8:08 PM ET Coban Porter, a sophomore guard at the University of Denver and brother of Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., was arrested early Sunday in connection with a fatal crash in Denver, according to police there. Coban Porter, 21, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and reckless driving, police spokesman Kurt Barnes told
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1:53 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac is set to make his return from a severe left knee injury that has sidelined him since Aug. 2, 2020. Isaac’s pastor said during a Sunday morning service that Isaac was set to return, and then a team source confirmed to ESPN that Isaac is
7:49 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Charlotte point guard LaMelo Ball missed the Hornets’ 122-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday with a sore left ankle and sore right knee. Ball, the third overall draft pick of 2020, is also dealing with right wrist soreness. It’s the third time this season that Ball
4:55 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Bill Schonely, the longtime Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster with a distinctive baritone who coined the phrase “Rip City,” died on Saturday. He was 93. Affectionately known as The Schonz, Schonely was the team’s broadcaster for its inaugural season in 1970 and held the job for some 28
6:47 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Boston guard Marcus Smart and center Robert Williams both missed the second half of the Celtics’ 106-104 win at Toronto on Saturday because of injuries. Smart injured his right ankle in the final minute of the first half and had to be helped to the locker room.
11:18 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rui Hachimura doesn’t seem too disturbed by the idea he could be traded. “I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player, and I want to be somewhere that likes my game,” the Washington Wizards forward said Saturday night. When asked if Washington is
9:21 AM ET After missing seven weeks with a shoulder injury, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dean Wade is planning his return against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Wade, who suffered an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder on Dec. 2, had emerged as an important rotation player for the Cavaliers this season.
12:06 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Tempers flared just after the second-quarter buzzer sounded in Friday night’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers when several members of the Grizzlies engaged in a shouting match with Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, who was seated near the court. Referees and security intervened
1:17 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — The most impressive part of Kyrie Irving‘s 48 point performance on Friday night actually came about an hour after he carried the Brooklyn Nets to a much needed 117-106 win over the Utah Jazz. In the midst of describing the most defining game of his star-crossed season to
5:40 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Anthony Davis continues to make pain-free progress on his right foot and there’s optimism for a return to the lineup as soon as late next week, sources told ESPN on Friday. The Lakers start a five-game trip Jan. 28 in Boston. Davis, who has been out with a