7:39 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers hired Lloyd Pierce, Ronald Nored, Mike Weinar and Jenny Boucek as assistant coaches for new head coach Rick Carlisle on Friday. Pierce was head coach of the Atlanta Hawks for the past two and a half seasons before he was fired in March. He is
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11:00 AM ET Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love is withdrawing from Team USA and will not travel to Tokyo for the Olympics, his agent, Jeff Schwartz, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. Love spent 10 days with Team USA in Las Vegas preparing for the Games but is still returning to full form from a
2:47 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiSenior NBA Insider Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The NBA and the Players Association have agreed to extend the play-in tournament format through the 2021-2022 season, sources told ESPN on Friday. The NBA Board of Governors
8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders The Milwaukee Bucks know what it takes to come back from a 2-0 deficit, having already done so in the second round against the Brooklyn Nets. Now, after falling behind 2-0 in the NBA Finals, the Bucks return to Phoenix with the series level at two games apiece. Can the
2:44 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books LAS VEGAS — Bradley Beal is expected to miss the Tokyo Olympics because of health and
3:40 PM ET DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks hired Hall of Fame point guard Jason Kidd as head coach in large part because they believe he’s uniquely suited to guide Luka Doncic as the 22-year-old two-time All-NBA selection pursues his championship aspirations. In a news conference Thursday to introduce Kidd and new general manager Nico
7:30 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. On Friday, the most highly anticipated film of a sports-movie-deprived generation, er — the summer, “Space Jam:
8:07 AM ET Nigeria’s pre-Olympic scrimmages against three of the top four teams in the world, with wins against the USA and Argentina, indicate that D’Tigers winning a medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo is not that far-fetched. They rounded off their pre-Olympic qualification on Tuesday by suffering a 108-69 blowout loss to number
2:52 AM ET MILWAUKEE — The ball was in their veteran leader’s hands, and the Phoenix Suns were trying to pull out a win during the final minutes of Game 4 of the NBA Finals when not once, but twice, Chris Paul turned the ball over late in Wednesday’s 109-103 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
2:04 AM ET MILWAUKEE — When are we going to see a Khris Middleton game? From the Deer District to the bluffs of Lake Michigan, this has been the persistent question around town since the Bucks returned to Milwaukee down 2-0 to the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 NBA Finals. Giannis Antetokounmpo will get his