6:04 PM ET Longtime NBA player Brian Shaw has been named the head coach of the new G League team that will include prospects Jalen Green and Isaiah Todd and will debut in the 2020-21 season. NBA G League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim touted Shaw’s experience as both a player (he won three NBA titles in
Month: June 2020
8:46 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he is hopeful the NBA will grant the eight teams that did not qualify for the 22-team Disney World bubble a chance to conduct a minicamp in advance of training camp before the 2020-21 season begins. And if that happens, he expects stars Stephen Curry,
5:03 PM ET ESPN News Services The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament is known as one of the biggest fishing events in the country. Fittingly, Michael Jordan entered the 62nd installment of the annual tournament and made an immediate impact. Jordan and the crew on his boat, Catch 23, reeled in a 442-pound blue marlin
9:49 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook is producing a documentary series about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, according to Variety. Westbrook will be the executive producer for the series, which is titled “Terror In Tulsa: The Rise And Fall of Black Wall Street,” Variety reported Tuesday. Westbrook will be collaborating with documentary filmmaker
3:08 PM ET DALLAS — Mavericks owner Mark Cuban implored people to have honest, uncomfortable conversations about race as a means of helping the country move forward. Cuban made his comments Tuesday morning at an invitation-only event billed as “Courageous Conversation,” a series of discussions about systemic racism and disparities facing the black community. The
9:25 PM ET Penn State is using technology to move forward in recruiting by creating virtual combines for football prospects. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA Division I Council created a dead period in recruiting that prevents programs from evaluating recruits in person through July 31. With no way to see prospects at camps
9:18 PM ET After 10 years, former USC Trojans running back Reggie Bush’s disassociation from the university is expected to soon come to an end, sources told ESPN. The timing comes as a result of an NCAA Committee on Infractions rule, adopted in 2017, that limits any mandated disassociations between an individual and a school
8:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association is making a proposal to MLB for a season of 89 games with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar with the
8:35 PM ET Iowa sophomore linebacker Dillon Doyle, son of longtime Hawkeyes strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle, announced Tuesday that he’s entering the transfer portal. Dillon Doyle’s decision comes three days after Iowa placed Chris Doyle on administrative leave pending an external investigation into a series of claims by former players of mistreatment. Chris
7:46 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour is still six weeks away before resuming its schedule, but two of its members had that winning feeling last week in state opens against solid competition. Jennifer Kupcho, the former NCAA champion at Wake Forest and inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion, shot 68 in the final