12:21 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The numbers didn’t show it, but the hordes of NBA front office personnel in attendance weren’t really there looking for those anyway. They were there to see the hypersonic first step, the spring-loaded bounce and the complete skillset of likely 2020 lottery pick R.J. Hampton, and he delivered in
Month: October 2019
8:54 PM ET The United States made short work of Cuba thanks in part to a first-half hat trick from Weston McKennie as the Americans began their inaugural CONCACAF Nations League campaign with a 7-0 win on Friday night in Washington D.C. Josh Sargent got his second competitive senior national team start and Christian Pulisic
1:38 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka’s selectors will have to put up with a “good headache” when picking the squad for the team’s tour of Australia later this month, SLC’s chief selector Ashantha de Mel said on Wednesday following a string of impressive performances from several fringe players in Pakistan which culminated in a
12:36 AM ET HOUSTON — The Astros jumped on Tampa Bay starter Tyler Glasnow from the outset in their clinching Game 5 win Thursday. It was almost as if they knew what was coming. They might have; at the outset at least, Glasnow appeared to be tipping his pitches. “I went back and looked, and
12:10 AM ET HOUSTON — This was exactly the way Astros manager A.J. Hinch scripted it. Houston ace Gerrit Cole dominated the upstart Tampa Bay Rays for the second time during the ALDS as the Astros beat the Rays 6-1 at Minute Maid Park on Friday, winning the best-of-five series 3-2. It was not easy.
9:29 AM ET Here we go: the top 15 in my NBA League Pass Rankings for 2019-20. You can find Part 1 and all of the rules here. These are not power rankings. 15. BOSTON CELTICS (31) Boston drops 13 spots despite replacing a frowny-faced philosopher-point guard (Kyrie Irving) with a rough stylistic equivalent in
3:56 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It was the mother of all hump days. For the first time since their move to D.C. in 2005, the Washington Nationals have won a playoff series. Even better, they did it on a Wednesday. “I don’t even know what day it is right now,” said Davey Martinez, the
Oct 2, 2019 The new season is less than three weeks away and training camps are in full swing across the league. And while established stars are using the preseason to prepare for the grind of another campaign, others are using it as an opportunity to showcase their development. In this training camp edition of
11:24 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots‘ offense, led by quarterback Tom Brady, still isn’t clicking. Thankfully for the unit, the defense and special teams make game-changing plays that continue to buy the Patriots more time. Everything you need this week:&• Full schedule » | Standings »&• Depth charts for every team
Stewart Robson offers his plan to fix Man United, starting with a change to the system to help Marcus Rashford. The transfer windows in Europe’s top leagues are closed, but it’s never too late to look forward to January. Click here to view the latest transfers, and keep up to date with the newest gossip