9:02 AM ET Associated Press DONGGUAN, China — The United States has been ousted from medal contention by France at the FIBA World Cup, failing to capture gold at a major international tournament for the first time since the 2006 world championships. Evan Fournier scored 22 points, Rudy Gobert added 21 points and 16 rebounds,
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10:42 AM ET DONGGUAN, China — The setting, style and colors are all foreign, but the nature of the FIBA basketball game often falls into the same rhythms as NCAA tournament games. It’s single elimination, the games are 40 minutes, the five-foul disqualification amplifies the role of officiating, and there’s an unmistakable play-for-country aesthetic that
11:10 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Patty Mills scored 24 points and Australia moved into the World Cup semifinals with an 82-70 victory over the Czech Republic on Wednesday night. Chris Goulding scored 14 and Andrew Bogut added 10 for Australia, which will meet Spain in Friday’s semifinals. France and Argentina will play in
12:02 AM ET DONGGUAN, China — Jayson Tatum took part in Team USA’s shootaround and has been upgraded to a game-time decision ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup quarterfinal against France (7 a.m. ET, ESPN2), coach Gregg Popovich said. Tatum has missed the past three games after rolling an ankle against Turkey last week. He has
5:41 PM ET Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer took one step closer to building a new arena for the team by investing $100 million in the city of Inglewood. Ballmer’s $100 million community benefits plan was negotiated with city officials from Inglewood as part of their arena development agreement and is set to be
11:15 AM ET Kevin Durant doesn’t like to live in the past, perhaps because he’s all too aware of what lingers there. Memories of Oklahoma City evoke bitterness. His departure from the Golden State Warriors has been a clean cut. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, which was published in the WSJ magazine
10:42 AM ET DONGGUAN, China — Last season, Brook Lopez played two games for the Milwaukee Bucks against the Utah Jazz, and he was fantastic in both of them. He hit 11 of 14 shots and grabbed a total of 16 rebounds in the two games combined. More importantly, he was an awesome 7-of-8 on
10:47 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hornets owner and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan is pledging $1 million to organizations assisting with Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Bahamas. Jordan said in a statement Tuesday on Twitter through his spokeswoman Estee Portnoy that he’s “devastated” at the destruction in the Bahamas, adding “my
10:29 AM ET Fred McLeod, the Cleveland Cavaliers announcer died Monday night, the team announced. He was 67. McLeod had been the team’s television play-by-play announcer since 2006. No cause of death was given. Before joining the Cavs, McLeod was the Detroit Pistons announcer for 22 seasons. He also called games for the Detroit Lions
9:33 AM ET ESPN News Services DONGGUAN, China — The last time Luis Scola went to the semifinals of the World Cup, he was 26 and waiting to bring his long, flowing dark hair to the NBA for the first time. He’s 39 now. A decade-long career in the NBA has come and gone. The