3:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James sat out the final eight minutes of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 116-109 opening night loss to the LA Clippers after rolling his left ankle, but afterward insisted he will be clear to play on Christmas Day. “I turned it pretty good, but I don’t think it’s going
3:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A 22-point lead had shrunk to one and the LA Clippers could feel the Los Angeles Lakers coming for them on championship ring night. The Clippers could’ve felt déjà vu as they were on the verge of blowing another massive lead. But Paul George made sure the Clippers didn’t
8:29 AM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Rajon Rondo will miss Wednesday’s season opener against the Chicago Bulls because of the NBA’s coronavirus-related protocols. Rondo is listed as out because of “health and safety protocols” on the NBA’s official injury report. The Hawks have not announced a reason for Rondo’s absence, but The Athletic reported Tuesday
7:32 AM ET New Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey shared concern that his career in the NBA might have been over after sharing a post on social media that expressed support for a protest group in Hong Kong. “In the last 12 months, I had moments where I thought I might never
10:40 AM ET The Houston Rockets and NBA are reviewing video of James Harden partying maskless at a strip club to determine if he violated the league’s COVID-19 protocols, putting the perennial All-Star’s availability for Houston’s season opener Wednesday night in question, sources told ESPN. The video, which was published by Black Sports Online and
7:11 AM ET ANTHONY EDWARDS SAT in his living room in Atlanta, waiting for his life to change. It was Nov. 18 — NBA draft night — and with colorful, beautiful murals of his late grandmother and mother on each side of him, Edwards became the No. 1 pick and prepared to join the Minnesota
5:54 AM ET Towards the end of the 2020 season, Lewis Hamilton was rewriting Formula One’s record books. In matching Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven world titles and surpassing his record of 91 race wins, Hamilton entered a statistical stratosphere in which there is very little resistance to a record-breaking eighth title next year and
5:22 AM ET Adriana Garcia Diego Maradona’s autopsy has revealed that the Argentina legend had no alcohol or narcotic drugs in his body at the time of his death. Maradona died at the age of 60 on Nov. 25, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following brain surgery. – Marcotti:
3:25 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told ESPN that the Manchester United squad can play their part to convince Paul Pogba to stay by showing him he can win trophies at Old Trafford. Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has said publicly the midfielder wants to leave United, either next summer or at the
8:53 AM ET Atletico Madrid and England defender Kieran Trippier has been suspended for 10 weeks and fined £70,000 following a breach of betting rules, the English Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday. Trippier, 30, denied seven alleged breaches of FA Rule E8, which were said to occur in July 2018, and requested a personal