1:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — NBA viewers watched 81.5 million hours of live games on ABC, ESPN and TNT in the opening week of the season, up 95% from opening week in 2019. In terms of total hours, this season’s opening week was the most viewed since 2011, the league said Wednesday.
7:19 AM ET In terms of NBA beef, Paul George vs. Damian Lillard seemed to be an unlikely rivalry — at least one that seemingly came out of nowhere. But with one wave goodbye three seasons ago, the George-Lillard conflict was born. It’s got everything an NBA dispute needs — on-court trash talk, antics and
11:59 AM ET Xavi Hernandez will return to Barcelona as general manager next month if Victor Font is elected as the club’s president on Jan. 24. Xavi, 40, left Barca in 2015 and is the coach of Al-Sadd in Qatar but has always been open about his desire to return to Camp Nou one day.
7:57 AM ET Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho will be out for several months after suffering a meniscus injury in his left knee during Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Eibar. Coutinho, 28, will have an operation this week, after which the club will confirm exactly how long he will be out of action. The Brazil international has
8:08 AM ET Leeds United have been criticised after the club’s official Twitter account mocked football pundit and former England international Karen Carney after she claimed they will struggle at the end of the season. Before Leeds won 5-0 at West Brom on Tuesday, Carney said Leeds had benefited from the coronavirus break in March
10:06 AM ET Liverpool‘s table-topping clash with Manchester United in January will be played behind closed doors at Anfield after the UK government moved the Liverpool region into Tier 3 in the national coronavirus restrictions. The change in Liverpool’s status — the city had previously been in Tier 2, but moved up due to an
10:41 AM ET The Premier League said it has “full confidence” that the 2020-21 season will continue as planned, despite an escalation in positive COVID-19 cases that has led to a second fixture postponement in three days following the decision to call off Tottenham’s clash with Fulham on Wednesday. An outbreak of COVID-19 at Fulham
10:21 AM ET Tottenham’s Premier League home clash against Fulham has been postponed due to COVID-19, the Premier League announced on Wednesday. The match at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium was put in doubt on Tuesday after Fulham returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests earlier this week. The match was scheduled to kick off at
9:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent David De Gea has declared himself fit for Manchester United‘s clash with Aston Villa after being flattened by Adama Traore during the win over Wolves. De Gea was left writhing around in pain after an accidental collision with Traore in the second half of the 1-0 victory at Old Trafford
8:45 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Twenty-nine baseball teams had the opportunity to acquire one of the best pitchers in the world for little more than a handful of lottery tickets, and only one jumped at it. If