12:45 PM ET Washington Wizards forward Davis Bertans has a Grade 2 calf strain and will be out four to six weeks, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. An MRI done Tuesday revealed the extent of the injury, which Bertans suffered in the the Wizards’ Game 4 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. He will be
Month: June 2021
1:35 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela didn’t mince words Tuesday when asked about the physical nature of his team’s first-round matchup against the New York Knicks. Things got chippy in Game 4 in Atlanta on Sunday, with John Collins needing four stitches in his lip because of an errant elbow from
5:07 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers‘ Joel Embiid will be doubtful for Game 5 against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Embiid had an MRI on his right knee Tuesday and is expected to be evaluated further Wednesday. He suffered the knee injury after a hard fall that knocked him
3:14 PM ET Associated Press RED BANK, N.J. — Sam Boulmetis Sr., a Hall of Famer who rode for nearly 20 years and won most of his four jockey titles at Monmouth Park in the 1950s, has died. He was 94. He died Sunday at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, his family said. Boulmetis
4:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — With the disappointment of a first-round playoff loss to the Cleveland Browns still fresh, Ben Roethlisberger made the immediate decision to return as the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback for at least another season. To do that, though, he recognized that his $41.25 million cap hit was untenable, and he asked the
3:28 PM ET Much has changed for Timothy Weah since he last played on American soil. The date was Oct. 16, 2018, and the United States men’s national team had just tied Peru 1-1. His 90-plus-minute stint came at a moment when the U.S. was transitioning to a new generation of players. Back then, Weah
9:41 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Joan Laporta has said Lionel Messi wants to stay at Barcelona although he denied he has already reached an agreement to sign a new contract. Messi, 33, is out of contract at the end of the month but reports on Tuesday suggested he had given the green light
2:18 PM ET France coach Didier Deschamps hinted that Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe would start together for the first time in Les Bleus’ friendly against Wales on Wednesday. Real Madrid striker Benzema was a surprise call-up in the squad for Euro 2020 after a hiatus of more than five years following a
1:20 PM ET In the aftermath of Chelsea‘s 1-0 win against Manchester City in the Champions League final on Saturday, American star Christian Pulisic was joined on the field by his parents. He was passed the trophy for a photo, and as he gripped it with both hands, his father, Mark, rotated the winners’ medal
2:06 PM ET Associated Press The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments reacted Tuesday to tennis star Naomi Osaka‘s stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players’ concerns about mental health. The pledge came in a statement signed by the same four tennis administrators who threatened the possibility of disqualification or