1:54 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry scored 36 points and tied his career playoff high with nine 3-pointers in Tuesday’s 116-94 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena. As the Warriors continue playing without star forward
Month: May 2019
6:36 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — The strategy of defending Stephen Curry was a testy subject for Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts after the Golden State Warriors star torched the Blazers 116-94 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. After Curry scored a game-high 36 points Tuesday night, Stotts responded with dry sarcasm
1:48 AM ET ESPN News Services Twins catcher Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer and tagged out the Los Angeles Angels‘ Shohei Ohtani trying to score the tying run in the eighth inning of Minnesota’s 4-3 home victory on Tuesday, but Garver suffered a left high ankle sprain on the latter play. Garver, a breakout
12:32 AM ET ESPN News Services Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus left with tightness in his right hamstring after grounding out to end the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. He will be evaluated again Wednesday in another blow to a team that has lost five straight to fall a season-worst
Perth goalkeeper Liam Reddy saved four penalties and even scored one as Glory edged out Adelaide United to advance to the A-League grand final. Sydney FC are headed to the A-League final in Perth after beating Melbourne Victory 6-1. Outgoing Bayern Munch winger Franck Ribery leaves the door open to joining former Bayern Munich star
11:54 PM ET Marc Spears New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry apologized for cursing in the NBA draft lottery room Tuesday night. But it was for good reason. Gentry learned that the Pelicans won the right to draft Duke sensation Zion Williamson despite the team having just 6 percent odds to land the No.
1:23 AM ET When Roger Clemens first set the record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game in 1986, he threw 138 pitches. When he did it again 10 years later, he needed 151 pitches. Kerry Wood threw 122 pitches, Randy Johnson 124 and Max Scherzer a relatively efficient 119 pitches when he fanned 20
11:28 PM ET Jerry West has agreed to return to the LA Clippers next season to continue his work as special consultant to the team’s front office, the LA Times reported Tuesday. West returns to the Clippers ahead of a pivotal summer for the franchise, which hopes to use its cap space to sign at
ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson outlines what it will take for Alexis Sanchez to return to form between now and the start of next season. Manchester United go without a win in their final six games to finish sixth in the Premier League, 32 points behind newly crowned champions Man City. Manchester United go without a
12:49 PM ET ESPN News Services The Buffalo Sabres have hired Ralph Krueger as their next head coach in hopes of ending an eight-year playoff drought, the team announced Wednesday. The 59-year-old Krueger coached the Edmonton Oilers during the NHL’s lockout-shortened season in 2012-13. He was fired by the team via Skype after the youth-laden