3:19 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — LeBron James woke up from his pregame nap on Tuesday and included two words in a text to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ group chat that said it all: Must win. “We see the message from our leader,” Anthony Davis said after the Lakers’ 102-96 Game 4 victory
Month: October 2020
8:48 AM GMT No Meg Lanning, no Ellyse Perry, no problem for Australia. There could not have been a more emphatic way for Australia to equal the world record for consecutive ODI wins than the performance they produced against New Zealand in Brisbane, both in the context of the individual match itself and also as
2:36 AM ET Italian Luca Wackermann was forced to withdraw from the Giro d’Italia with multiple injuries following a big crash in Tuesday’s fourth stage caused by a low flying helicopter. The crash, which brought down Wackermann and Dutchman Etienne van Empel of the Vini Zabu-KTM team, happened at the end of the stage when
1:23 AM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barrett in the sixth inning of a 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Tingler was tossed for arguing balls and strikes while making his sixth pitching change during Game 1 of
11:02 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — San Diego Padres right-hander Mike Clevinger was removed in the second inning of his National League Division Series Game 1 start against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a precipitous
11:30 PM ET The first round of the all-virtual 2020 NHL draft had a little bit of everything. It started out as expected with Alexis Lafreniere being selected No. 1 overall by the New York Rangers. Then the Los Angeles Kings made Quinton Byfield the highest-drafted Black player in NHL draft history. The rest of
1:08 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers took a commanding 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals by leaning on the thing that has defined their greatness all season: defense. The Lakers not only held the Miami Heat to 96 points, their lowest output of the postseason, but they also did so with a key tactical
7:33 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It’s another busy day in the MLB playoffs, with all four division series in action — two series openers in the National League and two Game 2s in the American League. Here are the stars, turning points and takeaways from each of Tuesday’s games as they conclude. Key links: Ranking
4:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German was reinstated from the restricted list by the commissioner’s office on Tuesday after completing an 81-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The 28-year-old right-hander is not eligible to pitch in the postseason because he was on the restricted
4:14 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians expect manager Terry Francona to return for the 2021 season after he missed 48 games in 2020 due to health reasons. Chris Antonetti, president of baseball operations, said Tuesday that the 61-year-old Francona is back home in Arizona resting and recovering. Francona was hospitalized during