Month: January 2020

2:16 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The Milwaukee Bucks boarded their private plane to take them to San Antonio sporting a 32-5 record, the best in the NBA this season. Their .865 win percentage had them on pace to win 71 games, putting them on par with the 1996-96 Chicago Bulls (72-10) and the 2015-16 Golden
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12:52 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — With LeBron James and Anthony Davis sitting out the same game for the first time all season, there was a new big two for the Los Angeles Lakers in Saturday’s 125-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder: Rajon Rondo and Kyle Kuzma. The pair combined for 57 points —
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12:22 AM ET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Light heavyweight contender Joe Smith Jr., best known for ending the career of legend Bernard Hopkins, put a serious dent in the career of Hopkins’ protégé Jesse Hart on Saturday night. Smith, a heavy puncher, rocked, rattled and dropped Hart and won a split decision in an exciting
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11:40 PM ET BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens’ historic season abruptly ended with a catastrophic defeat Saturday night, opening questions about whether the NFL’s top team struggled because of rust and postseason pressure. In a 28-12 divisional round loss to the No. 6 seed Tennessee Titans, Jackson threw two interceptions and fumbled
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12:06 AM ET The college football season ended with LSU celebrating a 15-0 season and a College Football Playoff national championship, at home, in New Orleans. And while Clemson was denied back-to-back national titles, it is still No. 1 in the first edition of the 2020 Way-Too-Early Top 25. With quarterback Trevor Lawrence coming back,
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11:29 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN BOSTON — During the Celtics’ three-game losing streak, Jayson Tatum — like the team overall — was in a funk. He shot terribly from the floor and wasn’t putting up the totals people have grown accustomed to. That changed in a big way on Saturday night as the 21-year-old posted
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10:02 PM ET New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas appeared to relish the Minnesota Vikings’ loss Saturday, one week after the Vikings eliminated the Saints from the playoffs. Thomas, who set an NFL record with 149 catches this season, also revealed that he was playing through a broken hand in the Saints’ 26-20 overtime loss
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10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby allowed four goals on just 21 shots and the Washington Capitals, who entered the night leading the NHL in points, authored an uncharacteristic 5-1 loss to the last-place New Jersey Devils on Saturday. Washington allowed New Jersey to race out to a 3-0 lead in
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