8:20 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — As children ran around the mats and parents settled into their seats at American Top Team’s headquarters for a slate of youth classes last week, one noise ricocheted throughout the building: Kayla Harrison‘s leg kicks. Her sparring session in full swing, the kicks sounded like jackhammers hitting slabs
Month: May 2019
8:00 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — When you watch the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, ignore the ripples of euphoria that occur each time Damian Lillard drills a 3-pointer launched from the crossroads of irrational and irresponsible. If your aim is to understand the connection Portland has with its best player, you’re actually better
7:00 AM ET Chris Herring IT’S MARCH 20, and the Philadelphia 76ers are facing their main Eastern Conference foes, the Boston Celtics, for the fourth and final time in the regular season. They’re 0-3 so far. But this night’s true battle — and the evening’s greatest drama — is the one between Joel Embiid and
Mark Donaldson presents his week 38 Fantasy FC Premier League lineup, where he chooses Sergio Aguero to shine on the decisive, final game of the season. We’ve just witnessed a truly insane couple of days in the Champions League semifinals and when the smoke eventually cleared, against all the odds, it was the two English
7:07 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Colorado Avalanche are done, and the San Jose Sharks are now 2-0 in Games 7 in this postseason, following their 3-2 victory on Wednesday night. Here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+) and what to watch for tonight, in
Chicago netted five goals against a porous New England defense to record their third win of the MLS season. The New England Revolution have fired manager Brad Friedel after a poor start to the season that included two recent heavy defeats. Assistant coach Mike Lapper will take over the club on an interim basis. –
May 10, 2019 Israel Folau’s Code of Conduct hearing, and its fallout, has consumed Australia. But away from the marathon hearing, which has left the Wallabies star’s future hanging by a thread, there was last weekend a flash of good news for Australian rugby up on the Gold Coast. After four previous runner-up finishes, Australia
Gyasi Zardes and Federico Higuain scored to help Columbus end their three-game losing streak as Zlatan and LA were held to just three shots on target. Jonathan dos Santos was taken off due to injury in the 41st minute of LA Galaxy’s 3-1 loss to Columbus Crew on Wednesday, raising doubts about his availability for
Dorados de Sinaloa are hopeful that Diego Maradona will manage the club next season. Diego Maradona’s time in Mexico could be set to continue, with Dorados de Sinaloa owner Jorgealberto Hank Inzunza confirming that the club is interested in contracting the Argentine legend for another year. Maradona made the shock move to Dorados last September
4:17 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — For the last year, James Harden, Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets organization have sat around lamenting “what if.” What if Paul didn’t pull his hamstring in last year’s conference finals against the Golden State Warriors? What if the Rockets had continued to control the series? What if they