8:56 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — Indiana’s Domantas Sabonis and Miami’s Bam Adebayo will make their NBA All-Star debuts on Sunday, but on Saturday night, the first-timers didn’t disappoint as finalists in the skills challenge. The Eastern Conference big men stole the show in the eight-man contest, with Adebayo ultimately hoisting the trophy —
7:00 AM ET While the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers might just have finished a thrilling Super Bowl, the NFL is only going to get busier in the weeks to come. The league’s 32 teams are planning their offseason agendas, identifying targets in free agency and beginning to narrow down prospects they’ll want
7:42 PM ET Commissioner Adam Silver announced Saturday that the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award has been permanently named for the late Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star who won a record-tying four All-Star Game MVP awards. The first All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be presented after Sunday’s game at the United Center in
8:03 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Stephen Leaney leads after Saturday’s second round at the Chubb Classic, and Fred Funk is two shots back as he attempts to become the oldest competitor to win a PGA Tour Champions event. Leaney made an eagle on the 17th hole and has posted consecutive rounds of
7:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Henry Cejudo is on a quest to cement his MMA legacy, and he has a former champion and a current one in his sights. Cejudo, the UFC bantamweight titleholder and former flyweight champ, told ESPN on Saturday that Jose Aldo is his likely next opponent. He also said he’s
7:18 PM ET Tampa Bay’s two leading scorers, Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, returned from lower-body injuries on Saturday and combined for four points in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Both assisted on Brayden Point‘s 21st goal of the season in the third period, and Kucherov buried an empty-net goal, as the Lightning
6:47 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani doesn’t just drive the ball anymore. The Los Angeles Angels‘ two-way star said he got his California driver’s license in the offseason, putting the 25-year-old behind the wheel of a car for the first time. “I’m enjoying it,” Ohtani said through his interpreter Saturday after
6:47 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy returned to No. 1 in the world for the first time in more than four years and is playing like he wants to stay there for a while. McIlroy had a 3-under 68 on Saturday at Riviera and shared the 54-hole lead with Matt Kuchar
6:49 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Riviera Country Club continues to confound tournament host Tiger Woods, who will not win his hometown event and the one he now hosts, extending the run to 14 times — the most of any event he has not won. Woods still has work to do on Sunday to try
6:21 PM ET Boston Red Sox starter Chris Sale, still recovering from a case of the flu and pneumonia, continued to work with teammates Saturday at spring training, but interim manager Ron Roenicke made it clear Boston will not rush his progress, even if it means missing Opening Day. Roenicke told reporters in Fort Myers,