Feb 8, 2025, 12:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Simmons has agreed to a contract buyout with the Brooklyn Nets and intends to sign with the LA Clippers after clearing waivers, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Saturday. A three-time All-Star, Simmons joins the Clippers as a high-upside addition in the buyout field. The
Tim MacMahonFeb 8, 2025, 05:18 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Anthony Davis‘ dominant debut for the Dallas Mavericks was cut short when he suffered what the team called a “lower-body injury.” He was
Mike CoppingerFeb 8, 2025, 05:09 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, will meet William Scull for the undisputed super middleweight
Open Extended Reactions As introductions to English football go, this was about as unceremonious as it gets. Two of Manchester City‘s four midseason signings made their debuts in Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup fourth-round win (stream a replay on ESPN+,U.S. only) at League One minnows Leyton Orient. Nico Gonzalez lasted 22 minutes before injury struck and
Niko Kovac reacts during Borussia Dortmund’s game against Stuttgart. INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 2-1 defeat to visitors VfB Stuttgart on Saturday in a disappointing debut for new coach Niko Kovac that dropped his team further away from the Champions League qualification spots. Kovac took over last week after Dortmund,
Feb 8, 2025, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xabi Alonso equalled the all-time coach record for the longest unbeaten away run in the Bundesliga on Saturday after Bayer Leverkusen stumbled to a goalless draw at VfL Wolfsburg. The result leaves the champions eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich. Xabi Alonso has coached Bayer Leverkusen
Kaoru Mitoma sealed Brighton & Hove Albion‘s 2-1 comeback home victory over Premier League rivals Chelsea to send the south coast club into the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday. Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen gifted Chelsea a fifth-minute lead when he bundled a cross by Cole Palmer into his own net under no pressure. The
Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has joked that Manchester City‘s FA Cup fourth round win at Leyton Orient saved his job. City were facing one of the great shocks in the competition’s history as League One side Orient led at the break through a Stefan Ortega own goal as Jamie Donley’s stunning 45-yard strike hit
Real Madrid salvaged a 1-1 draw against city rivals Atlético Madrid in LaLiga on Saturday with Kylian Mbappé scoring a second-half goal to cancel out Julián Álvarez‘s first-half opener for the visiting side. That kept Real top of LaLiga on 50 points, one ahead of Atletico in second who missed a chance to leapfrog them.
Associated Press Feb 8, 2025, 04:36 PM ET Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast. The death of the 28-year-old Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of