4:02 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson wants the New Orleans Pelicans to start offering counter proposals to offers on All-Star Anthony Davis, threatening to end talks unless the Pelicans show a willingness to engage in a back-and-forth on reaching a deal, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
Month: February 2019
4:15 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball ATLANTA — Calm. Cool. Collected. Throughout the Los Angeles Rams’ season, that is how coach Sean McVay and teammates routinely described quarterback Jared Goff. Goff’s ability to
2:17 PM ET Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka fell in the first round in the Sofia Open in Sofia, Bulgaria, losing 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to Romanian Marius Copil. The Swiss, who has fallen to 57 in the rankings, won the first set in just 23 minutes after breaking Copil, but the Romanian became
1:48 PM ET The Houston Texans made several changes to their coaching staff on Tuesday, including promoting tight ends coach Tim Kelly to offensive coordinator and hiring former linebacker Brian Cushing as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, the team announced. Texans head coach Bill O’Brien had held double duty as the team’s offensive coordinator
2:21 PM ET As Bryce Harper‘s free agency slowly trudges along, New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge was asked about what it might take to bring the left-handed hitter — who plays the same position as Judge — to the Bronx. Blitzed by TMZ Sports in a brief red-carpet interview this week, Judge noted
1:44 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed with star center Auston Matthews on a five-year extension worth $11.634 million annually. Matthews, 21, has 23 goals and 23 assists in just 38 games this season. Matthews will have the second-highest average annual value in the league behind Connor McDavid‘s $12.5 million. Matthews’ teammate John
10:22 AM ET Steve KimESPN The great thing about social media is that you can express yourself for the world to see. And the worst thing about social media is that you can express yourself for the world to see — and those messages are embedded in perpetuity. Last year was a frustrating one for
9:07 AM ET A year ago, when writing this kind of article, one might have been able to identify Mitch Haniger as an up-and-coming young player. One might have been able to identify Alex Bregman, Brandon Nimmo, Whit Merrifield, Javier Baez and even — taking into account his nontraditional path — Max Muncy. All of
1:16 PM ET Washington Wizards star point guard John Wall, who already is out for the remainder of this season because of an injured heel, needs Achilles surgery that will sideline him for approximately one year. The Wizards announced Tuesday that Wall suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon after slipping and falling in his home.
1:01 PM ET George Dobell in Antigua Joe Denly has admitted the prospect of earning a spot in England’s Ashes team is hard to ignore. Denly made his Test debut in Antigua becoming, aged 32, England’s oldest debutant since Alan Wells in 1995. While he didn’t enjoy the best of games, scoring 6 and 17