10:45 AM ET Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for a one-year fellowship that fast-tracks her for an NHL management role. “My dream is to work in a hockey front office, and when the Penguins presented this opportunity to me, it wasn’t something I thought was available — because it wasn’t available,” Kessel told
6:50 PM ET Pregame fashion has become woven into the fabric of the NBA, with some players building a reputation for their wardrobe selections. Washington Wizards small forward Kyle Kuzma became one of the league’s front-runners in eye-catching outfits during the regular season. 2 Related “I always look at fashion not as I’m just putting
4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Duke’s Paolo Banchero is leaping to the NBA after one season as a candidate to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. Banchero announced his decision in a social media video Wednesday, with the school saying the freshman planned to hire an agent. “It has always been a dream
6:40 PM ET DENVER — Michael Malone said the Denver Nuggets left their bickering and at times uncontrollable frustration behind in San Francisco as they hope to turn their first-round series around against the Golden State Warriors. The Nuggets insist they are unified after teammates Will Barton and DeMarcus Cousins got into a verbal spat
3:09 PM ET DALLAS — Superstar guard Luka Doncic participated fully in the Dallas Mavericks‘ practice Wednesday for the first time since straining his left calf, fueling cautious optimism that he could be cleared to play as soon as Game 3 on Thursday against the Utah Jazz. The Mavs listed Doncic as questionable for the
1:54 PM ET The progress of Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons in practices this week — and the anticipation that it will further accelerate in the coming days — has turned Game 4 on Monday into a realistic target for his season debut, sources told ESPN. Simmons hasn’t been ruled out for Game 3 of
2:43 PM ET Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker is likely to miss Games 3 and 4 against the New Orleans Pelicans with a mild right hamstring strain, but he hasn’t been ruled out for the rest of the opening-round Western Conference series, sources told ESPN. The Suns were still evaluating results of an MRI on
5:56 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Pressure? What pressure? Manchester City watched Liverpool take top spot in the Premier League table on Tuesday night and then promptly claimed it back. For now it’s as you were in the title race with six games to go, although Pep Guardiola and his players were reminded
6:21 PM ET LONDON — One is an academy graduate without a Premier League goal to his name all season, the other is a £97.5million striker signed to win his team the title. Both are out of favour and may well be playing their football at different clubs next season after publicly voicing concerns about
4:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are already implementing changes after an injury-filled season. There has been more stretching during warm-ups and fewer reps in the workouts for players at the start of the team’s offseason conditioning program this week. The Ravens are coming off a season in which a total