12:34 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson is expected to miss two weeks to a month with a sprained left foot, league sources told ESPN. Thompson left Monday night’s loss to Milwaukee in the third quarter after landing awkwardly on Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon‘s foot. The Cavaliers are still without All-Star forward
Month: December 2018
2:21 PM ET Malika Andrews Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News CHICAGO — After Chicago Bulls players discussed the idea of boycotting Sunday afternoon’s practice, Zach LaVine spoke with head coach Jim Boylen one-on-one and tried to clear the air to forge
12:19 PM ET ONE Championship is coming to America. Former UFC lightweight Sage Northcutt, one of the brighter young talents in the sport, has signed an exclusive deal with One Championship. The Asian-based promotion has signed a three-year broadcast deal with Turner Sports, sources told ESPN. The deal, which goes into effect on Jan. 1,
12:58 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings have fired first-year offensive coordinator John DeFilippo following Monday’s 21-7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the team announced Tuesday. Quarterbacks coach Kevin Stefanski has been promoted to replace DeFilippo on an interim basis and will handle playcalling duties for the remaining three games of the regular season. Minnesota will
11:54 AM ET NASA has offered to show Stephen Curry proof the United States landed on the moon in 1969 after the Golden State Warriors star said in a podcast that he didn’t believe the event ever happened. “We’d love for Mr. Curry to tour the lunar lab at our Johnson Space Center in Houston,
11:33 AM ET McLaren’s new driver signing Carlos Sainz compared notes with former McLaren F1 driver Fernando Alonso after testing this year’s McLaren car. Sainz has joined the team following the departure of compatriot and good friend Alonso, who quit F1 at the end of the 2018 season following four unsuccessful seasons with McLaren. The
8:11 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Ezekiel Elliott knew Amari Cooper was good, but few could have predicted just how big of an impact Cooper would have on the Dallas Cowboys. “I didn’t know we were going to get all that, honestly,” Elliott said after Cooper caught the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime to give
9:15 AM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 In the days leading up to Week 13, the NFL sent a video to its on-field officials. It revealed a series of missed offensive holding penalties and delivered a clear and unusual
10:11 AM ET Former NBA All-Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been named president of the G League, replacing Malcolm Turner, who is leaving to become athletics director at Vanderbilt University. Abdur-Rahim, who turns 42 Tuesday, has been serving as the NBA’s vice president of basketball operations. The No. 3 overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft
9:00 AM ET As we get ready to hit bowl season, let’s take a look at the best of the regular season in each Power 5 conference. In addition to all-conference teams, we roll out awards for Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Note: The positional breakdowns vary