Belichick’s favored pipeline of Nick Saban’s Alabama program by selecting defensive tackle Christian Barmore with the No. 38 overall pick. The selection came a day after the Patriots
10:06 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings are preparing for life after Kirk Cousins. With the 66th pick in the third round, Minnesota selected Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond, the seventh QB off the board in the 2021 NFL draft. Mond, 21, is the all-time career leader in total offense, passing yards, passing touchdowns,