8:53 AM ET SHENZHEN, China — Anthony Davis sprained his right thumb in the first half of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ preseason game against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday and will not return, according to the team. Davis suffered the injury swatting at the ball midway through the first quarter. He started at center as
Month: October 2019
Oct 11, 2019 In the era of supposedly exploding offense, the sideline stars of Week 5’s Sunday and Monday night prime-time games were defensive coordinators. Matt Eberflus’ Colts defense — playing without its All-Pro linebacker and star safety, by the way — held Patrick Mahomes and the electrifying Chiefs to 13 points in the upset
3:00 AM ET South Africa 275 (Maharaj 72, du Plessis 64, Philander 44*, Ashwin 4-69), Yadav 3-37) trail India 601 for 5 dec (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108, Jadeja 91, Rahane 59, Pujara 58, Rabada 3-93) by 326 runs Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander, the lead spinner and senior seamer of the South African squad, were
8:06 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Third seed Daniil Medvedev flexed his muscles Saturday to reach a final for the sixth consecutive time at the Shanghai Masters. The Russian, through to his ninth final of the year, outlasted sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 7-6 (5), 7-5. Medvedev has won a tour-best 58 matches
6:00 AM ET Week 5 was the week of the fantasy breakout. Not only was it one of the greatest fantasy scoring outbursts of all time, as ESPN’s Tristan H. Cockroft detailed, but a total of 12 players set personal bests while scoring at least 20 points in ESPN’s PPR leagues. So we’re kicking off
7:25 AM ET With the National League Championship Series already underway and the Washington Nationals riding high with a 1-0 series lead over the St. Louis Cardinals after a remarkable night from Anibal Sanchez on the mound, it’s the American League’s turn to swing into action Saturday in a clash between the league’s superteams —
3:35 PM ET Guinea were crowned the Plate champions of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after beating Cape Verde 4-3 in a penalty shootout after the match ended 0-0 at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Saturday. There was a nice flow to the game following the opening whistle with the first
5:29 AM ET LAS VEGAS – Two prominent mixed martial arts managers were involved in a “brief physical altercation” Friday night during the PFL MMA event – and a battery was committed, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department confirmed with ESPN. Abe Kawa, vice president of First Round Management, told ESPN that Ali Abdelaziz, the
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Kansas City Chiefs were looking for a quarterback in the 2017 draft, they did their homework on all of the top prospects, including Texas Tech’s Patrick Mahomes and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson. They conducted workouts and brought the players to Kansas City before the draft for video
6:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Philip Rivers and Los Angeles Chargers offensive line coach Pat Meyer still share a chuckle about their first meeting. They met 20 years ago at NC State — Rivers a spindly true-freshman quarterback and Meyer a newly hired 20-something strength coach. “I never forget meeting him for the