Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions A.J. Dybantsa, the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 recruiting class and one of the top players in all of high school basketball, plans to reclassify to the 2025
ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Charlotte Hornets have waived former first-round pick Kai Jones, president of basketball operations and general manager Mitch Kupchak announced Wednesday. Jones, the Hornets’ 19th overall pick out of Texas in 2021, wrote Monday on X, formerly Twitter, that he had officially requested
Jamal Collier, ESPNOct 11, 2023, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard will both play Sunday night against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin announced Wednesday on NBA Today. Antetokounmpo and Lillard sat out the team’s first two preseason games, but will suit up
Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 11, 2023, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joe Dumars — the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations — said the NBA has communicated to its players and teams that “we are really emphasizing that this is an 82-game season” and that the league has data that shows player
Oct 11, 2023, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL added three more players this week in advance of its January debut as Sahith Theegala, Cam Young and Keegan Bradley all are on board, TMRW Sports announced Wednesday. Those additions come a week after Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton were named to the
Chelsea have added Napoli forward Victor Osimhen to their list of possible January targets, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea are in the market for a centre-forward and are already monitoring Brentford’s Ivan Toney, who is also attracting interest from Arsenal as ESPN reported on Sept. 26. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Osimhen
Adriana Garcia Oct 11, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina captain Lionel Messi is doubtful for Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Paraguay. Messi, 36, missed five of the past six games with a hamstring injury before playing 35 minutes off the bench in Inter Miami‘s 1-0 defeat to FC Cincinnati on Saturday. –
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 11, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Manchester United are ready to trigger contract extensions for Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Victor Lindelöf, sources have told ESPN, but club bosses are taking their time before deciding what to do about Anthony Martial. The Frenchman, who has a contract until the end of the season plus a
ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2023, 04:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Belgium‘s stand-in captain Romelu Lukaku said he would welcome Thibaut Courtois back into the national team with open arms after the goalkeeper walked out of the squad in June. Overlooked for the stand-in captain’s role, Courtois refused to play in June’s European Championship
ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said the league is open to playing a regular-season game at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the home of soccer powerhouse Real Madrid. The NBA has never played an overseas game in an overseas outdoor soccer stadium, and Tatum’s remarks