3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It had been almost 20 years since an NBA team blocked 20 shots in a game until the Los Angeles Lakers swatted everything in sight in their 106-99 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. L.A. came into the night leading the league with 7.1 blocks per game and
Month: January 2020
8:00 AM GMT Lunch Australia 454 and 1 for 172 (Warner 89*, Burns 40) lead New Zealand 251 by 375 runs David Warner maintained his latter-day dominance of SCG Tests as Australia hustled towards a third-innings declaration against a bedraggled New Zealand on day four of the New Year’s Test. Under overcast skies, the hosts
12:12 AM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Kevin Porter Jr. exited Sunday’s 118-103 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves early with a left knee injury. The 30th overall pick in last year’s draft was injured in the third quarter when his knee buckled awkwardly while he tried to change directions. The slender guard immediately
11:57 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers guard Avery Bradley left Sunday’s game against the Detroit Pistons late in the second quarter with a sprained right ankle and will not return, according to the team. Bradley fell to the floor after rolling his ankle on a fastbreak opportunity and had to be helped to the
11:36 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys are intensely focused on head-coach candidates who have extensive NFL experience in the role and a track record of success, which is why former Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy and former Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis were interviewed this weekend, according to a source familiar with the search
9:34 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN PHILADELPHIA — Pete Carroll said DK Metcalf stole the show. K.J. Wright compared him to Calvin Johnson. And Marshawn Lynch gave a response only he could when asked what impresses him most about the Seattle Seahawks‘ rookie wide receiver. “That he’s a big-a– dude that could move like that,” Lynch
11:52 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Justin Thomas won a tournament he thought he threw away Sunday with a superb wedge to 3 feet for birdie on the third playoff hole at Kapalua to beat Patrick Reed and win the Sentry Tournament of Champions for the second time. Thomas made the playoff necessary
10:06 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz played with injured ribs in a wild-card loss to Seattle. Ertz, Philadelphia’s leading receiver, caught two passes for 44 yards in a 17-9 loss to Seattle on Sunday. “I wanted to play for this city,” Ertz said. “I knew if there was
10:10 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Teammates of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz took issue with the hit by Seattle Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney that knocked Wentz out of Sunday’s wild-card game in the first quarter. Left tackle Jason Peters confronted Clowney on the field after seeing a replay of the hit in which Clowney
8:30 PM ET The divisional round is set for the 2019 NFL playoffs. It includes the lowest-seeded teams in each conference but excludes two teams — the Patriots and Saints — that made a combined 11 such appearances in the previous decade. Upsets Saturday by the Titans over the Patriots and Sunday by the Vikings