1:57 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Just 45 minutes after losing in the first round at the Australian Open on Tuesday, former champion Maria Sharapova walked into the media center with a duffel bag on her shoulder and a frown on her face. Although she spent much of 2019 insisting that she
7:30 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the upcoming five-T20I series in New Zealand because of the shoulder injury he picked up during the third ODI against Australia in Bengaluru on Sunday. Dhawan did not travel with the India squad that left for Auckland on Monday and the
1:34 AM ET BOSTON — Following the Los Angeles Lakers‘ worst loss of the season and one of the worst defeats in the history of their rivalry with the Boston Celtics, LeBron James saw no use in sugarcoating it. “I mean, listen, it was just a good, old-fashioned butt whooping,” James said after L.A.’s 139-107
1:35 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard set a franchise record with 61 points, including a career-best 11 3-pointers, and the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the equally depleted Golden State Warriors 129-124 in overtime Monday night. Lillard’s previous career high was 60 points earlier this season against Brooklyn. He now
2:31 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — For 60 seconds on Monday night, it looked like the Boston Celtics‘ nightmarish start to 2020 would continue unabated against the Los Angeles Lakers. The game opened with LeBron James‘ hitting JaVale McGee on an alley-oop from half court, followed by an ugly Jayson Tatum drive. Then came
12:30 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Celtics were already well on their way to a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers when Jaylen Brown was streaking toward the basket early in the third quarter Monday night. But when he rose up and slammed the ball through the hoop with two hands over LeBron
11:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Veteran left-hander Jerry Blevins agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants on Monday that includes an invitation to spring training. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi confirmed the deal and said Blevins had passed his physical. They reconnect after Blevins pitched in
7:08 AM ET Being a superteam can be hard. This is a lesson that has been passed on from the 2010-11 Miami Heat to the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers to the 2014-15 Cleveland Cavaliers — and one that the LA Clippers are grinding through this season. Their 30-13 record heading into Tuesday’s game at the
11:19 PM ET Former Saint Joseph‘s coach Phil Martelli said he is working to get help for Delonte West, one of his former players, after a video appearing to show the former NBA guard rambling while in handcuffs went viral on social media Monday. Martelli, who coached West and Jameer Nelson for three seasons at
10:36 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN MEMPHIS — The New Orleans Pelicans sure gave Zion Williamson something to look forward to. Two days before Williamson is expected to make his regular-season NBA debut, the Pelicans hit a franchise-record 21 3-pointers on their way to a 126-116 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. New Orleans started the season