8:00 AM ET Matt Ryan hit the biggest shot of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ season for free. Well, kind of. The training camp invitee, who earned a partially-guaranteed contract and a spot in coach Darvin Ham’s early-season rotation, is waiting on the first direct deposit to hit his account. “I haven’t even gotten a paycheck
7:47 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN BETHEL, Conn. — “It’s difficult here,” says Alex Pereira. He is shirtless and his torso is covered with sweat as he sits on a bench in front of an open window, a welcome autumn breeze cooling off the gym. “It’s very difficult.” Pereira is not complaining. It’s a little challenging
India can’t send their players to overseas T20 leagues, their coach Rahul Dravid has said, because a lot of these leagues are played during India’s domestic season. The topic came up when Dravid was asked whether India had been at a disadvantage during their semi-final defeat to England because their players don’t have any BBL
8:00 AM ET Allison Hueman, the noted Oakland-based artist and muralist, could not believe the email she was reading in January 2021: Would you be interested in designing the City Edition uniform for the Golden State Warriors? “Wait, are they really asking me to do this?” Hueman recalls thinking. “I remember having to read it
10:33 AM ET Associated Press The relationship between Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Nike is likely severed for good, the shoe giant’s co-founder told CNBC. “I would doubt that we go back,” co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview that aired Thursday. “But I don’t know for sure.” Nike announced last Friday that it
9:00 AM ET Legendary goaltender Martin Brodeur has been hired by the New Jersey Devils as executive vice president of hockey operations. The Devils announced Thursday that Brodeur has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to remain with the organization. The move allows Brodeur to focus solely on the hockey operations side in New Jersey.
At 51, he’s a golf star, words which have never been written about him before, after decades of toiling in anonymity on golf’s fringes. And now he’s sitting in front of a camera, a microphone hanging above his head, with Phoenix Country Club laid out beyond a window behind him, answering questions about coming out
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff Drama highlighted a Week 10 of college football, and while Week 11’s slate doesn’t quite provide the firepower of two top-10 matchups and Clemson’s trip to Notre Dame, there’s still plenty on the line. If Alabama wants to keep any hope alive to make the SEC title game, it will
5:22 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — When Marcus Mariota was trying to figure out his immediate future as an NFL quarterback in March, he was intrigued by the Atlanta Falcons. They offered a familiarity with the staff, going back to Mariota’s days with coach Arthur Smith with the Tennessee Titans. They offered a reasonably
7:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The visitor’s locker room was eerily quiet as the Carolina Panthers processed their overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons 11 days ago. Players were devastated at going from the high of PJ Walker‘s 62-yard, game-tying touchdown that was called the “throw of the year” by Kansas City Chiefs quarterback