Month: March 2021

3:05 PM ET Former NBA center Shawn Bradley suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed, according to a statement released on his behalf by the Dallas Mavericks. On Jan. 20, Bradley was struck from behind by an automobile while riding his bicycle a block from his home in St. George, Utah. He
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6:24 PM ET The most recent imaging on Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant‘s right hamstring strain showed “improvement,” but he is still a few weeks away from returning to game action, head coach Steve Nash said on Wednesday. Nash estimated Durant still needs more time to recover and then to steadily increase on-court activities. “We’re
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12:53 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder are finalizing a trade to send forward Trevor Ariza to the Miami Heat for forward Meyers Leonard and a 2027 second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Once the transaction is completed via a trade call with the league office on Wednesday afternoon, there’s no expectation that Leonard would be
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7:23 PM ET The Houston Rockets have agreed to a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks that will send P.J. Tucker, Rodions Kurucs and the Bucks’ 2022 first-round pick back to Milwaukee for D.J. Augustin, D.J. Wilson and a 2023 unprotected first-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Houston also gets the right to
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6:58 PM ET Associated Press Russian players continued their dominance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Wednesday as Ekaterina Alexandrova, Vera Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova all booked their places in the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Alexandrova won 6-3, 6-4 against Tereza Martincova after twice coming from a break down in the second set. She will
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12:08 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil star Neymar will become the first playable athlete in the wildly popular video game Fortnite, developer Epic Games announced on Tuesday. As part of the game’s season six launch “Primal,” players in the game will be able to dress as Neymar while they compete in the winner-takes-all Battle
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2:50 PM ET Joan Laporta pledged to do everything within his power to keep Lionel Messi after being sworn in as Barcelona‘s new president on Wednesday and also told coach Ronald Koeman he has the club’s backing. Laporta, who was previously Barca president between 2003 and 2010, was voted in by club members last weekend
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5:47 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Holders Bayern Munich cruised through to the Champions League quarterfinals for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons after beating Lazio 2-1 at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday to secure a 6-2 aggregate victory. Leading 4-1 from the first leg in Rome, Robert Lewandowski
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1:45 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has played down suggestions Donny van de Beek is unhappy at Manchester United. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The Netherlands international is in line to return to the squad for the Europa League tie with AC Milan on Thursday after recovering from injury.
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6:46 PM ET United States manager Gregg Berhalter said he encouraged dual-national Efrain Alvarez to pursue a call-up with Mexico in hopes the LA Galaxy forward will make the most informed decision possible when ultimately choosing which country he’d like to represent. On Tuesday, Alvarez said he was “grateful to God” after receiving his first
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