9:31 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers’ greatest success has come with quarterback-like point guards in Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul. Now, the LA Clippers coach is beginning to put some exclusive trust in a third point guard — Patrick Beverley. After the Clippers made franchise history with three players scoring 30 or more
Month: January 2020
1:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” A new year means endless new questions for Major League Baseball, a sport in the midst of its most engaging free-agency period in a half-decade, nearing the punishment phase of an ugly
9:20 PM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson is used to seeing J.J. Watt do improbable things. The Houston Texans quarterback spent half of his rookie season in 2017 in the team training room, recovering from a torn ACL. Working beside him, in his own rehab from a broken leg, was Watt. Watson saw firsthand how
8:00 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Bears right guard Kyle Long announced on Sunday that he was retiring after seven NFL seasons. “Some Chicagoans are probably happy to hear I’m finally stepping away and getting my body right,” Long wrote on his official Twitter account. “Some Chicagoans may be sad to hear this. Either way
7:55 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Redemption came tumbling out of the sky, a perfect rainbow ticketed for his outstretched hands, and all Adam Thielen had to do was catch it. It was overtime Sunday in the Superdome. The Minnesota Vikings had squandered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead but won the coin toss, and they needed
8:06 PM ET Serena Williams hopes her famed determination can end the longest drought of her storied tennis career and lift her alongside Margaret Court as the owner of the most grand slam singles titles. The American superstar said she felt relaxed two weeks out from the Australian Open, where her pursuit of a 24th
5:28 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz exited in the first quarter of Sunday’s 17-9 wild-card loss against the Seattle Seahawks with a head injury and did not return. He was initially ruled questionable but early in the third quarter the Eagles said he was out. Wentz was replaced in the lineup
7:00 AM ET Talk to any general manager, coach or player and they’ll tell you this about today’s NHL: There has never been more parity. Any team can win on any given night (and gone are the nights where you can circle a date on the calendar and schedule yourself for an easy win). Halfway
6:44 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — For the second straight year, the New Orleans Saints‘ season ended with a question about whether or not a pass interference flag should have been thrown. Officials decided both on the field and after reviewing the replay that there was not enough contact to charge Minnesota Vikings tight end
6:24 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The awkward ending of Jason Garrett’s tenure is official, seven days after the Dallas Cowboys‘ season concluded, with the team announcing Sunday it would not seek a new agreement on a contract extension. “We are extremely grateful to Jason Garrett for his more than 20 years of service to