7:16 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has been dropped from the jury of an animated film festival after calls for the former NBA star’s ouster over a 2003 rape allegation. Eric Beckman is the CEO of the organization behind the Animation Is Film Festival. He wrote in a statement Wednesday that
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8:00 AM ET This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! HE IS A rookie starter and much is expected, yet as Jayson Tatum warms up with his teammates before his first NBA game, he appears impervious to the noise and the lights and the pulsating anticipation inside Quicken
7:22 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma is taking a dramatic step this season to step up his sneaker game, becoming the first player to partner with a footwear-reselling app to expand his access to rare and limited edition shoes on a nightly basis. “Now that the NBA has removed restrictions
5:54 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton is playing the long game by trying to reduce the length of time LeBron James stays on the basketball court this season. “We’ve got four years,” Walton said Wednesday on the eve of the Lakers’ season opener on the road against the
Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni on Carmelo Anthony coming off the bench for the first time in his career: “I know it’s not the ideal situation for him, because he’s a Hall of Famer and all that. I know it’s a big adjustment, but you know what? He’s true to his word. He said he’d do
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8:03 AM ET In a recent interview with Houston Rockets power forward Carmelo Anthony, ESPN’s Rachel Nichols asked him about his arrival in Houston, his departure from Oklahoma City and how he will approach the upcoming season playing for the Rockets. An edited transcript of the interview follows: Rachel Nichols: OK, so it took an
8:00 AM ET The New Orleans Pelicans were in a bad place in February. DeMarcus Cousins was lost for the season and his future was in doubt. The team had lost five of six games since his injury and slipped out of playoff position in the standings. With the entire team in a depression, coach
11:54 AM ET Former NFL star Peyton Manning will join Kobe Bryant’s show “Detail” as the program expands into NFL analysis this fall. Bryant, who won an Academy Award for his animated short film “Dear Basketball,” breaks down the NBA for the show — which appears on ESPN+. He will return later in the 2018-19
1:19 AM ET The exclamation point on the Celtics’ 105-87 season opening win over division rival Philadelphia came midway through the fourth quarter, when Jaylen Brown put his head down and drove hard to the basket. Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward returned to the court for the Celtics on Tuesday, combining to shoot 6-for-26 from