2:30 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — An historic week for the New Orleans Pelicans came to a peak Thursday evening when general manager David Griffin and the front office chose Zion Williamson with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. “We had a rather eventful evening,” said Griffin, the team’s executive vice
1:30 AM ET Associated Press TUALATIN, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers selected North Carolina forward Nassir Little with the 25th pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night. Little, a 6-foot-7 wing, was one of the final players left in the green room in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday night, but he eventually found
1:49 AM BST The Israel Folau saga has claimed another victim, with Daryl Gibson quitting as NSW Waratahs coach after one of the most tumultuous seasons in the franchise’s history. Gibson, who joined the Waratahs as an assistant to Michael Cheika in 2013 before taking over as head coach in 2015, had one year remaining
2:26 AM ET ESPN News Services Bol Bol‘s fall in Thursday night’s NBA draft finally ended midway through the second round. The 7-foot-2 center out of Oregon, at one point considered a top-five pick, instead went 44th overall to the Miami Heat, who have agreed to trade the pick to the Denver Nuggets. Bol was
Cameroon’s football team have refused to leave their hotel to board a flight to the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt because of a players’ pay dispute, a team spokeswoman said on Friday. The reigning champions are set to start the tournament on Tuesday in a match against Guinea-Bissau, but the players did not appear
2:29 AM ET Pete Alonso is a quintessential embodiment of the 2019 major leaguer: He’s big, he’s strong, he swings hard, and when he connects, the ball travels long distances. The rookie first baseman for the Mets belted his 25th home run in New York’s 7-4 loss to the Cubs on Thursday. That puts Alonso
11:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN VANCOUVER – If restricted free-agent star forward Mitch Marner plans on signing an offer sheet to set his price tag, there’s no guarantee the Toronto Maple Leafs will match it, according to general manager Kyle Dubas. Marner, who led the team with 94 points last season, is one of three
11:00 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN VANCOUVER — After several embarrassing officiating controversies overshadowed the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the National Hockey League significantly increased the scope of its referees’ video review capabilities and added a third category to its coach’s challenges at Thursday’s general managers meeting in Vancouver. “We view this as evolutionary. We don’t want
12:14 AM ET On Thursday morning, Sacramento Kings big man Marvin Bagley III appeared on First Take, speaking on the 2019 NBA draft and a variety of topics. One of those topics was Bagley’s rap prowess, as outlined in this exchange with Max Kellerman: Max Kellerman: Roy Jones, who was a colleague of mine at
1:19 AM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade center Aron Baynes and the No. 24 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft to the Phoenix Suns for their 2020 first-round pick (via the Milwaukee Bucks), sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Suns used the 24th pick to select Virginia shooting guard