10:11 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — After Kenny Atkinson fulfills his postgame duties, loosens his tie and boards the team plane to Indianapolis, he plans to have a glass of red wine. The head coach of the Brooklyn Nets is cautious to get too high off a win over the Milwaukee Bucks, but he
Month: April 2019
10:44 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Jin Young Ko turned a four-stroke deficit into a five-stroke lead in only 10 holes Saturday at the ANA Inspiration. She nearly gave it all back, setting up a final-round shootout in the first major championship of the golf season. Ko ended up with a one-shot
6:03 PM ET Sporting Kansas City and FC Cincinnati played to a 1-1 draw in the first-ever match between the two clubs Sunday afternoon at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. Cincinnati had a free kick just outside the box in the final seconds of stoppage time, but Leonardo Bertone’s attempt sailed just over the bar. Sporting
12:22 AM ET ESPN News Services Boston Red Sox utilityman Brock Holt is headed to the injured list because his 2-year-old son poked him in the eye. The Red Sox announced Saturday that they had placed Holt “on the 10-day injured list with right eye scratched cornea,” without further explanation. But Holt later fessed up
9:14 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver has become focused on the candidacy of former Detroit and New Orleans general manager Jeff Bower to assume a high-ranking front-office role with the Suns, league sources told ESPN on Saturday. Sarver has begun to inform other serious candidates that he’s retreating from them and
8:53 PM ET Notre Dame added a top wide receiver to its 2020 class on Saturday when ESPN Junior 300 recruit Jordan Johnson announced his commitment. Johnson, the No. 38 ranked prospect overall, had offers from nearly every major program in the country, including Alabama, Florida, LSU, Michigan and Ohio State, among others. The 6-foot-1,
8:44 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Roadster defeated Game Winner by a half-length to win the $1 million Santa Anita Derby, giving trainer Bob Baffert a 1-2 finish and the possibility of three horses in the Kentucky Derby. His other standout, Improbable, is set to run in the Arkansas Derby next weekend. Ridden
7:51 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban warned against all but the top-ranked players leaving early for the NBA draft, saying “the person that loses in that is the player.” Saban watched seven of his underclassmen declare themselves eligible for this month’s NFL draft, the most in his tenure at the school. However, Saban said
7:45 PM ET Texas true freshman linebacker De’Gabriel Floyd likely will miss the 2019 season, coach Tom Herman told reporters on Saturday. Floyd, the No. 55 player in the 2019 ESPN 300, was diagnosed with stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column, Herman said. “He’s probably not going to be cleared for this season,” Herman
7:23 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Si Woo Kim narrowly missed a second hole-in-one on consecutive days and saw his four-shot lead trimmed to one over Monday qualifier Corey Conners after Saturday’s third round of the Valero Texas Open. Kim aced the 16th hole at the TPC San Antonio on Friday, and he