6:00 AM ET With his suits, his hair and his style, Miami Heat team president Pat Riley has long presented a Hollywood image. But those who have worked for him know his mindset is closer to that of a general. Riley’s life has been in basketball, but as someone in his teens and 20s during
Sep 8, 2020 It seems like only yesterday that the 2019-20 season was wrapping up (well, maybe a month?) across Europe but after a quick breather and some UEFA Nations League fixtures as a sporting aperitif, it’s time for the 2020-21 Premier League season to begin. – Predict results in ESPN’s English Soccer Pick ‘Em!
1:57 AM ET Denver Nuggets rookie forward Michael Porter Jr. flashed his raw offensive talent in the first half of Game 4 on Wednesday against the LA Clippers, using his size to score inside and his smooth jumper to shoot over L.A.’s rangy wing defenders on his way to 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting. He
1:40 AM ET The legendary baseball writer Roger Angell turns 100 next week. In his classic book “The Summer Game,” he poetically describes his beloved sport: “Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain
11:40 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Nikita Kucherov scored with 8.8 seconds left to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night and a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Kucherov beat Russian countryman Semyon Varlamov after a perfect pass from Ryan McDonagh,
9:58 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Coliseum lights shone brightly for miles through a sunless, smoky sky in the middle of the afternoon — hours before they usually would be on for an Athletics night baseball game. By mid-morning across San Francisco Bay, the Giants‘ Oracle Park resembled a black-and-orange
8:10 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Roberto Clemente’s iconic No. 21 has been a fixture in Pittsburgh for more than 60 years. Its presence has only grown since the Hall of Fame outfielder’s death at age 38 on New Year’s Eve 1972 in a plane crash off the coast of his native Puerto Rico.
11:32 PM ET ESPN News Services The Atlanta Braves scored 29 runs against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night, falling just one run short of tying the Major League record for most runs scored in a game. Adam Duvall‘s seventh-inning grand slam gave host Atlanta a 29-9 lead, which ended up being the final score.
7:30 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers will have an earlier tipoff time for Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals on Thursday, a schedule change that couldn’t come soon enough for L.A. The Lakers will play the Houston Rockets at 7 p.m. ET, a welcome adjustment after having their
10:14 PM ET Five-time NBA All-Star Chauncey Billups has emerged as a candidate in the Indiana Pacers‘ coaching search, sources told ESPN. As the Pacers begin preliminary interviews with a number of candidates, Billups and team officials have recently engaged and are planning to talk further about the job, sources said Wednesday. Billups, 43, fits