2:24 PM ET Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien was admitted to a Toronto hospital after experiencing chest pains following his team’s game on Wednesday night. Montreal GM Marc Bergevin said he does not believe the issue is related to COVID-19, but Julien was undergoing tests on Thursday. “He’s for sure in really good hands,” Bergevin
1:28 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver has addressed a conflict of interest that some say follows when players take on controversial, political topics, calling their social messaging and activism unavoidable but the right thing to embrace. “I understand critics who say that they turn to sports to avoid controversy,” Silver said in an interview
12:42 PM ET Rockets star guard Russell Westbrook is expected to miss at least the start of Houston’s first-round playoff series because of a strained right quad muscle, sources confirmed to ESPN. Westbrook’s return will depend on how he responds to treatment, sources told ESPN. The news on Westbrook’s status was first reported Thursday by
2:07 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN For New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson, it’s time to turn the page to next season and focus on getting better — with his game and his body. “I’ll talk to my coaches and see what I need to do better from their point of view,” Williamson said Thursday morning.
1:37 PM ET New Atlanta United FC signing Erick “Cubo” Torres believes a lack of minutes for Mexicans in Liga MX makes Major League Soccer a better opportunity. Torres only started 12 games in Liga MX since he left Houston Dynamo in 2017, first landing at Pumas and then Club Tijuana, forcing his return to
2:39 PM ET Arturo Vidal warned Bayern Munich that Barcelona “aren’t a Bundesliga team” as the war of words between the two teams heated up ahead of Friday’s Champions League quarterfinal in Lisbon. Barca and Bayern are the only two previous winners still left in the competition but they go into the game in contrasting
10:57 AM ET The MLS expansion franchise slated for St. Louis announced its name, logo and colors on Thursday, opting for the moniker of St. Louis City SC. The announcement was made via a “virtual unveiling” due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The team will make its MLS debut in 2023. – Stream MLS LIVE
10:31 AM ET One of the strangest seasons in the history of European soccer is finally wrapping up and shifting into what amounts to the shortest offseason in the history of European soccer. The Champions League wraps up next week, and Ligue 1’s 2020-21 campaign begins almost directly thereafter, but let’s take a moment to
1:26 PM ET Marvin Jones thanked the Detroit Lions, their fan base and his teammates on Thursday for their support over the past eight-plus months after the death of his 6-month-old son, Marlo, last December. Other than an Instagram post shortly after his son’s death on Dec. 27, it was the first time Jones had
1:49 PM ET More than seven out of 10 sports fans support teams and athletes speaking out on issues of social justice and racial equality, according to an online survey of 837 sports fans conducted for ESPN. Of the 71% of fans who supported athletes speaking out, 44% strongly supported it. Nearly half of the