6:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. needed to be immobilized and stretchered off the court after falling violently to the floor in a collision with Indiana Pacers center Goga Bitadze in the third quarter of Indiana’s 109-92 victory Friday afternoon, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
Month: August 2020
6:38 PM ET Vlade Divac has stepped down as general manager of the Sacramento Kings and Joe Dumars has assumed the role of the team’s interim executive vice president of basketball operations, the team announced Friday. Divac’s exit came a day after the Kings concluded bubble play with a 136-122 win against the Lakers. They
9:57 PM ET Associated Press Colonial Downs, Virginia’s pairmutuel horse racing track says it is cutting its 18-day racing meet short after just six days because of COVID-19. The track, in New Kent County, about 30 miles from Richmond, cited “recent test results” in a release announcing the decision, but spokesman Mark Hubbard declined to
10:37 PM ET Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack said the football team will resume practices Saturday after a “miscommunication” about testing frequency caused numerous players to sit out of Thursday’s practice session. Wildhack said Syracuse plans to test players for COVID-19 weekly during training camp and will increase to three times per week once the
10:34 PM BST English rugby’s Premiership returned after five months on Friday and it was Harlequins who drew first blood, beating second-placed Sale 16-10 in a possible early indicator of how pre-lockdown form will count for little. However, on a night of incredible sporting action in soccer, athletics and even snooker, rugby fluffed its lines
3:48 PM ET One of the busiest fighters in UFC history has accepted his next assignment, as welterweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Niko Price have agreed to a bout on Sept. 19, sources told ESPN. The UFC has not officially announced the 170-pound bout or a location for the event. Cerrone (36-15) is looking to
1:31 PM ET What is arguably the most significant fight in UFC heavyweight history is now official after champion Stipe Miocic and challenger Daniel Cormier weighed in successfully Friday morning for the main event of UFC 252 in Las Vegas. Miocic made weight at 233 pounds; Cormier was 236. The bout Saturday will decide the
7:47 PM ET The Los Angeles Kings announced they’ve suspended Tim Smith, who portrays their mascot Bailey the lion, following a sexual harassment lawsuit recently filed by a former member of the Kings Ice Crew. Along with being the mascot, Smith is senior manager of game presentation and events for the team, overseeing the Ice
5:51 PM ET Gerard Pique says Barcelona need changes at all levels of the club after hitting “rock bottom” in Friday’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarterfinal loss against Bayern Munich. The Champions League was Barca’s last chance of silverware this season after they missed out on La Liga to Real Madrid last month, but defeat
5:03 PM ET Bayern Munich full-back Joshua Kimmich praised 19-year-old Canada international Alphonso Davies as “unbelievable” following the club’s historic 8-2 defeat of Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinal on Friday night. Having announced himself in the Bundelisga this season, Davies reached the next level on Friday when he set up Kimmich for a 5-2