6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Duke is in talks with Boston Celtics assistant coach and former WNBA All-Star Kara Lawson to take over as coach of its women’s basketball program, a source told ESPN on Friday. The 39-year-old Lawson has become the leading candidate to replace Joanne P. McCallie, who announced last week she
Month: July 2020
5:18 PM ET Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone said he hopes to have star center Nikola Jokic back with the team in the next few days. Jokic is healthy and retested negative, according to a source, but he did not travel with the Nuggets on their team flight to Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday due to
9:17 PM ET As the Oklahoma City Thunder held their first practice in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, they had a familiar face joining them on the floor for the first time in almost a year: guard Andre Roberson. It’s been two and a half years since Roberson has played in an actual game, but he
8:21 PM ET Doc Rivers said Kawhi Leonard is expected to join the LA Clippers on Fright night in Florida. “Kawhi is on his way,” the Clippers coach said in a Zoom call with reporters on Friday afternoon before practice. “Should arrive sometime this evening.” Leonard did not travel with the Clippers on their team
6:41 PM ET As NBA teams get situated in the Orlando bubble, one question that has persisted since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is not only what happens if a player tests positive for the virus but also what lingering effects might follow. “There are unknown effects it has on lung capacity, unknown effects
7:44 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN For New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, the time he spent in quarantine made him feel like a kid. In order to get ready for the NBA season, Williamson worked out with his stepfather Lee Anderson when he wasn’t rehabbing with Pelicans staffers. It’s that time that Williamson cherished in
8:45 PM ET The Pac-12 has decided to go to a conference-only model for fall sports, following the lead of the Big Ten, which announced the same move on Thursday. It’s the latest setback during a college football offseason that has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, and is almost assuredly not the last domino
8:46 PM ET Associated Press Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill has tested positive for the coronavirus. The team said that after Bidwill developed symptoms, he tested positive for COVID-19 and went to the hospital following a recommendation by his doctor. His condition has improved, and he is expected to be released this weekend. The team
7:45 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles got it mostly right this week when they called DeSean Jackson‘s anti-Semitic social media posts “offensive, harmful and absolutely appalling.” The Eagles, however, left out an important thought, one that provides an educational moment at a time when athletes at all levels are speaking up about social justice as
8:57 PM ET Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-quarantining, the conference announced Friday night. In its statement, the Pac-12 said Scott, 55, experienced mild flu-like symptoms late this week and was tested for COVID-19 out of an abundance of caution. He is self-quarantining at the direction of his