7:15 AM ET JAMES HARDEN CROUCHED, waiting for referee Ed Malloy to release the ball into the air. Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis stood three feet away across the center circle. The Houston Rockets‘ superstar is 6-foot-5. Porzingis is one of the tallest and longest players in the league, listed at 7-foot-3. Something didn’t add
5:39 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Essex 236 (Wheater 83*, Andersson 4-38) and 53 for 1 beat Middlesex 138 (S Cook 4-27) and 150 (Beard 4-21) by nine wickets Unbeaten Essex confirmed their place in the Bob Willis Trophy final as South Group victors with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Middlesex. Sir Alastair Cook, Paul
7:30 AM ET The pool for ESPN’s 2020 preseason All-America team was considerably smaller, which is weird. But what hasn’t been weird about this preseason, this offseason, this summer? In short, you won’t see any players from the Big Ten, the Pac-12, the Mountain West or any of the conferences not scheduled to play this
7:30 AM ET The strangest and seemingly longest offseason in college football history is finally over, and the ACC and Big 12 are scheduled to kick off this week, followed by the SEC in two weeks. No one knows how the season is going to go — or how long it will go — but
6:59 AM ET In the 2020 NHL playoffs, you never know what you’re going to get. Game 1 of the Western Conference Final was a tight, 1-0 contest. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final was an offensive explosion — well, for the Tampa Bay Lightning, at least. The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars
2:20 AM ET Jamal Murray saw an opening, drove and lifted off, cocking his arm back for a monster dunk only to run into Kawhi Leonard‘s massive left hand. More specifically, Murray and the ball were rejected by Leonard’s left middle finger with just under two minutes left in a six-point game. For much of
6:44 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood has admitted he made “a huge mistake” after he was axed from the England squad for breaching COVID-19 protocols to meet two women while on international duty in Iceland. Greenwood, 18, and teammate Phil Foden, 20, have been sent home by manager Gareth Southgate after
4:24 AM ET Chelsea are confident are securing a deal for Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, sources have told ESPN, with talks ongoing over a deal likely to be worth an initial £18 million. That could rise to as much as £25m as the Premier League club look to find a new No. 1 to replace
6:12 AM ET Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has become the second largest shareholder in eco-friendly football club Forest Green Rovers, it was announced on Tuesday. The League Two side have adopted a number of environmentally-friendly measures, from using electric vehicles, to vegan-only meals for players, staff and supporters. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– The
2:23 AM ET Kawhi Leonard‘s middle finger already had a storied history before it was the lone instrument used to block a power dunk attempt by Jamal Murray on Monday. That finger is engraved on the underside of Leonard’s Toronto Raptors championship ring, a piece of symbolism that needs no interpretation. Then there’s the federal