2:11 AM ET It was Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone’s 49th birthday on Tuesday, and before Game 7 against the LA Clippers, center Nikola Jokic told his coach he had the perfect gift in mind. “Coach, I’m going to get you a great present,” he told Malone before the game. “I’m either going to get
2:22 AM ET Not long after the LA Clippers‘ season came crashing down in stunning fashion, coach Doc Rivers said the finger can be pointed at him for the team’s failure to meet its enormous championship expectations. After the Clippers completely unraveled for a third straight game in a 104-89 loss to the Denver Nuggets
11:41 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Astros shortstop Carlos Correa has a bone bruise in his left ankle after fouling a pitch off of it on Tuesday night. Houston manager Dusty Baker said X-rays were negative, and the team should know more about Correa’s status on Wednesday. Correa was batting with one out in
11:28 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The New York Yankees have transformed back into the Bronx Bombers after a three-week stretch in which they nearly bombed out of postseason contention. DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit became the first players at the top of New York’s batting order to have five RBIs in
10:24 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Tanner Houck gave up just two singles over five innings to win his major league debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox past the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Tuesday. Houck, the first-round draft pick of the Red Sox in 2017, struck out seven and walked three on 86 pitches.
11:44 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Jake Arrieta promised he’d be ready for the postseason, or sooner. Now the Philadelphia Phillies have to get there. Arrieta pitched effectively into the sixth inning before leaving with a hamstring injury, Didi Gregorius hit a two-run homer and the Phillies beat the New York Mets 4-1 Tuesday
12:30 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Islanders forward Jordan Eberle knew exactly what to do upon seeing teammate and captain Anders Lee pounce on the loose puck once Tampa Bay’s Kevin Shattenkirk whiffed on his shot from the right point. Eberle raced up the middle, drove to the net and converted Lee’s pass
11:39 PM ET If the next few months are to be spent analyzing the future of Giannis Antetokounmpo and his future with the Milwaukee Bucks, it is only fair and right to now spin the same spotlight on the LA Clippers. It’s stunning that this is where the Clippers are after the Denver Nuggets completed
11:26 PM ET A balanced Miami Heat team came into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals with the No. 4 offense and No. 4 defense in the postseason. In the final 12 seconds of an overtime thriller on Tuesday, they executed two phenomenal, game-winning plays: one an offensive gem by their closer, Jimmy Butler;
11:28 PM ET It was a relatively slow night for Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday — until the main event. For just the second time in series history, the first four fights of this week’s five-fight card went the distance inside the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. That left it up to middleweights