6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — In basketball terms, “The Last Dance” had a strong fourth quarter. The last two episodes of the 10-part Michael Jordan documentary, shown over the past five Sunday nights, averaged 5.9 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. It was simulcast on ESPN and ESPN2. That’s easily the
4:33 PM ET Former Chicago Bulls forward Horace Grant has fired back at claims Michael Jordan made about him during “The Last Dance” documentary series on ESPN. In a radio interview with Kap and Co. on ESPN 1000 in Chicago on Tuesday, Grant said it “is a downright, outright, completely lie” that he leaked much
6:20 PM ET Steve KimESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez want to next fight each other in a high-stakes lightweight unification bout, Top Rank’s Bob Arum told ESPN on Tuesday after talking to both camps. “In talking with Lomachenko and Lopez, neither of them want an interim fight,” Arum said. “So we would plan to
8:19 AM ET Former world champion Jenson Button says he is shocked that Sebastian Vettel will not drive for Ferrari next season and that it would be “madness” if the team pushed him out. Carlos Sainz is going to Ferrari in 2021, with Daniel Ricciardo taking his seat at McLaren. What’s the logic behind either
5:14 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels have informed non-playing employees of furloughs that will be implemented at the start of June and will affect nearly every department of the organization. Members of the front office, analytics department, scouting staff, and the vast majority of those involved with their minor league system — including coaches,
5:15 PM ET Formula One could cope with up to 10 positive tests for COVID-19 when the sport starts the season in July, according to the chairman of the governing FIA’s medical commission. Professor Gerard Saillant told Sky Sports the sport would still need a ‘red line’, however, beyond which racing could not continue. The
5:22 PM ET Cleveland Browns center J.C. Tretter said Tuesday that the coronavirus is not going to “kneel down to almighty football,” and that as the new president of the NFL Players Association, his foremost priority “is always going to be the health and safety of the players” as the NFL prepares for the upcoming
2:22 PM ET NFL owners approved new measures Tuesday aimed at improving diversity in coach and front-office hiring, but they stopped short of approving a resolution that would have rewarded minority hiring with draft-pick compensation. NFL Network reported last week that the owners were considering a proposal that would have improved teams’ third-round draft picks
5:09 PM ET As it plans for what it hopes is a full 2020 season, the NFL has acknowledged the inevitability that a number of its personnel will be infected by the coronavirus. Sustaining the season throughout the fall will require the effective use of testing and isolating procedures currently under development. “We fully well
12:46 PM ET Justin Gaethje has moved up to No. 2, right behind Khabib Nurmagomedov. That rise in the ESPN lightweight division rankings, prompted by Gaethje’s May 9 TKO victory over the previously second-ranked Tony Ferguson, sets up a forthcoming matchup between the champ, Nurmagomedov, and the new interim champ, Gaethje, on a date still