6:45 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After successfully getting 22 teams inside the bubble here at the Walt Disney World Resort and then hosting a high-quality round of seeding games plus a play-in, the NBA now moves onto its third — and most important — phase of the 2020 restart: the
Month: August 2020
6:30 AM ET NBA Insiders In early July, a couple of days before the Los Angeles Lakers boarded a plane for Orlando, Florida, hoping their trip would extend to the NBA Finals in October, Jared Dudley made a prescient remark. “[LeBron James] is ready for this moment, you can tell,” Dudley said. “You can see
7:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Dillian Whyte has said it has been a “frustrating time” waiting over 1,000 days for his shot at the WBC world heavyweight title as
7:45 AM ET When Jake Garcia, the 18th-ranked prospect in the Class of 2021, found out California postponed high school football to the spring, he knew he wouldn’t get the chance to play unless he took action. As a quarterback at La Habra High School in La Habra, California, Garcia has yet to play a
7:00 AM ET The road to the 2021 NFL draft got even more complicated with the news that the Big Ten, Pac-12, Mountain West and MAC conferences will postpone their 2020 college football seasons. The coronavirus pandemic has put us in a tough situation this year, and many top draft prospects now face losing a
4:32 PM IST Graeme Smith, South Africa’s director of cricket, has advocated for a new method to adjust targets in rain-affected matches and argued that the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method is at least two decades out of date. In a Webinar hosted by the financial advisor network PSG, Smith said increased scoring rates, especially in T20
6:18 AM BST All Blacks coach Ian Foster is still planning on his side having a full international season starting on Oct. 3, despite the re-emergence of the novel coronavirus in New Zealand. The All Blacks Tests against Wales and Scotland scheduled for June were cancelled and their itinerary for the rest of 2020 has
5:46 AM ET An official Formula One study that used “machine learning” and “cloud technology” has ranked Ayrton Senna as the fastest driver of all time ahead of Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. The study aims to compare drivers across four decades to name the fastest based on pure qualifying speed alone. F1 used technology
11:05 PM ET ESPN News Services Bo Bichette of the Toronto Blue Jays is pursuing a second opinion on his sprained right knee, which he injured in a suspended game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Bichette will get a second opinion after undergoing tests including an MRI on his knee, which landed him
9:24 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Luis Garcia of the Washington Nationals became the first player born in the 2000s to hit a homer in the big leagues. The 20-year-old second baseman made history Monday with a two-run shot into the right-field seats off Atlanta’s Touki Toussaint in the second inning. The youngest