Jun 6, 2018 LeBron James has made eight consecutive NBA Finals appearances, with the past four as a member with his original team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 2018 NBA Finals ended in a sweep against the Golden State Warriors, marking the first time that a James team was swept since the 2007 NBA Finals. Game
2:10 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” When
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Lancashire 297 for 7 (Clark 79, Chanderpaul 58, S Cook 3-65) vs EssexScorecard Sometimes there is no substitute for patience and sometimes even patience naught availeth. Spectators at Emirates Old Trafford found both these axioms neatly illustrated on the opening day of this game. The first was most plainly shown
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 307 for 7 (Renshaw 106, Davies 59*, Abell 57) vs NottinghamshireScorecard Matt Renshaw‘s third Specsavers County Championship century in eight innings for Somerset was the feature of a closely-fought opening day of the match with leaders Nottinghamshire at Taunton. The Aussie left-hander hit 106 off 171 balls, with
3:00 AM ET George Dobell Surrey 216 for 3 (Burns 109*, Foakes 68*) vs HampshireScorecard The streaker is not – thankfully – a common sight in Championship cricket. It’s not just that the atmosphere of the game hardly warrants it – it’s a bit like crowd surfing in a library – but, with the schedule
3:00 AM ET South Africa Women 193 for 3 (Lee 92*, van Niekerk 58) beat England Women 189 for 9 (Brunt 72*, Ismail 3-25, Khaka 3-42) by seven wicketsScorecard Nearly a year after England knocked South Africa out of the Women’s World Cup in a tense and emotional affair at Bristol, Dane van Niekerk’s side
2:54 PM ET The Golden State Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, resulting in their third championship in four years. Following the 108-85 Game 4 victory, several NBA players took to Twitter to express their opinion on the latest Golden State title, LeBron James‘ future in free agency and if Kevin Durant or
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 175 for 8 lead Durham 96 (Olivier 5-20, Viljoen 3-30) by 79 runsScorecard Derbyshire hold a 79-run lead after 18 wickets fell on day one of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Durham at Emirates Riverside. Duanne Olivier produced a fine performance with the ball to
12:59 PM ET CLEVELAND — Before the Hamptons, before light-years ahead, and before Jurassic basketball thinkers had to concede that a small team could actually win an NBA championship with jump-shooting, finesse and defense, nobody spoke of the Golden State Warriors as a squad with multiple Hall of Famers, let alone one. The Warriors are
1:15 PM ET CLEVELAND — Long after the Golden State Warriors were presented with their third NBA Finals trophy in the past four years on Friday night, the game operations crew at Quicken Loans Arena had a few unenviable final tasks to get through. Because these Finals were so short, and the last game so