11:32 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler scored a career-playoff-high 40 points in Monday’s 115-104 Game 1 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, taking over the game down the stretch just like his teammates and coaches thought he would. Butler repeatedly made big plays on both ends of the floor, much to the delight
Month: September 2020
1:56 AM ET Before the Oklahoma City Thunder boarded their bus Monday to head to the arena for an elimination Game 6 against the Houston Rockets, they had to pack their bags. Down six with 3:40 left, it looked like the suitcases could be loaded up and the paperwork filed for check out of the
11:41 PM ET In his first moment in the spotlight as a member of the Miami Heat last fall, Jimmy Butler failed. It was the rigorous conditioning test the Heat put players through before training camp that is legend within the league. Some athletic trainers claim it’s the most demanding such test in all of
10:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Coco Gauff did everything she could. After losing the first set and trailing 4-2 in the second to Anastasija Sevastova, the 16-year-old fought back to force a decider in her first-round match at the 2020 US Open. She staved off three match points in the final game at Louis Armstrong
11:59 PM ET Brock Lesnar is on the open market. One of the biggest combat sports stars of this generation is no longer under contract with WWE, multiple sources confirmed Monday with ESPN following a report from PWInsider. Lesnar’s merchandise was pulled over the weekend from WWE’s online store. We have been down this road
12:32 AM ET Texas A&M senior cornerback Elijah Blades has opted out of the 2020 season but plans to return in 2021, he announced Monday. Blades was expected to start for the Aggies after making six starts last season following his transfer from Arizona Western Community College. He finished 2019 with 19 tackles, three pass
11:31 PM ET Argentina giants Boca Juniors have isolated players and suspended training for 72 hours after coronavirus testing revealed an “outbreak” of COVID-19 in the squad, the club confirmed on Monday in a statement. The squad is currently in a bubble in a hotel complex outside of Buenos Aires preparing for the restart of
10:12 PM ET The 2021 MLB draft will move from June to July 11-13 and will be held in Atlanta as part of the All-Star Game festivities, according to a memo obtained by ESPN that MLB sent to clubs Monday about changes to the draft. The draft has been held in early to mid-June for
9:19 PM ET Associated Press The Zozo Championship is moving from Japan to California this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the anchor of a West Coast swing in the fall portion of the PGA Tour schedule that is certain to attract strong fields. The $8 million tournament will be played Oct. 22-25
10:46 PM ET Bears coach Matt Nagy backtracked on Monday and clarified that he intends to reveal the identify of Chicago’s starting quarterback sometime early next week. Nagy insinuated over the weekend that he would refrain from naming a starter — choosing between Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles — until the Bears opened the regular