12:53 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Joe Johnson answered USA Basketball’s call again. A year removed from his last playing experience with the national team, the 40-year-old Johnson was among 12 players announced Tuesday as the roster for a pair of Basketball World Cup qualifying games later this month. Also picked: Jordan
12:05 PM ET NEW YORK — Ben Simmons was officially introduced as a member of the “scary” Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, but questions about his exit from the Philadelphia 76ers linger as he tries to turn a new page in his career. Simmons said he doesn’t “have a date yet” for his Nets debut, but
3:42 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CAMDEN, New Jersey — James Harden on Tuesday said his newfound partnership with center Joel Embiid can deliver the Philadelphia 76ers their first championship in almost 40 years. “For me, it made sense, man,” Harden said of the blockbuster trade during his introductory news conference at the team’s practice facility.
2:55 PM ET Missouri is set to promote Blake Baker to defensive coordinator, sources tell ESPN. Baker, 39, joined the staff last month as safeties coach after spending the 2021 season as LSU’s linebackers coach. He replaces Steve Wilks, the former Arizona Cardinals head coach, who left last week to join the Carolina Panthers as
Report Fifties from Shoaib Malik and Hussain Talat powered Zalmi to 185, and Gladiators fell 24 runs short Peshawar Zalmi 185 for 7 (Malik 58, Talat 51, Naseem 4-27) beat Quetta Gladiators 161 for 8 (Smeed 99, Sarfaraz 25, Qadir 3-25) by 24 runs Will Smeed fell just one short of a century, as his
11:17 AM ET Knoxville’s Austin-East High School won the boys’ soccer title in the spring of 2021. Big Slate Media/One Knoxville KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Jon Netherland strides into the conference room at Austin-East Magnet High School, a light blue suitcase (complete with Jessica Simpson logo) in tow. One by one, he pulls out the spoils of
1:01 PM ET Williams driver Nicholas Latifi was so worried about the death threats he received after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix he hired bodyguards to protect him and his girlfriend. Latifi’s crash in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi title decider brought out the safety car which ultimately cost Lewis Hamilton the championship,
1:11 PM ET The Vikings are planning to introduce Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell as their next head coach Thursday, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Vikings had not been permitted to announce that they were hiring O’Connell while the Rams were still playing in the postseason but can do so anytime now that
12:11 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Simone Biles, the most accomplished American gymnast in history, revealed she has a new piece of hardware for her large collection: an engagement ring. Biles, 24, announced her engagement to Houston Texans defensive back Jonathan Owens on social media Tuesday. “THE EASIEST YES,” Biles wrote in the caption on Instagram,
11:31 AM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host After winning back-to-back MVP awards, Aaron Rodgers is a +700 betting co-favorite to win again at Caesars Sportsbook, even with such uncertainty surrounding where he will play. “If he stays in Green Bay, he will probably