12:37 AM ET The Miami Heat came into Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers facing a 1-0 deficit and down two of their top players, as Bam Adebayo (neck) and Goran Dragic (foot) were both ruled out ahead of Friday’s game. The Heat countered by putting Meyers Leonard and Tyler
Month: October 2020
10:40 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The Los Angeles Dodgers are the National League’s No. 1 seed in the MLB playoffs after posting baseball’s best record during the regular season. The San Diego Padres won more games than any NL team not named the Dodgers to finish second in the West and secure the No. 4
7:43 PM ET Steve KimESPN Kudratillo Abdukakhorov will face Sergey Lipinets in an IBF welterweight eliminator at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, but it won’t be on Oct. 10 as planned. Sources told ESPN that the fight, along with the rest of that card, will move to Oct. 24. It will still be broadcast
4:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN WBC lightweight titlist Devin Haney will defend his belt against Yuriorkis Gamboa on Nov. 7, and former middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs will face Gabriel Rosado in a super middleweight contest on Nov. 27. Both cards will take place behind closed doors at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
9:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Deontay Wilder will have a significant change in his team as he prepares for his third fight with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Mark Breland, who threw in the towel to end Wilder-Fury 2 in February, will not be part of Wilder’s corner, Shelly Finkel, who advises Wilder, confirmed to
8:41 AM ET Associated Press US Open champion Dominic Thiem has advanced to the fourth round with another straight-sets win, beating Casper Ruud of Norway 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Thiem was the losing finalist to Rafael Nadal at the last two French Opens. Ruud was bidding to become only the second Norwegian to reach the fourth
8:54 PM ET Petr Korda abruptly abandoned the topic of conversation Friday afternoon — his 20-year-old son, Sebastian, and his rousing sprint into the fourth round of the French Open. He murmured over his cell phone, switching to discuss his daughter. “Right now, Jessica is putting for a birdie,” Petr said. “Just a moment, it’s
8:30 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Keegan Bradley likes the way he’s putting. He must really like the idea that the the birdie putts he made Friday on his way to a 7-under 65 were not terribly far from the hole. In his debut in the Sanderson Farms Championship, Bradley made three straight
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Looking at the highest-picking teams in the 2020 NFL draft, one could confuse it for a copy of the Buffalo Bills‘ 2019 schedule. Buffalo played eight games last season against teams that picked in the top 11 this spring, including four in the AFC East against
7:21 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Nasa Hataoka birdied two of the last three holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead Friday in the Shoprite LPGA Classic. Hataoka. the 21-year-old Japanese player with three LPGA Tour victories, birdied the par-4 16th and par-5 18th to get to 11-under 131 at Seaview’s