Month: April 2021

11:01 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis is days away from making his return from a nearly nine-week absence and LeBron James has progressed to “light work” on the court, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said before his team’s game against the Utah Jazz on Monday. Vogel said that Davis, who has been sidelined since

11:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Jayson Tatum recorded the first triple-double of his NBA career Monday night, but it coincided with both his worst shooting night of the season and the end of Boston’s six-game winning streak. While Tatum finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a 102-96 loss to

9:16 PM ET Dallas Mavericks director of player personnel Tony Ronzone has been fired after the organization learned new information pertaining to a sexual assault allegation made public last summer, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon on Monday. Sports Illustrated reported in July that a woman said Ronzone had forced himself on her in

8:13 PM ET Star rookie guard LaMelo Ball has been cleared to resume individual basketball activity after a CT scan on his fractured right wrist showed that it has healed, the Charlotte Hornets said Monday. According to the team, Ball had further evaluation on the wrist by Dr. Michelle Carlson of The Hospital for Special

11:13 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN With Kobe Bryant’s five-year, post-retirement endorsement extension with Nike having expired this month, Vanessa Bryant and the Kobe Bryant estate elected not to renew the partnership, she confirmed to ESPN in a statement Monday night. “Kobe’s Nike contract expired on 4/13/21,” Vanessa Bryant, widow of the Lakers legend, told ESPN.