3:40 PM ET Inside Staples Center, Kobe Bryant’s Nos. 8 and 24 have hung from the rafters since 2017. And now outside Staples Center, a portion of Figueroa Street will be renamed in the former Los Angeles Lakers star’s honor. Figueroa Street will be unveiled as Kobe Bryant Boulevard between Olympic Boulevard and Martin Luther
4:23 PM ET As teammates encourage Paul George to get out of his own head and block out all the negative chatter surrounding his three-game slump, Doc Rivers wants the LA Clippers guard to shoot the ball “20-plus times.” Entering a pivotal Game 5 between the Clippers and Mavericks, Rivers and some of his players
3:35 PM ET Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis is listed as questionable for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the LA Clippers due to the right knee soreness that caused him to be a late scratch for Game 4. Coach Rick Carlisle said Porzingis’ status could be a game-time decision. “Look, a lot of this is
1:18 PM ET The Toronto Raptors say that Kyle Lowry has been diagnosed with a left ankle sprain and that his condition will be updated as appropriate. Toronto’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics begins on Thursday. With just a little more than three minutes left in the first quarter of Sunday’s Game
5:00 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers have fired coach Brett Brown, the team announced Monday. Brown’s dismissal is expected to be a precursor for more upheaval for the 76ers, whose senior leadership — including general manager Elton Brand — will begin exploring changes in the front office structure, sources said. The franchise’s plan is that
5:59 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Defensive end Branden Jackson is back at the Seattle Seahawks‘ facility for meetings but isn’t ready to practice after he was knocked unconscious in Saturday’s scrimmage, coach Pete Carroll said Monday. Jackson doesn’t have a specific injury or any structural damage, according to Carroll, but he’ll continue
5:14 PM ET Center A.Q. Shipley is reuniting with head coach Bruce Arians with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The two sides have reached agreement, pending a physical when protocol allows. Shipley played for Arians from 2013 to 2017, when Arians was the Arizona Cardinals‘ head coach. A veteran of
5:29 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders receiver Tyrell Williams has suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder but will try to play through the injury after rehabbing it, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Williams, 28, had been noticeable by his absence in recent practices, including Friday at the team’s new Allegiant Stadium,
4:35 PM ET The NFL is regarding its weekend COVID-19 testing problems as an “incredibly rare event,” chief medical officer Allen Sills said Monday, and believes that its existing protocols have already proved effective in paving the way for the 2020 season. In a conference call with reporters, Sills noted that BioReference, the league’s testing
6:05 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was among those across sports on Monday to address the police shooting of a Black man identified as Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Protests have formed in the state after the shooting, which occurred Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Officers responding to a domestic disturbance shot Blake in