4:52 PM ET Associated Press AC Milan right back Sergino Dest is the latest injury worry for the United States ahead of the World Cup, while Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner missed his third straight match Thursday. Dest did not play in Milan’s Champions League group stage finale against FC Salzburg on Wednesday because of adductor
5:54 PM ET Arsenal clung to an important 1-0 win over FC Zurich at the Emirates Stadium in their final Europa League Group A match on Thursday to advance directly to the round of 16 as winners. Mikel Arteta’s side could have been forced into the Europa League playoff round if they had finished second
3:38 PM ET Alejandro Garnacho scored his first Manchester United goal but a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad wasn’t enough to avoid finishing second in their Europa League group and facing a playoff against a team dropping out of the Champions League. United needed to win by a two-goal margin in San Sebastian to overhaul
2:00 PM ET Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has announced that he will retire from football when the Spanish league breaks for the World Cup this month. Pique, 35, says Saturday’s match against Almeria in LaLiga will be his last at Camp Nou for the Catalan club after 14 years in the first team following his
4:38 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. The best fantasy basketball managers make a habit of looking at the NBA schedule, examining box scores and scouring the news for
5:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA issued $25,000 fines to the LA Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday for violations of the league’s policies regarding injury reporting. In the Clippers’ case, the league found that the team did not disclose an accurate game availability status for guard Brandon Boston Jr.
12:44 PM ET A former clinical psychologist for the San Antonio Spurs filed a lawsuit Thursday morning alleging that the organization “ignored her repeated reports of indecent exposure” by Joshua Primo, the 2021 lottery pick who was released by the team last week. According to the lawsuit, Primo exposed himself to Dr. Hillary Cauthen a
11:47 AM ET Kyrie Irving will make a donation to anti-hate organizations and said he opposes hatred and oppression, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t think it’s enough. The Brooklyn Nets star has been under fire after posting a link on social media to a movie and book that contain antisemitic tropes. “Kyrie Irving made
1:20 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving stopped short of formally apologizing Thursday for his social media post about a book and movie that feature antisemitic tropes — an apology many in the Brooklyn Nets‘ organization and the NBA league office were hoping to hear. “I take my responsibility for posting that,” Irving said
5:05 PM ET Tyler Herro‘s game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift the Miami Heat over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night should have been ruled a travel, according to the NBA’s Last Two Minute report. Herro ended his dribble with a pump fake at the top of the arc and established his left