2:01 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is being held out of Monday’s matinee against the Philadelphia 76ers in the hope that resting his tight right hamstring will prevent another extended absence. Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said that Irving first presented with the hamstring symptoms on Sunday. He underwent treatment to
Jan 21, 2020 The NFL season is almost over. In nine days we’ll have a Super Bowl champion and the 100th NFL season will be over. From opening night in September to now, 266 regular-season and playoff games have been played and a whole lot of words have been said. It hasn’t been the best
11:43 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The junior middleweight division is as fun, interesting and unpredictable as any in boxing. This time it was unheralded Dominican Jeison Rosario who turned the 154-pound weight class on its head with his wholly unexpected fifth-round knockout of Julian “J Rock” Williams in what had been a very competitive action
12:50 PM ET A law firm representing Chandler Parsons says the Atlanta Hawks forward suffered potentially career-ending injuries in an automobile accident caused by a drunk driver last week. The Hawks announced last Wednesday that Parsons had been placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol after suffering a concussion and whiplash in the crash, but did
12:00 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have been like chameleons for most of the season, adapting and changing to win games. When they’ve been at their absolute best, the engine that makes it all go has been a dominant defense capable of setting the table for a punch-you-in-the-mouth running game.
4:47 PM GMT Varun Shetty India will focus on starting their T20I series against New Zealand, which will kick off the month-long, all-format tour of the country, with “intensity”, Virat Kohli said on the eve of their departure to Auckland. In the short ODI series at home against Australia, India batted first with mixed results
11:39 AM ET Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis is available to play Monday against the Boston Celtics after missing the last five games with an injured backside. The Lakers also listed veteran point guard and former Celtics star Rajon Rondo (finger) as questionable. Davis suffered a bruised backside when he hit the
11:05 AM ET USC is working on an agreement to make Todd Orlando its next defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN. Orlando’s deal could be finalized later Monday. He served as Texas’ defensive coordinator the past three seasons before being fired Dec. 1 as part of a staff overhaul. Orlando in January took a job
12:00 PM GMT Eddie Jones has called up eight uncapped players for England’s 2020 Six Nations squad. As England start their next cycle towards the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Jones has left out nine of the 31-man squad named for their journey to the 2019 final. Jones promised to regenerate the squad after they fell
8:00 AM ET After four days of reliving the plot twists, near-misses and most randomly zany moments of the 2019 college football season, we get to the meat: Here are the 20 games that were the most entertaining, defined the national title race, gave us classic finishes we won’t forget or a combination of the