12:10 AM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball scored a career-high 34 points to go along with eight assists in a 138-121 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night. Ball shot 14-of-27 from the field with four 3-pointers, one block and zero turnovers. His 34 points are the
Month: February 2021
7:49 PM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 After a confounding night surrounding the status of Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant at the Barclays Center — which
The Sydney Sixers players celebrate after clinching victory in the BBL 2020-21 final © Getty Images Sydney Sixers 6 for 188 (Vince 95, Tye 2-29, Richardson 2-45) beat Perth Scorchers 9 for 161 (Livingstone 45, Dwarshuis 3-37) by 27 runs Finally on home soil after the Covid-19 summer kept them at neutral venues for all
7:08 AM ET A dog who repeatedly invaded the pitch during a friendly match between Serbia’s second-tier teams Radnicki 1923 Kragujevac and Kolubara Lazarevac was sent off after play had been stopped several times in bizarre fashion on Friday. Belgrade daily Sportski Zurnal published a photograph on its website of referee Marko Ivkovic flashing a
6:46 AM ET Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will undergo knee surgery this weekend, sources have confirmed to ESPN, and is expected to be out for at least six weeks. The Madrid captain took the decision to repair the meniscus in his left knee on the recommendation of the club’s medical team and will certainly
5:31 AM ET Bayern Munich‘s preparations for the Club World Cup were thrown into chaos on Friday night when they were forced to spend the night on a plane after their flight to Qatar was denied permission to take off. Bayern had just beaten Hertha Berlin 1-0 at the Olympiastadion in a match which had
3:05 AM ET Italian teenager Jannik Sinner saved a match point before battling past Russian Karen Khachanov 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4) in a three-hour tussle to reach the final of the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne on Saturday. The 19-year-old Sinner looked set for a straightforward win after leading by a set and a break,
3:05 AM ET Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime moved a step closer to his maiden ATP title after a 6-1, 6-2 win over Corentin Moutet in the Murray River Open semifinals in Melbourne on Saturday. Third seed Auger-Aliassime, who had saved a match point against Egor Gerasimov in the last 16 of the Australian Open warm-up event,
8:29 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LA Clippers guard Paul George was ruled out for Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics with swelling in a toe on his right foot. George was added to the injury report on Friday afternoon. Clippers coach Ty Lue said he didn’t know how George suffered the injury or how
10:01 PM ET Houston Rockets star center Christian Wood has a right ankle sprain, an MRI on Friday showed, and he will be reevaluated on a weekly basis, general manager Rafael Stone said. Wood rolled the ankle during the third quarter of Thursday’s 115-103 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. The Rockets had expressed worry about