11:42 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers followed up perhaps their best win of the season on Saturday with one of the worst first quarters in franchise history on Sunday. The Toronto Raptors outscored L.A. 42-17 in the opening frame, with Serge Ibaka (20 points on 8-for-8 shooting) personally outscoring the Lakers, as they
Month: November 2018
1:08 AM ET Floyd Mayweather Jr. has made his New Year’s Eve plans official. Mayweather will exit retirement once again and fight 20-year-old Japanese kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa on Dec. 31 at the 37,000-seat Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, about a half-hour drive outside of Tokyo. Mayweather and Nasukawa appeared at a news conference
10:00 PM GMT Moments after England’s victory over South Africa, Eddie Jones had already switched attention to the All Blacks who roll into town next weekend. In the space of 10 seconds, he was asked three quick questions: Can you beat them? Do your players believe that? Do the All Blacks have weaknesses? Each received
8:56 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — There were times during Alabama’s lopsided 29-0 win over LSU on Saturday when it appeared that Quinnen Williams was putting on a personal audition for the NFL scouts in attendance. The spectacle of a night game at Tiger Stadium fell by the wayside as the third-year sophomore dominated
9:58 PM ET The Boston Red Sox, just a week after winning the World Series, had the most players in the American League named as Rawlings Gold Glove winners, with right fielder Mookie Betts, center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. and second baseman Ian Kinsler named to the AL team Sunday night. Betts won the award
9:48 PM ET DENVER — In a season when so much has not gone right for the Denver Broncos, at least kicker Brandon McManus had seemed to keep himself above the struggles that have befallen so many of his teammates. Then, in a testament to their spiraling season the Broncos fell to 3-6 Sunday when
11:09 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Harvick saved the day at Texas Motor Speedway. Seriously. It could be said that a driver winning for the eighth time this year — leading 177 of 377
8:48 PM ET Don’t you just love it when the game of the week really turns out to be the GAME OF THE WEEK? As the playoff races heat up, the Panthers, Steelers and Vikings all notched important divisional wins. NFL Nation dives into Week 9. Rams-Saints was Christmas in early November for an NFL
9:50 PM ET Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf was a late scratch from Sunday night’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury. Getzlaf, who was tied for the team lead entering the night, with 10 points (two goals, 8 assists), is listed as day-to-day. The injury left the Ducks trying to break
11:31 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards entered their game against the New York Knicks with the NBA’s worst defense and mired in a five-game losing streak. In eight games, the Wizards had given up an average of nearly 124 points. That led Washington coach Scott Brooks to make a wry observation: