5:00 AM ET Since Atletico Madrid last won the Spanish title in 2014, the average number of points needed to win La Liga has been 86. Even if Monday night’s 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo was disappointing, especially conceding such a late equaliser, it’s a very good bet that with 51 points in
Month: February 2021
2:49 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN When the Utah Jazz reconvened for training camp in December, they’d had three months to think about how the prior season had ended: with Mike Conley‘s potential game-winning 3-pointer somehow spinning out against the Denver Nuggets. During those three months, the Jazz thought over and over again about that shot
1:45 AM ET Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr watched Michael Jordan drop in so many impossible shots over the years that he had to chuckle when asked whether Stephen Curry made a behind-the-head circus shot late in the first quarter of Tuesday night’s 114-91 win over the San Antonio Spurs reminded him of
News Bangar joins Mike Hesson, Simon Katich, Sridharan Sriram and others in the back room The Royal Challengers Bangalore have appointed Sanjay Bangar as their batting consultant for the 2021 edition of the tournament, announcing the development with a tweet on Wednesday. Bangar joins Mike Hesson (team director), Simon Katich (head coach), Sridharan Sriram (batting
6:07 PM ET The LA Clippers will be without Paul George for at least two more games as he continues to deal with a swollen right toe, coach Ty Lue said Tuesday. George will not join the team on its two-game road swing through Minnesota and Chicago, which begins Wednesday with a matchup against the
11:52 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Derrick Rose said that when he decided he wanted to leave the Detroit Pistons, the only choice in his mind was to reunite with former coach Tom Thibodeau and executive William Wesley with the New York Knicks. “Of course,” Rose said after scoring 14 points in 20 minutes in his
11:55 PM ET After the shot clock expired Tuesday night, cementing another disappointing game for the Brooklyn Nets, coach Steve Nash implored his players to look inward and ask themselves “what type of team they want to be.” “I don’t think that we go out every single day of our lives and sacrifice the time
9:28 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks have stopped playing the national anthem before home games at the direction of owner Mark Cuban, he confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The Mavericks do not plan to resume the tradition to play the national anthem before games in the future. Cuban, who declined further comment, made the decision
9:40 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu‘s comeback from injury stalled Wednesday at the Australian Open when she became the latest top-10 player to be beaten by crafty veteran Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan. Andreescu’s power was no match for Hsieh’s shotmaking in a second-round upset, 6-3, 6-2.
9:30 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch snagged the first win of the new season, streaking past NASCAR champion Chase Elliott after Elliott spun leader Ryan Blaney in the final stretch of the exhibition Busch Clash. Blaney had chased down Elliott on the road course at Daytona International Speedway to take