6:37 AM ET THE DAY AFTER Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus, triggering the suspension of the NBA season, the Utah Jazz center tried to get in touch with his co-star, Donovan Mitchell. Gobert had just learned that Mitchell was the only other member of the team’s 58-person traveling party to test positive. Gobert
Month: July 2020
10:08 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is joining rapper Common and others for a TV special calling for action following the death of Breonna Taylor. Irving is producing “#SAYHERNAME: BREONNA TAYLOR,” which will debut Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on the PlayersTV digital and broadcast network. Taylor, a
2:24 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum said he fought to protect players who are approaching potentially lucrative contract extensions or free agency after this season during discussions between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association. “[There’s] a lot of guys in my situation; a lot of guys are going to
11:32 AM ET Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will not play in the NBA’s restart because of a right rotator cuff injury. The Wizards announced Tuesday that Beal has experienced shoulder discomfort since early in the season, and the symptoms worsened during the NBA’s hiatus that started in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Bradley
12:14 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie announced Tuesday that he won’t join his team in Orlando, Florida, for the NBA restart after testing positive again for the coronavirus. Dinwiddie tweeted the news. After another positive test yesterday and considering the symptoms, @BrooklynNets, team doctors and I have decided that it would be in
Jul 6, 2020 It was just over three weeks ago when Luka Doncic‘s trainer was misquoted when discussing the Dallas Mavericks star’s physique. “Not in top shape yet” was the translation, missing a key qualifier. So when Doncic addressed reporters last week for the first time in nearly three months, he was immediately asked about
7:42 AM ET JEREMY STEPHENS LANDED his first kick to Gilbert Melendez‘s left leg 22 seconds into their fight on Sept. 9, 2017. By the two-minute mark, Stephens had smashed Melendez’s leg with four kicks, and the limb was beginning to swell. Melendez started hopping around and limping after the sixth leg kick at 3:19
12:20 PM ET After a nearly four-month hiatus, the games are about to resume for MLS. It hasn’t been easy, what with a global pandemic and an overall struggle to keep players and staff free of COVID-19, but enough has been done to enable the tournament to begin. For just about every team it’s felt
1:18 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina running back, athletic director and board of trustees member King Dixon died Monday. He was 83. The university said in a release that Dixon had fought pancreatic cancer. Dixon played for the Gamecocks from 1956-58 and served as a co-captain his senior year. After
11:25 PM IST The ECB has announced a new range of measures designed to open cricket up to more diverse communities, after Tom Harrison, the chief executive, admitted that the Black Lives Matter movement had revealed some “uncomfortable truths” about the sport’s relevance to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) players. Speaking on the eve