2:27 PM ET CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers received a commitment from free agent guard David Nwaba on Wednesday, a team source told ESPN. Nwaba, a 6-4 2-guard out of Cal Poly, averaged 7.9 points on 47.8 percent shooting (34.6 percent from 3) and 4.7 rebounds for the Chicago Bulls last season, which was his second
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8:39 PM ET The NBA announced a deal on Tuesday that will make MGM the league’s official gaming partner. The NBA has signed a sponsorship deal with MGM, becoming the first major U.S. sports league to have an official relationship with a betting operation. Adam Silver announced a historic partnership with MGM on Tuesday, making
1:32 PM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com The Los Angeles Lakers are bringing back Showtime — sort of. The team’s new uniforms, which were unveiled Tuesday, are a modified version of what the Lakers wore during their 1980s Showtime heyday — the latest
2:03 PM ET Darren Rovell Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com’s sports business reporter since 2012; previously at ESPN from 2000-06 Appears on SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and with ABC News Formerly worked as analyst at CNBC David Purdum Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NBA has
5:39 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — LeBron James says the Los Angeles Lakers‘ string of free-agent acquisitions since he committed to the team — Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee and Michael Beasley — share a common bond as basketball junkies and that quality should define them more so than their spotty reputations as interesting
5:04 PM ET Rachel Nichols AKRON, Ohio — In his first interview since joining the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James sat down with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols to talk about the opening of his foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, his move to Hollywood and what it’s like watching his son, LeBron James Jr., follow in
10:53 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Carmelo Anthony has finalized a contract buyout with the Atlanta Hawks and plans to wait until clearing waivers on Wednesday to officially tell the Houston Rockets of his plans to sign a free agent deal, league sources told ESPN. Atlanta planned to waive Anthony on Monday morning, league sources said.
2:57 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A line stretches out the door and around a wall along the King Drew Magnet High School. An hour before the main event on Sunday, there’s a buzz circulating inside Los Angeles’ famous Drew League gym as it quickly fills up to a standing-room-only crowd of 1,100. Everyone, including
4:43 PM ET LeBron James expects Monday to be one of the greatest moments of his life as his LeBron James Family Foundation and the Akron (Ohio) Public Schools launch a new elementary school for at-risk children in his hometown. The I Promise School is the culmination of nearly a decade of work by James’
10:29 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — An arena where the Brooklyn Nets and New York Islanders play is the latest place making plastic straws a thing of the past. Brooklyn’s Barclays Center said this week that it will switch to strawless drink lids or straws made from compostable alternative materials by next year.