1:11 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — From the moment Kawhi Leonard touched the ball on Thursday night in the Toronto Raptors‘ 112-101 loss at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers, he encountered multiple bodies. This seems like an obvious response to an attacking wing who has assembled one of the most prolific individual runs in NBA
Month: May 2019
1:03 AM ET There are three old scouting reports of Albert Pujols on the Baseball Hall of Fame website. The first is from a Royals scout named Gary Johnson, filed in November 1998 after Pujols had gone undrafted out of high school in Missouri. This was the most positive of the reports. “Good bat spd.
1:40 AM ET UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Kayla Harrison dominated Larissa Pacheco in their Professional Fighters League matchup on Thursday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but she said she cried afterward because she wanted to produce a spectacular performance, not the unanimous decision she received. Harrison (4-0), a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo
8:59 PM ET If there’s an asterisk to be found in the Houston Dynamo’s franchise-best start to the season, it’s this: They have played only two matches on the road. That makes Saturday night’s match at Seattle (5-1-4, 19 points) a potential measuring stick. The teams are currently tied for third place in the Western
8:57 PM ET Changing the coach didn’t work, but maybe adding several players will when the Colorado Rapids try to avoid an ignominious record. If the Rapids (0-8-2, two points) don’t get a victory against Real Salt Lake at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday, they will equal the Major League
12:49 AM BST Wallabies lock Will Skelton admits turning his back on a crack at the Rugby World Cup to re-sign with Saracens was the toughest decision of his career. The 26-year-old is poised to ink a new two-year deal with the powerhouse English club, who take on Irish giants Leinster in a highly-anticipated European
12:44 AM BST A local derby between the Rebels and Reds in Melbourne will at last shift the focus on-field after Australian rugby headlines have been focused on the Israel Folau decision. AAMI Park is the venue for that clash while Round 13 kicks off earlier Friday in New Zealand with an all-Kiwi contest between
1:19 AM ET Florida freshman cornerback Chris Steele’s name was entered in the NCAA transfer portal Thursday, but Steele had already been back home in California for two weeks, a source told ESPN. Steele made the decision to leave Florida after requests to change dorm rooms, to separate himself from quarterback Jalon Jones, were not
12:31 AM ET NEW YORK — Some tight pitching from New York Yankees starter J.A. Happ on Thursday left Seattle Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon fuming. Specifically, it was seeing two fastballs inside during one plate appearance — the second of which was a 90 mph four-seamer that hit Gordon’s right wrist and forced him
4:45 PM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 25, 2018. The Dolphins are making Xavien Howard the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback with a five-year, $76.5 million deal that has $46 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on May 9. MIAMI — Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard returns to Houston to play