4:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shikhar Dhawan is likely to miss India’s next two matches, against New Zealand and Pakistan, after having picked up a suspected hairline fracture on his left thumb. ESPNcricinfo understands Dhawan – who scored a century in his last match – has gone to Leeds to undergo scans, and a final
Month: June 2019
Jaushua Sotirio has joined Wellington Phoenix from the Western Sydney Wanderers. Wellington Phoenix have clambered back up off the canvas with the signing of forward Jaushua Sotirio, from Western Sydney, on a one-year deal. A day after talismanic captain Andrew Durante and striker David Williams announced their departures from the Kiwi club, Phoenix coach Ufuk
2:10 AM ET TORONTO — Bill Russell was in the hallway. The trophy was polished. The stage was ready to roll out. The cameramen had plastic over their gear. The champagne was on ice. The team doctors’ faces were ashen. The general manager was sobbing. The heroes, the guys who hit the big shots and
2:38 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — When Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse called timeout with 3 minutes, 5 seconds remaining and his team leading 103-97, it felt like the beginning of a championship celebration north of the border. Toronto had just gotten 10 straight points from Kawhi Leonard to explode into the lead after
1:40 AM ET DENVER — In Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s estimation, his team just can’t get over the hump on the road, where they dropped another one-run affair on Monday. This time, they fell to the Colorado Rockies after starter Yu Darvish blew an early 4-0 lead, which has been a theme for him
2:02 AM ET At the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park, I stood on a packed Lansdowne Street behind the Green Monster during the Home Run Derby and watched ball after ball fly not just over the wall, but over the street and onto the roof of the parking garage. Mark McGwire may have blasted
8:10 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Strikeouts are up, again, for the 14th consecutive year, but there are potential signs of a subtle shift beginning to take place, evident at the sport’s highest levels. Monday’s Freeway Series opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels wasn’t merely a matchup of the game’s
2:52 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Dwyane Wade of the Heat has been selected as this season’s winner of the Magic Johnson Award, presented by the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Wade, who just completed his final season before retirement, was chosen as “the player who best combines excellence on the basketball court with cooperation
12:26 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — After months of uncertainty surrounding the status of his contract for the upcoming season, veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph gained some clarity on Monday evening. A league source told ESPN that Rudolph agreed to terms of a contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings and will sign his new deal on
10:48 AM ET TORONTO — Drake is here early, more than an hour before Game 5 of the NBA Finals, watching Kevin Durant warm up. As he stands in front of his courtside seat at Scotiabank Arena, the game is already inside him, and he’s letting it out in pieces, mostly through his hands. He