11:56 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN If not for an old Hubie Brown DVD, the Toronto Raptors could be looking at a 3-0 hole in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics. As he was walking toward the bus following Thursday night’s come-from-behind 104-103 victory over the Celtics, Raptors coach Nick Nurse glowingly talked
Month: September 2020
11:15 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Boston Celtics were 0.5 seconds away from taking a commanding 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the defending champion Toronto Raptors. But after Raptors forward OG Anunoby shook free for a stunning buzzer-beating 3-pointer that saw Toronto escape with a heart-stopping
1:37 AM ET It’s difficult to doubt the LA Clippers‘ personnel and its potential. Yet coming into this conference semifinals series against the Denver Nuggets, we still hadn’t seen the fully-intact, healthy Clippers play championship-quality basketball for a sustained stretch of time longer than 10 days after the All-Star break and before the March suspension.
11:43 PM BST The man charged with creating a new Wallabies game plan they can implement successfully says there have already been some selection disagreements but that Australia will play with “clarity” when they eventually take to the paddock later this year. Scott Wisemantel returned to Australia to be a part of Dave Rennie’s new
5:41 PM ET King Guillermo, the colt owned by former major league All-Star Victor Martinez, is a scratch for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. The horse came down with a fever Wednesday, leading to Thursday’s announcement. “To race in a race like the Derby we need him at 100 percent,” Avila said in a statement. “We aren’t
10:47 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw collected the 2,500th strikeout of his career during Thursday night’s game against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. Kershaw reached the milestone with his third strikeout of the night, throwing a looping curve that got Nick Ahmed swinging in the second inning. At 32 years, 168 days old,
12:43 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a wild day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, Serena Williams looked determined from her first point on Thursday night to not join the growing list of seeded players sent home unceremoniously early from the US Open. Despite a downpour that began just
11:39 PM ET North Texas quarterbacks coach Tate Wallis was arrested Thursday in Denton County on charges that he allegedly had an improper relationship with a student while he was coaching at a nearby high school last year. North Texas has placed Wallis on leave. Wallis was hired at North Texas in January. The incidents
9:53 PM ET After playing three of their starters 40-plus minutes and fighting for their playoff survival, the Toronto Raptors were staring a 3-0 deficit to the Boston Celtics in the face and were down to their final second. Make that a half second. Kemba Walker, who finished the game with 29 points, nearly iced
3:03 PM ET The Charlotte Hornets announced Thursday that radio broadcaster John Focke will not return for violating the team’s social media policy. The Hornets had suspended Focke indefinitely on Aug. 17 after he used a racial slur in a tweet about the playoff game between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz. Focke used the