12:44 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves are finalizing plans to keep their front office and coaching structure together, league sources told ESPN. Minnesota owner Glen Taylor is planning to keep general manager Scott Layden and interim coach Ryan Saunders, league sources said. Saunders, 32, is expected to get a multiyear deal as coach,
Month: April 2019
12:28 AM ET Los Angeles Angels star outfielder Mike Trout was removed from Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers with a right groin strain and is day-to-day, the team said. Peter Bourjos replaced Trout in center field in the top of the fourth inning. Trout finished the game 2-for-2 with a run scored. Through Tuesday,
2:43 AM ET HOUSTON — The New York Yankees ‘ season is only 11 games old, and already two troubling trends are forming. Firstly, the bullpen — long deemed the strength of the team — has struggled. A pair of blown late-game leads in the past two games have highlighted that issue now more than
12:43 AM ET Magic Johnson stunned the basketball world when he announced that he was stepping down as president of the Los Angeles Lakers in an unplanned news conference before the team’s season finale Tuesday night at Staples Center. Johnson’s meeting with the assembled media lasted nearly an hour, not including the follow-up one-on-one interviews
12:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 3 and has been updated with the news of Dirk Nowitzki retiring after 21 NBA seasons. Before stepping foot on American soil, 19-year-old Dirk Nowitzki played on a second-division team in his German hometown of Wurzburg that occasionally canceled practices to work on
2:29 AM ET Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate
11:58 PM ET DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons overcame a 19-point halftime deficit for the first time in more than 30 years, beating the Memphis Grizzlies 100-93 on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive entering the final day of the NBA regular season. The last time Detroit accomplished this feat was March 31,
2:42 AM ET DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki, the NBA legend who refused to go on a retirement tour, had no choice but to have his career celebrated Tuesday night in what he confirmed afterward was the final home game of his career. It started the second that Nowitzki, the sixth-leading scorer in NBA history, stepped
5:59 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs ace Jon Lester was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a left hamstring injury suffered in Monday’s home opener against the Pirates. Lester was scheduled to get an MRI on Tuesday, an off day for both teams, who meet again Wednesday. Imagine getting your dream job at
8:50 PM ET HOUSTON — New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino will be shut down for the next six weeks after an MRI revealed a Grade 2 lat strain on his right side. The injury, revealed in an MRI done in New York on Tuesday, is separate from the right rotator cuff inflammation he was