7:05 AM ET You might have noticed that I am asked to rank things from time to time. And who doesn’t love a good ranking? Within that genre, the lowest-hanging fruit would seem to be simply rating the best players in MLB. The results are a matter of preference. How do you define best? What
Month: February 2020
1:41 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Road games continue to be the Mount Everest the Philadelphia 76ers cannot summit. Days after Ben Simmons called the 76ers “soft” and Joel Embiid cited the team’s spacing issues, Philadelphia suffered its fourth consecutive road loss Thursday night in Milwaukee. “I think it puts a lot of things in perspective,”
1:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Hours after the Los Angeles Lakers saw the NBA trade deadline pass without making a deal, the franchise might have tipped its hat as to its next move. Or, perhaps more appropriately, tipped its hood. Free-agent point guard Darren Collison settled into a second-row seat near Lakers owner Jeanie
6:17 AM GMT It is looking increasingly likely that the Sydney Sixers will be crowned BBL champions for the first time since the inaugural competition in 2011-12 without stepping on the field at the SCG on Saturday, but captain Moises Henriques refused to look too far ahead and insisted his team had prepared as normal
11:23 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets said Thursday night in a statement they intend to find another buyer after talks ended over the proposed sale of a controlling share of the team from the families of Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz to hedge fund manager Steve Cohen. It is unclear if
8:00 AM ET The morning began like any other at the Fort Bonifacio housing tenement in Taguig City, Philippines, just outside Manila. Caged roosters crowed on the rooftop. Seven floors below, bristles from an elderly resident’s broom swept away the remnants of the city festival that rocked the building the day before. Suspended behind the
10:08 PM ET NFL Players Association player representatives and members of the union’s executive committee met for approximately eight hours Thursday in Los Angeles, but no decisions were made regarding the approval of a new collective bargaining agreement with the league. The players have been discussing a new CBA proposal, negotiated over the past 10
9:06 PM ET Outfielder Pedro Leon, who dominated Cuba’s Serie Nacional in 2018 before defecting, is expected to sign with the Houston Astros for around $4 million when a new international signing period opens July 2, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel. Leon, 21, would be one of the class’s highest-paid players. Leon
10:01 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Alyssa Nakken stole a quick glance out a window high above the ballpark toward McCovey Cove on a picture-perfect day and grinned. She is honored to take on the challenge — and embrace the responsibility — of being the first female major league coach, having joined new
9:20 PM ET It was the story of the power-shifting NBA summer. It was the story of the trade deadline. There’s a good chance it will be the story of the Western Conference playoffs. Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers. In the hours leading up to Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET deadline, both teams were engaged