9:00 AM ET As the Stanley Cup playoffs reach their second round, it’s time to check in on the race for the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP. Keep in mind that in the NHL, the Conn Smythe is based on a player’s performance during the entire postseason, not just the championship round. The award
Month: May 2023
7:30 AM ET Antoine Griezmann registered a pair of assists in Atletico Madrid’s 5-2 win over Real Valladolid on Sunday. CESAR MANSO/AFP via Getty Images Turquoise boots, pink and peroxide hair, fluorescent orange strip, white-hot form. That was Antoine Griezmann last weekend, again, as his Atletico Madrid stuck five past Real Valladolid and maintained the pressure
2:03 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, scored once and fired up the crowd in his return to Petco Park, and Ha-Seong Kim hit a tiebreaking three-run homer as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Monday night for their third straight win. The
8:38 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — Trevor Bauer will pitch his first official game for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Wednesday and, to promote the start, a local department store is to unveil a seven-story poster of the former Cy Young winner on its facade. Bauer was unwanted this season by Major League
7:00 AM ET Shorter games. More action in the batter’s box and on the bases. Outs becoming hits again. Major League Baseball’s new rules seem to have near universal appeal among fans. But what do the players think? We asked ESPN MLB reporters Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee and Jesse Rogers to sit down with a
8:00 AM ET Tim Bontemps Brian Windhorst Close Brian Windhorst ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury made a potentially revolutionary announcement last week when they said their games moving forward — beginning with the Mercury’s this summer
8:00 AM ET After much debate during the regular season, the 2022-23 NBA MVP will be announced Tuesday evening (7 p.m. ET, TNT). For the second-straight season, the three finalists are Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. If Jokic wins, he would be the first player to win three consecutive MVP
3:26 AM ET DENVER — If Denver weather cooperates, Nikola Jokic said he will be soaking in a pool when the 2022-23 MVP is announced Tuesday. The reigning back-to-back MVP earned his day in the sun after dominating the Phoenix Suns and carrying the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 victory in Game 2 of their
12:03 AM ET DENVER – Suns point guard Chris Paul hobbled off the Ball Arena court in the third quarter of Phoenix’s 97-87 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series Monday night due to left groin tightness. Paul’s status is uncertain as the series shifts to Phoenix with
1:02 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — As one second after another ticked off the clock, Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden continued to eye both the basket and his defender, Boston Celtics center Al Horford, with the Sixers trailing by one in the closing seconds of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday night.