11:27 AM ET Halfway through the 2019-20 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers stand alone at the top of the Western Conference standings, and it’s become clear that this new-look squad is among the best legitimate contenders to win the 2020 NBA Finals. The main reason the Lakers are playing so well is pretty simple:
Jan 22, 2020 Liam Williams has been ruled out of Wales’ Six Nations opener against Italy as he continues to recover from ankle surgery, but the Saracens fullback should be fit for the rest of the tournament. Williams, who will move to Scarlets at the end of the season, has not played since suffering an
1:36 PM GMT Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has handed head coach Andy Farrell a massive injury boost ahead of the Six Nations, saying that he is “on track” to be fit for the team’s opener against Scotland next weekend. Fly-half Sexton, who has 88 Ireland caps to his name, has not played since hobbling off
6:55 AM ET It’s fair to say that just about nobody expected the San Francisco 49ers to make Super Bowl LIV. There were certainly reasons to think they would be better — I named them as the most likely team to improve, and I even predicted in April that they would make the playoffs. Making
6:16 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A fit-again Deandra Dottin has returned to West Indies’ 15-member squad, led by Stafanie Taylor, for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Dottin had been out of cricket for eight months, recovering from a right shoulder injury that required corrective surgery and months of rehabilitation. Lee-Ann Kirby, meanwhile, returned
1:15 PM ET Former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant said he believes that there are three WNBA players who could play in the NBA right now. “I think there are a couple of players who could play in the NBA right now, honestly,” Bryant told CNN when asked whether there might be a day
7:25 AM ET JA MORANT WON’T admit it, but Jaren Jackson Jr. is certain that his fellow 20-year-old Memphis Grizzlies cornerstone circles one type of game on his calendar. Morant craves the moments against the league’s elite point guards. And he didn’t have to wait long for his first. It was Oct. 27, and the
12:59 PM ET The New York Mets are close to naming Luis Rojas as their new manager. Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters Wednesday that the team is close to finalizing a multiyear deal to make Rojas their manager. Rojas would replace Carlos Beltran, who parted ways with the Mets on Thursday after
12:34 PM ET Iowa is adding offensive tackle Coy Cronk, a graduate transfer who started 40 games for Indiana. Cronk’s name appears in Iowa’s student directory, and a source confirmed to ESPN that he will join the Hawkeyes for the 2020 season. Cronk, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury in September and underwent surgery, recently
12:21 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three days have passed, and Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur still can’t understand his team’s lack of urgency — especially in the first half — during a blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. “That’s something that I’m still trying