1:31 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young scored an NBA season-best 56 points in a 136-131 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Young shot 17-for-26 from the field, 7-for-12 from 3-point distance and 15-for-15 from the line for his career-high scoring total, and
12:27 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane has heard the chatter about whether his backcourt mate, Ja Morant, should make his first All-Star Game this season. But after Morant’s latest dominant performance — 36 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and a game-high plus-24 in 33 minutes of a 118-104
1:13 AM ET Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield confirmed Monday night he will be having offseason surgery to repair the torn labrum in his non-throwing left shoulder, an injury he has played through since Week 2. With the Browns already eliminated from playoff contention, Mayfield also didn’t rule out sitting for Cleveland’s final game on
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11:52 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Minutes before what was likely his final game at Heinz Field kicked off, Ben Roethlisberger faced the Cleveland Browns game captains by himself at the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ midfield logo Monday night. Fellow Steelers captains Cam Heyward and Derek Watt would normally flank the quarterback on the walk to the coin
10:26 PM ET The middleweight fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Williams as well as the latest middleweight title defense for Claressa Shields are on the move again. Shields tweeted Monday her fight against Ema Kozin will now take place on Feb. 5, a week after when it was supposed to occur on Jan.
8:28 PM ET Veteran outfielder Cameron Maybin is retiring from MLB after 15 seasons, he announced on social media Monday. Maybin, 34, has played for 11 different teams in his career. He won a World Series with the Houston Astros in 2017 after being acquired off waivers one month before the postseason. In Game 2
8:30 PM ET Quarterback Dillon Gabriel announced Monday he is transferring to Oklahoma, only 18 days after announcing his intent to transfer to UCLA. Gabriel entered the transfer portal on Nov. 27, leaving UCF after three years with the program. A little over two weeks after entering the transfer portal, Gabriel made his intentions to
4:41 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro could miss three weeks with a sprained left elbow suffered in Sunday’s win over the Indiana Pacers. Okoro, who was out earlier this season with a hamstring injury and recently in the league’s health and safety protocols, got hurt when he ran into
6:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced Monday that 11 games have been rescheduled in response to the wave of postponements that have taken place over the past several weeks due to the recent surge of COVID-19. A total of 21 games were impacted: 11 that were previously postponed, another eight future games that