12:03 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Friday night marked a fantastic debut for the Phantastic 5. The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-110, as their new-look starting lineup of Ben Simmons, JJ Redick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and Joel Embiid closed the game on a 14-7 run, part of an impressive overall display
Month: February 2019
10:42 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Daniel Vettori has departed from another T20 coaching role after he quit as head coach of Brisbane Heat to continue the end of strong New Zealand links to the club following Brendon McCullum’s decision to finish his BBL career. Vettori, the former New Zealand captain, informed the Heat management earlier
9:59 PM ET Michael C. Wright NEW ORLEANS — All-Star Anthony Davis, making his return to the Pelicans’ lineup after nine games with a finger injury, was featured prominently on the scoreboard in the middle of the team picture when the Pelicans first came out of the tunnel Friday night. Last week, following his trade
8:36 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and challenger Kelvin Gastelum each made weight on Friday for their 185-pound title fight on Saturday at Rod Laver Arena. Betting odds for UFC 234’s main event favor Robert Whittaker over Kelvin Gastelum. Where does the smart money belong? UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker
8:46 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — From the moment Mark Messier came to the New York Rangers in 1991, he knew he was expected to lead the team to its first Stanley Cup championship in more than 50 years. “There was no escaping the pressure of 1940,” Messier said of the last
7:30 PM ET That brisk wind you feel sweeping through the Midwest on Friday evening is a deep exhale from first-year head coach Ryan Day and the rest of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Day and his staff were certainly confident that transfer quarterback Justin Fields would be eligible to lead their offense in 2019, but
7:21 PM ET Miami receiver Lawrence Cager is transferring to Georgia as a graduate transfer, helping the Bulldogs rebuild their depleted receiver corps. Cager, a 6-foot-5 rising senior from Towson, Maryland, led the Hurricanes with six touchdown catches and 17.8 yards per reception in 2018. He caught 21 passes for 374 yards, both career-high totals,
7:14 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Columbus Blue Jackets leading scorer Artemi Panarin has fired his agent Dan Milstein in favor of Paul Theofanous, the agent of teammate Sergei Bobrovsky, and said he will test free agency this summer. Panarin issued a statement Friday that read, “I have decided to hire Paul Theofanous as my agent.
7:29 PM ET Unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua and top contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller will meet on June 1 at Madison Square Garden after their promoters came to terms, multiple sources with knowledge of the specifics told ESPN on Friday. The fight, which will stream on DAZN in the United States, is not
7:05 PM ET ESPN News Services PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson survived a wild finish to his round of 4-under 68. Jordan Spieth endured the worst of the rain and hung on to join him atop the leaderboard until it was too wet to finish the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am