8:14 AM ET It’s Friday, here we go: 1. The E’Twaun Moore–Anthony Davis floater game, and the 15 percenters Moore might sport the league’s silkiest floater, and Alvin Gentry makes it sing by pairing Moore and Davis in a two-man game with a very specific geographic alignment: That is basically a high-speed wing pick-and-roll, with
12:26 AM GMT Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has backed 18-year-old rookie Jordan Petaia to successfully make the transition to Test rugby. The Queensland Reds flyer has been named on the wing for Saturday’s (0100 Sunday AEDT) clash with Italy in Padua – one of six changes to the side that lost 9-6 in Cardiff to
11:52 PM ET SEATTLE — Another game in Seattle, another potentially season-wrecking loss. There won’t be any catchy name for this one like the 2012 Fail Mary or the 2014 NFC Championship Game collapse. But had the Green Bay Packers won, it might have become known as “The Robert Tonyan Game.” Or “The Kyler Fackrell
2:30 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Russell Wilson overcame a lousy start with an excellent finish to send Green Bay packing. Sound familiar? No, Wilson wasn’t as bad in the first half this time as he was in the NFC Championship Game in 2015, nor was he as brilliant Thursday night as he was
11:54 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The proud and storied Puerto Rico national basketball team has no practice court and little funding in the wake of Hurricane Maria’s devastation, but it remains undaunted and determined to recruit a prodigal son to wear the island nation’s uniform. If Carmelo Anthony wants a new team, Puerto Rico has
11:43 PM ET HOUSTON — All-American defensive tackle Ed Oliver got into a heated discussion with Houston coach Major Applewhite just before halftime of the Cougars’ 48-17 win over Tulane on Thursday night. Applewhite approached Oliver, who has missed four consecutive games because of an injured knee, on the Houston sideline before halftime and removed
12:01 PM ET Crucial half-centuries from captain Chetan Suryawanshi and Manpreet Singh rescued Singapore from an early hole to take them to 204, which was easily defended in a rousing 63-run win over Uganda. Uganda won the toss and sent Singapore in as Frank Nsubuga again heaped pressure on the opposition bowling offspin with the
10:20 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Vikas Krishan, a two-time Olympian and the most decorated amateur boxer in Indian history, signed a multiyear promotional agreement on Thursday to turn pro with Top Rank. Krishan — “The Indian Tank” — is on hand for Friday night’s Maurice Hooker-Alex Saucedo junior welterweight world title fight that headlines
9:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The Texas Rangers and veteran catcher Jeff Mathis have agreed to a two-year contract, The Athletic reported Thursday. The deal is pending a physical. Mathis, who turns 36 in March, is regarded as one of the game’s top defensive catchers. That has made up for his shortcomings at the
The Seahawks trail the Packers 21-17 after an up-and-down first half for Seattle. The down included some of their sloppiest play on offense of the season. Chris Carson lost a fumble on the first play to set up a Green Bay touchdown, Russell Wilson missed at least one and maybe two touchdown throws, and the