2:58 AM GMT Tana Umaga has been demoted to an assistant role at the Blues Super Rugby team, with Leon MacDonald taking charge as head coach. MacDonald has agreed to a three-year contract in the top job following a post-season review after Umaga failed to steer the Blues to the play-offs for a third successive
Month: November 2018
1:44 AM ET LOS ANGELES — On the night when LeBron James reached a historic milestone, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a significant loss when Rajon Rondo fractured the third metatarsal in his right hand. Lakers coach Luke Walton revealed after the 126-117 win over the Blazers that the veteran point guard broke his shooting
1:09 AM ET LOS ANGELES – LeBron James passed Wilt Chamberlain — another all-time great who joined the Los Angeles Lakers in the latter stages of his career — for fifth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list Thursday against the Portland Trail Blazers. James tied Chamberlain on an and-1 runner with 3:55 remaining in
Nov 14, 2018 LOS ANGELES — With 3-pointers raining down on both ends of the floor Wednesday night, and LeBron James the most prolific rainmaker of them all, the Lakers upped their record to 8-6 with a 126-117 win over the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center. The Trail Blazers represent an interesting measuring stick
9:54 AM ET After decades of titles being decided all over the map and autumn calendar, the annual NASCAR season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway has become the coronation spot of stock car racing’s greatest championship. But in recent seasons it has also become the sport’s grandest stage for goodbyes, from Tony Stewart to Jeff Gordon
12:18 AM ET The Boston Bruins, already with four defensemen sidelined with injuries, lost captain Zdeno Chara to a lower-body injury in the first period of Wednesday night’s game in Colorado. The team was already without defensive stalwarts Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Kevan Miller (broken hand) and Brandon Carlo (lower body), as well as rookie Urho
12:07 AM ET When Zion Williamson is catching a lob in transition or snaring a rebound in traffic, it’s easy to envision the Duke freshman sensation transitioning pretty well to the gridiron. And that’s exactly what Eric Mateos thought when he saw Williamson’s viral highlights a couple of years ago. “I thought I overthrew it,”
10:59 PM ET Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Association has suspended its “regular” heavyweight champion, Manuel Charr (31-4, 17 KO), for six months stemming from his positive drug tests prior to a scheduled bout against Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KO) on Sept. 29. Epitrenbolone and drostanolone, two anabolic steroids, were found in Charr’s system, leading
12:21 AM ET Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler will have surgery Friday for a facial fracture sustained when he was hit by a puck Monday night. A CT scan revealed a complex fracture that involved the orbital bone, the team announced, adding that the length of his absence will be determined after the surgery. Fowler
11:35 PM ET A video tribute to fired coach Dwane Casey on his return to Toronto earned a standing ovation from Raptors fans Wednesday night — then Casey’s Detroit Pistons went on to come back and stun his former team with a buzzer-beater. When Pistons swingman Reggie Bullock hit a floater as time ran out