5:27 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Less than two hours after announcing to the world that his grandmother had passed away from COVID-19 on Saturday, Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic walked to center court, rubbed his face and loudly clapped his hands together. Then he went out and carried Portland
Month: August 2020
8:00 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After capping his rookie campaign with a season-best 35 points in a 126-122 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA’s first play-in tournament, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant revealed he was playing hurt. “For the past four games, since the [Toronto] Raptors game, I was
7:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Newman expects to get a little emotional when he drives into Daytona International Speedway this weekend. His last race at Daytona ended with Newman exiting in the back of an ambulance as countless onlookers feared for his life. Newman will return to the scene of
6:03 PM ET Attention is the utmost compliment in public life, and Damian Lillard has received plenty of it over the past week. In his Portland Trail Blazers‘ win-or-go-home squeaker on Thursday night, the Brooklyn Nets threw two bodies at Lillard before he even crossed half court. It seemed the most sensible strategy after Lillard
6:24 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Jerry Kelly bogeyed two of the last four holes for another even-par 70 on Firestone’s challenging South Course, leaving him with a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship. “It’s another tough day. It’s another tough golf course,” Kelly said. “I got a little loose
6:28 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday signed fullback Bruce Miller, who is trying to make a comeback after being out of the league for the past five seasons. To make room on the roster, the Jaguars cut undrafted rookie fullback Connor Slomka. Miller last played in the NFL in 2015
6:13 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Chip Banks, a former four-time Pro Bowl linebacker for the Cleveland Browns, is in serious condition following a shooting, Atlanta police said. Banks was one of three men with apparent gunshot wounds when officers responded to a shooting in Atlanta just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, Atlanta police spokeswoman
4:46 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — There hasn’t been this much buzz over how a Green Bay Packers rookie running back looked in training camp since the unflattering photos of Eddie Lacy made the rounds in the summer of 2013 This time, it’s a much different feeling with the muscle-packed AJ Dillon than the
5:29 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As one of the founding fathers of “National Tight End Day,” George Kittle has always served as a strong advocate for his position. Whenever he’s been given the opportunity, Kittle has trumpeted the accomplishments of tight ends all over the league and done his best to ensure they
5:20 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Saturday that his team had nine players test positive for COVID-19 from the team’s latest round of testing on Friday. The testing was following the team’s return from a break that Riley gave the team on Aug. 8, allowing the players to go home after it became