Month: December 2022

8:04 PM ET Buddy Hield wasted no time finding the scoring column Thursday night. And he did so in record-breaking fashion. The Indiana Pacers sharp-shooter grabbed a game-opening jump ball out of midair that Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen had swatted his way, pivoted at the top of the key and coolly connected on a
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8:36 PM ET SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai entered the transfer portal Thursday night and is expected to land at Wisconsin, sources told ESPN. Mordecai had 7,152 passing yards with 72 touchdowns and 22 interceptions the past two seasons for SMU, setting a team record with 13 games of 300 passing yards or more. He began
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7:58 PM ET Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the United States rebounded from a loss to beat Switzerland 5-1 on Thursday in the world junior hockey championship. Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, captain Luke Hughes and Tyler Boucher also scored and Trey Augustine made
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7:05 PM ET ESPN staff Top 2023 NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama continued to dazzle the basketball world with a huge performance in the LNB All-Star Game. The 18-year-old, 7-foot-4 sensation has been an unstoppable force for Paris-based Metropolitans 92. He didn’t disappoint in Thursday’s game at the Accor Arena in Paris, putting up 27
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7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem was given a wild card into the main draw of next month’s Australian Open after his successful return from a right wrist injury, it was announced. Tournament officials said Friday that Thiem, an Australian Open finalist in 2020, received a
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7:14 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN The World Boxing Council plans to introduce a category for transgender fighters in 2023, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told a London newspaper Thursday. The measure is being undertaken, Sulaiman told The Telegraph, “because of safety and inclusion” and to ensure that “a man fighting a woman will never happen.” WBC
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2:57 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa returned to practice Thursday for the first time since undergoing groin surgery after Week 3 and
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6:59 PM ET CINCINNATI — No extra hype is necessary for the upcoming matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football. The two teams are among the best in the NFL and are vying for the conference’s No. 1 playoff seed, which would mean home-field advantage throughout the postseason. In previous
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