7:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant was a full participant in practice Friday afternoon and will be listed as questionable for Game 3 of the team’s first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. Morant missed Game 2 of the series on Wednesday with a sore right hand, which he suffered
5:46 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James will let his game do the talking when the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round series against the self-proclaimed bear-poking Dillon Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies continues with Game 3 on Saturday. “I’m not here for the bulls—,” James said after practice Friday, cutting off his media availability
4:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers gave an impassioned speech Friday in defense of Joel Embiid‘s kick at Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton, saying the NBA needs to do something about teams trying to goad star players into retaliatory actions during games. “I’m gonna say this, and I
5:04 PM ET Kylian Mbappe now has a league-leading 22 goals in Ligue 1 this season. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain moved a step closer to a record 11th Ligue 11 title when Kylian Mbappe‘s double earned them a 2-1 victory at bottom side Angers on Friday. France forward Mbappe struck twice in the
5:44 PM ET Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has defended captain Harry Maguire as an “example” for the rest of his squad, after the defender’s latest high-profile error in Thursday’s Europa League exit at the hands of Sevilla. Maguire’s error led to an early goal for Sevilla and his performance came under the microscope
5:14 PM ET Arsenal struck two late goals to rescue a point in a pulsating 3-3 home draw with bottom club Southampton but their Premier League title hopes suffered another blow on a Friday night of frazzled nerves in north London. For much of a stomach-churning encounter it appeared Arsenal would suffer a hammer blow
6:45 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta insists he “cannot wait” to face Manchester City and said he believes Arsenal must win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to lift the Premier League title. The Gunners came from two goals down to salvage a 3-3 draw against bottom club Southampton on Friday but handed a
LONDON — Arsenal handed control of the Premier League title race to Manchester City despite scoring twice in the final three minutes to salvage a 3-3 draw against Southampton at Emirates Stadium. An unexpected night of high drama in north London began with a dreadful mistake from Gunners goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, gifting possession to Carlos
4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek rallied to beat Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals on Friday. Swiatek hadn’t played since last month in the Indian Wells semifinals because of a rib injury but began her clay season on Thursday with a
5:21 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — It took a long time for Frank Solich to put aside the bitterness he felt toward Nebraska following his controversial firing. Twenty years and some prodding by athletic director Trev Alberts later, Solich was back at Memorial Stadium on Friday to begin a weekend of events honoring