5:11 PM ET After staving off elimination in two straight games, Nikola Jokic sees a “relaxed” Denver Nuggets entering Game 7 against the Utah Jazz. “To be honest it has been Game 7 the last two games for us so I mean it is a win or go home for us,” Jokic said after Game
3:53 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Gordon Hayward‘s rehab from a Grade 3 right ankle sprain is “going OK” and that the veteran forward will be rejoining Boston sometime soon in the bubble at Walt Disney World Resort — though he isn’t likely to return
7:03 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram won the NBA’s Most Improved Player award on Monday. Ingram, 22, received 42 first-place votes from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters and earned 326 total points. He beat out Miami Heat big Bam Adebayo, who finished in second place with 38 first-place votes (295
7:43 PM ET Associated Press The University of Kansas announced Monday that it will begin its fall sports season without fans upon the recommendation of its pandemic medical advisory team. That includes the Jayhawks‘ football season opener against Coastal Carolina scheduled for Sept. 12, along with volleyball, soccer and cross country contests. The prohibition of
7:41 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban led dozens of his football players and other athletes on a march to protest social injustice and recent incidents of police brutality against Black men and women. The group marched the short distance Monday on the school’s campus from the Mal M. Moore
5:15 PM ET ESPN staff It’s the last day of August, which means training camp is nearing its end and real football is on the near horizon. A day after one of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ worst practices of the summer, Tom Brady and the offense were more dialed in Monday. Here’s what you need
4:44 PM ET Daniel Cormier said Monday that he won’t need surgery for the torn cornea he suffered in his Aug. 15 unanimous-decision loss to Stipe Miocic, which Cormier agreed was the right call by the judges. Miocic inadvertently poked Cormier in his left eye during the third round, but Cormier was able to finish
11:52 PM IST Cricket South Africa have been forced to postpone their Annual General Meeting scheduled for Saturday, during which they were due to elect a new president and at least two other board members. The postponement comes after CSA were due to meet with the country’s minister of sport, Nathi Mthethwa, who demanded to
6:09 PM ET Growing up in Hampton, Virginia, during the heyday of John Thompson’s Georgetown teams, Mike Tomlin was a diehard Hoyas fan. Wearing a Georgetown starter jacket, the future Pittsburgh Steelers coach became devoted to the larger-than-life Thompson as he became the first Black head coach to win an NCAA men’s basketball championship and
6:38 PM ET LSU has lost another star from its championship team as defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin told the coaching staff on Monday that he plans to opt out of this college football season and begin preparing for the NFL draft, a source told ESPN. Tigers standout receiver Ja’Marr Chase, a possible top-five pick, informed