3:26 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After beating the Lakers 114-104 on Tuesday without their leading scorer and All-Star, Devin Booker, down the stretch, the Phoenix Suns said they put a stamp of legitimacy on their season. “I think Jae Crowder said it best: We got better tonight,” said Suns coach Monty Williams after the
Month: March 2021
2:25 AM ET Nikola Jokic continues to build an MVP case by doing things that no center has done since Wilt Chamberlain. On Tuesday, Jokic collected the 50th triple-double of his career with 37 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to help the Denver Nuggets rout the Milwaukee Bucks 128-97 at the Fiserv Forum. Jokic’s
12:44 AM ET As James Harden prepares to face his former team for the first time since being traded to the Brooklyn Nets, the superstar guard reflected on his eight-year tenure with the Houston Rockets and said that when he enters Houston’s Toyota Center on Wednesday night (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN), he hopes to
3:13 AM ET LeBron James will miss his first game of the season when the Los Angeles Lakers play a road game against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday in their final game before the NBA All-Star break, the Lakers said. James did not accompany the team on its flight to Sacramento following a 114-104 loss
Report Afghanistan strike twice on the second morning, but they have now fallen over 100 runs behind Lunch Zimbabwe 237 for 8 (Williams 97*, Chakabva 44, Muzarabani 8*) lead Afghanistan 131 (Zazai 37, Muzarabani 4-48) by 106 runs Zimbabwe took their lead past 100 runs on a productive second morning in Abu Dhabi. The advantage
12:13 AM ET ESPN News Services The Montreal Canadiens made another change to their coaching staff, appointing Sean Burke to take over as the director of goaltending, general manager Marc Bergevin announced after Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators. Burke replaces Stephane Waite, who was let go after holding the position since 2013.
11:10 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — In his first interview since the infamous Lombardi Trophy toss at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ Super Bowl boat parade last month, quarterback Tom Brady said on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” that he “doesn’t remember that quite as well” as everyone else who witnessed the viral video.
7:12 PM GMT This year’s women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is set to be pushed back until next year due to the uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby said on Tuesday. “World Rugby has made the difficult decision to recommend the postponement of Rugby World Cup 2021, scheduled to be hosted in
5:58 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — The frightening thing for the rest of the Premier League is that Pep Guardiola thinks Manchester City can get even better. The numbers are scary enough as it is. After a 4-1 victory over Wolves on Tuesday night it is now 21 wins in a row over
12:13 PM ET The Cleveland Indians were made aware of complaints about Mickey Callaway’s sexually inappropriate behavior during his tenure as their pitching coach, despite the team’s public statements to the contrary, according to a report by The Athletic. Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti, in response to an earlier report by The Athletic