8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders NBA opening week is here, and a number of players returned after having not played since 2021, while the latest crop of rookies suited up for their first regular-season game. The return of Kawhi Leonard — off the bench for the time being — immediately made the Los Angeles Clippers
7:44 AM ET Associated Press WONJU, South Korea — Andrea Lee shot another bogey-free round of 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead at the BMW Ladies Championship on Friday. Lee had two birdies on the front nine of the second round before wrapping up another impressive day with back-to-back birdies on the last two
7:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford were on the verge of a deal for an undisputed welterweight championship fight in November, but with talks stalled, and Crawford agreeing to a fight against David Avanesyan on Dec. 10, it’s unclear if they’ll ever meet in a ring, let alone next. Tyson
7:53 AM ET PEORIA, Ariz. — Sean O’Malley was feeling good. It was 5 p.m. on a Saturday in September, about five weeks into his camp for this weekend’s bantamweight fight against Petr Yan at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O’Malley had looked great in sparring that morning and was sitting down
7:51 AM ET LSU coach Brian Kelly continued his rant against instant replay in college football this week, saying on his weekly radio show Thursday night that it is “ruining the game.” After at least five instances where play was stopped for review during Saturday’s victory over Florida, Kelly on Monday said his biggest concern
7:00 AM ET The 2022-23 NHL regular season is just 10 days old, but it’s time to assess what all 32 teams have done thus far — for better or worse. For this week’s Power Rankings, we also identified the best newcomer for every team. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts,
11:50 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — James Harden ended last season saying that with a full offseason to work on his game ahead of him, he’d look like a different player this season. Following a second straight terrific performance to begin the season for the 76ers Thursday night, scoring 31 points to go with
10:43 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham says he and Russell Westbrook have “moved on” and have “an understanding” after the point guard suggested Ham’s decision to bring him off the bench in the preseason could have contributed to a minor hamstring injury he suffered. Ham, however, pushed back at any insinuation
3:32 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers can’t hit outside shots. That much is clear after L.A. shot 9-for-45 from 3 in Thursday night’s 103-97 loss to the Clippers. That total somehow managed to be even worse than the Lakers’ 10-for-40 clip from deep in their opening-night loss to the Golden State Warriors. Yet
12:33 AM ET Cristian Arango struck a decisive winner and Denis Bouanga scored two as LAFC pulled off a thrilling 3-2 win over the LA Galaxy in their MLS Western Conference semifinal on Thursday night at Banc of California Stadium. The teams traded first-half goals with Bouanga opening the scoring for LAFC and Samuel Grandsir