7:40 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns returned to the starting lineup for Saturday night’s 125-122 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Towns missed the past six games with a left wrist injury suffered in a Dec. 27 win over the Utah Jazz. The Timberwolves have struggled without their star big man, losing
6:58 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will be inactive for Saturday night’s game against Cleveland with back spasms, coach Mike Budenholzer said. Antetokounmpo, 26, had a scary fall during Friday’s loss to Utah. He said he landed on his face and back, although he was able to return in the second
7:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Boston Celtics could find themselves extremely short-handed for their game against the Miami Heat at TD Garden on Sunday as a result of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. In the team’s latest injury report, released around 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday, nine of the team’s 17 players
10:06 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105 on Saturday night for their third straight win. Ball, 19, replaced Markelle Fultz as the youngest
10:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Before the NBA season started last month, commissioner Adam Silver was asked on a conference call with reporters what it would take for the league to shut itself down again, like it did in March due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I think we are prepared for isolated cases,” Silver
11:57 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Justin Thomas apologized Saturday afternoon for uttering an anti-gay slur under his breath when he missed a 5-foot par putt on the fourth hole of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. “It’s inexcusable,” Thomas said. “First off, I just apologize. I’m an adult. I’m a grown man, there’s
12:40 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Russell Wilson‘s 2020 season began with a record touchdown pace and talk of his first career MVP award. It ended abruptly with a thud and a question: What happened to the quarterback and the high-scoring Seattle Seahawks offense that couldn’t be stopped over the first two months? The
1:52 AM ET LANDOVER, Md. — Washington Football Team quarterback Taylor Heinicke didn’t win the game; he did, however, win over a team — and maybe more. Heinicke, starting for the injured Alex Smith, made plays with his arm and legs — just not enough of them — in Washington’s 31-23 loss to the Tampa
12:26 AM ET When the 7-9 Washington Football Team had to take on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the National Football League playoffs, little did they know that their best shot at pulling off an upset would rely upon journeyman quarterback Taylor Heinicke, making just his second career
12:07 AM ET Washington Football Team rookie defensive end Chase Young said all week, “Tom Brady, I’m coming!” and “I want Tom!” But the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, playing in his 42nd postseason game and first with the Bucs at age 43, didn’t take the bait from last year’s first-overall draft pick, offering only the