10:10 PM ET Anthony Davis sounded the alarm after the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 99-90 Game 1 loss to the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the NBA playoffs on Sunday: It’s time for him to step up. “There’s no way we’re winning a game, let alone a series, with me playing the way that
2:40 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies small forward Dillon Brooks oozed confidence before, during and after scoring 31 points in Sunday’s 112-109 upset win over the top-seeded Utah Jazz in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series. The 25-year-old set the tone for the rest of his teammates while repeatedly silencing a loud Salt
11:47 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young played in his first career playoff game on Sunday evening. His teammate Lou Williams was playing in his 72nd. As the Hawks stood in the huddle with 9.8 seconds left — with the screams of 15,000 New York Knicks fans raining down upon them —
1:55 AM ET The big stage and bright lights of the 2021 NBA playoffs didn’t prove to be too much for several young stars making their playoff debuts Sunday, as they did everything from hitting game-winning shots to setting franchise records. Using data from the ESPN Stats & Information group, here’s an All-Star team of
10:11 PM ET It wasn’t all that long ago — two Sundays ago, actually — when it felt as if everyone was worried about the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were losing, they were injured, and the landscape of the National League West made it seem as if the Dodgers, poised to challenge the wins record
10:06 PM ET Phil Mickelson faced some of the longest odds of his career at the PGA Championship, where he was an underdog to even make the cut. But the 50-year-old long-shot lefty defied the odds, captured his sixth major title and delivered a blow to some sportsbooks that they hadn’t felt since Tiger Woods
9:46 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil Mickelson loves the banter, loves the competition, loves golf. That would seemingly be a pre-requisite for greatness, but is hardly a common trait among the elite. It’s why careers fade away, why glory is fleeting. Lefty never lost that passion, which is why he on Sunday at
7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil Mickelson captured his sixth major and by far the most surprising Sunday at the PGA Championship, becoming, at the age of 50, the oldest winner in major championship history. He made two early birdies with that magical wedge game and let a cast of
7:11 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Chase Elliott raced to a short and slippery victory Sunday as rain spoiled the end of NASCAR’s debut at the Circuit of the Americas, where drivers struggled to navigate the winding course in the first rain race in Cup Series history. Elliott, the defending series champion, won
8:09 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Colorado forward Nazem Kadri is appealing his eight-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of St. Louis defenseman Justin Faulk. The NHL Players’ Association filed the appeal Sunday night on Kadri’s behalf. The first appeal goes to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and Kadri could