5:19 PM ET Former Duke star and top NBA draft prospect RJ Barrett has made it clear he wants to play for the New York Knicks. “I won’t be meeting with any other teams,” Barrett told reporters after working out with the Knicks on Monday. “This is the place I want to be, so I
Month: June 2019
5:31 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed right-hander Jordan Lyles on the 10-day injured list with tightness in his left hamstring. The move came after Lyles gave up three runs, five hits and four walks over three innings in a 5-3 loss at Milwaukee on Saturday. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle
4:59 PM ET Even the Boston Red Sox recognize that there will be only one game in town on Wednesday night. The Red Sox moved up the start of their Wednesday game to accommodate the Boston Bruins, who will face the St. Louis Blues in the decisive Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final across
5:47 PM ET TORONTO — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant plans to play in Monday’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Durant took part in morning shootaround and then went to receive treatment for the injured calf that has kept him out since
2:39 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue will not attend the team’s mandatory minicamp this week because he wants a new contract. “I will not be attending minicamp as my contract has not been resolved,” Ngakoue said in a statement to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “I remain committed to Jacksonville, the fans
2:22 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s fastest-rising prospects, is getting the homecoming fight he has wanted. Stevenson will take on Hairon Socarras in the 10-round main event of a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on July 13 (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10:30 p.m. with preliminaries streaming on ESPN+ beginning at 7
1:35 PM ET Former two-division world titleholder Zab Judah was released from Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, on Monday, Star Boxing announced. Judah had been hospitalized since Friday night after suffering a small brain bleed during an 11th-round knockout loss to Cletus Seldin in their junior welterweight fight at the Turning Stone Resort
4:00 PM ET PARIS — When Dominic Thiem gazed into space over Rafael Nadal‘s shoulder during their brief fraternal hug at the net after their French Open championship match, he could be forgiven for wondering how much further away the horizon lies. Moments later, Nadal bit down lightly on one handle of the silver Coupe
2:42 PM ET Faf du Plessis insists that the furore surrounding AB de Villiers‘ proposed return from international retirement has not been a factor in the team’s disjointed display in the World Cup to date, and in fact he believes it could be the sort of issue that draws the squad closer together as they
1:20 AM ET ESPN News Services A plane carrying David Ortiz landed in Boston on Monday night, a day after the Red Sox icon was shot at a club in his native Dominican Republic and underwent emergency surgery. Ortiz was then taken by ambulance, with a police escort, to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he will