11:40 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni offered a simple explanation for his team’s terrible performance through three and a half quarters of Thursday’s 110-100 Game 4 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. “Just a lack of spirit,” D’Antoni said. “It just seems like we got down. We lost our way a little bit.”
12:47 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers might have missed out on convincing Kawhi Leonard to join LeBron James and Anthony Davis and form a “big three” last summer, but Lakers coach Frank Vogel says L.A.’s team defense is ending up having the same impact another All-NBA individual added to
9:35 PM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka has reached the U.S. Open final for the second time in three years, pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-3 in the first semifinal. The 2018 champion will meet Serena Williams or Victoria Azarenka on Saturday. If it’s Williams, it would be a rematch of
10:52 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Grant Enfinger bounced back from a tire rub that dropped him well back in the field and rallied to win the NASCAR truck race at Richmond Raceway on Thursday night. Enfinger took the lead with seven laps to go, passing reigning champion Matt Crafton for his third
10:45 PM ET Two-time major champion John Daly revealed during a Golf Channel instructional show that he has bladder cancer. Daly said he underwent a procedure to have the cancer removed but was told there is a good chance of recurrence. “[My urologist] said there’s an 85% chance it comes back,” said Daly, 54, in
10:49 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Russell Knox shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Safeway Open, the first event of the new PGA Tour season. After missing the FedExCup playoffs by two spots to close last season, Knox had seven birdies and eagled the 550-yard, par-5
10:12 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Renshaw has moved from the Brisbane Heat to the Adelaide Strikers on a three-year deal. Renshaw, 24, was the Heat’s second-highest run scorer last season with 348 at a strike-rate of 129.85 and has made himself into a middle-order batsman in the format who can also send down some
11:28 PM ET Eight months after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs, the Houston Texans again walked off the field after a poor performance, this time falling 31-20 in the season opener on Thursday night. Everything you need this week:&• Full schedule » | Standings »&• Depth charts for every team »&•
11:30 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Faced with a defensive strategy he hadn’t seen before from the Houston Texans, Patrick Mahomes did what he does best. He adjusted. The Texans, who played mostly man-to-man coverage in two games against Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs last season, played a lot of zone and worked
11:20 PM ET Let’s not undersell this: The Kansas City Chiefs‘ 34-20 victory Thursday night over the Houston Texans is one of the greatest accomplishments in NFL history. Just as its own executives (improbably) predicted in March, the league opened its 2020 season on time — even with some fans at Arrowhead Stadium — amid