8:59 AM ET Marc J. Spears Amadou Gallo Fall will be named the president of the NBA’s new Basketball Africa League Tuesday, Fall told ESPN’s The Undefeated. Fall is currently the NBA vice president and managing director for Africa. The Senegal native will begin his role as Basketball Africa League (BAL) president immediately while aiding
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10:30 AM ET RJ Hampton, the No. 5 prospect in the ESPN 100 class of 2019, has signed a contract with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League, he announced on ESPN’s Get Up on Tuesday. Hampton becomes the first American player to willingly forgo college for playing international basketball, unlike players
9:21 AM ET The two biggest races in motorsport couldn’t be more different. One is a breathless, lightning-fast dash around an enormous 2.5 mile pantheon with the biggest infield you are ever going to see and 300,000 people screaming louder than the engines themselves. The other is just as bananas: the best racing cars in
9:01 AM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — In his first Grand Slam match since fracturing his right kneecap, Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the second round of the French Open by beating 75th-ranked Nicolas Jarry 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 through wind and bits of rain. Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, started
10:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Since Luke Voit was called up last August at the end of his most recent minor league stint, the New York Yankees have played 91 regular-season games. Voit has appeared in nearly all of them. As a result, his name has suddenly become as recognizable among the Yankees’ fan
9:04 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey really didn’t want to talk about his beefed-up biceps that have drawn a lot of attention on social media. “It’s kind of weird all the attention that’s gotten,” McCaffrey said with a laugh after Tuesday’s practice. “Do they look bigger to you? You
11:55 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — By the time the Golden State Warriors tip off their fifth consecutive appearance in the NBA Finals, they’ll have had nine days of rest. Nine full days off between sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference finals and taking on the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of
7:07 AM ET How likely are the Toronto Raptors to take down the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals? Heading into Game 1 at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night (9 p.m. ET, ABC), the ESPN Forecast panel has made its predictions for the series. How much of a favorite should the Warriors be?
After being stripped of Brazil’s captaincy, Stewart Robson feels Neymar is far too selfish and “a showman” to ever have been named captain. Domestic ID: Streaming service ESPN+ has obtained U.S. English-language television rights for the Copa America, South America’s soccer championship. ESPN, part of The Walt Disney Co., said Tuesday all 26 matches will
10:29 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN BOSTON — After a postseason beset by officiating controversies, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league will explore expanding replay review. Considering how candidly Bettman vented on Monday — “It would be good if I kept my head from exploding,” the commissioner said of his reaction to the uncalled hand