9:20 PM ET When Luka Doncic first stepped foot on the AdventHealth Arena court Sunday afternoon, he hoped to prove to himself and the Dallas Mavericks’ medical staff that he could play in Game 4, about 40 hours after spraining his left ankle. Doncic received clearance to play and then proceeded to deliver a historic
Month: August 2020
6:34 PM ET The Champions League that almost was not — the one played against a backdrop of fear and insecurity (but also solidarity and self-scrutiny) — ended with the European Cup trophy returning where it has been before. Bayern Munich’s 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain marks the German club’s sixth time as champions of
9:15 PM ET Matt Nagy’s phone buzzed Sunday at 2:51 a.m. For an NFL coach, a call at that hour means trouble. Bracing for the worst, Nagy listened as Andre Tucker, the Chicago Bears‘ infection control officer, told him that nine members of the organization had tested positive for COVID-19. Nagy was floored, he told
9:35 PM ET CHICAGO — Like an aging prizefighter, the Chicago Cubs got off the mat just in time on Sunday to salvage a 2-1 win in the final game of their series against their crosstown rivals, the Chicago White Sox. The latter team has become one of the darlings of Major League Baseball, slugging
6:54 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two months after barely being able to walk while ill with COVID-19, Grigor Dimitrov played a professional tennis match at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday and — while the result was not what was most important — he won. “I said to myself, ‘I’ll give
7:11 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — PGA Tour rookie Scottie Scheffler‘s wild week took another turn Sunday in the final round of The Northern Trust, when his caddie, Scott McGuinness, went down in the ninth fairway with a leg injury and had to be carted off the golf course. Eric Ledbetter, one of the assistant
7:47 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Kevin Harvick regained the NASCAR Cup Series victory lead with his seventh, dominating Sunday at Dover International Speedway. A day after Denny Hamlin opened the doubleheader weekend with his sixth win to match Harvick, the Stewart-Haas racing driver one-upped his closest rival to claim NASCAR’s regular-season title.
8:00 AM ET The 2020 NHL playoffs roll on to the conference semifinals beginning on Aug. 22 with the Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars. The Golden Knights and Canucks played only twice in the regular season, splitting the contests both staged in December. That seems like decades ago in pandemic time, so this
7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. – What the first week of the FedEx Cup playoffs revealed was it is not the best time to be one of the biggest names in golf. With the exception of Dustin Johnson, who a huge lead at The Northern Trust, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup
5:42 PM ET Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas was released by the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, which marks the second time in two years his time with an NFL team ended in controversy. Here is Thomas’ tumultuous two-year timeline: Earl Thomas left his former coach Pete Carroll with a parting wish, as he was carted
Japanese ex-Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 as Fernando Alonso’s hopes faded not long after half distance. Alonso was 15th when he lost a lap to a car problem with 75 laps to go. The double world champion, who returns to F1 in 2021, finished 21st. Sato was leading from Scott Dixon
3:52 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Chase Briscoe called his shot at Dover International Speedway on Sunday and won his sixth Xfinity Series race of the season. Briscoe won five of the first 13 races this season but was winless in the last seven. That streak ended at Dover not long after Briscoe
4:51 PM ET Bayern Munich celebrated their sixth European crown on Sunday. Getty Bayern Munich won their sixth European title after defeating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the Champions League final in Lisbon on Sunday. Kingsley Coman scored a header in the 60th minute to put the German giants level with Liverpool for third-most all time in
2:20 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Though golf has been back for more than two months and Tiger Woods has played three events since the sport’s restart after the coronavirus-forced shutdown, he admitted after his final-round 66 at The Northern Trust that he’s still trying to adjust to this new reality of life on the
3:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris returned to Sunday’s playoff game against the Boston Celtics after a scary fall that saw him land head-first on the floor. Harris was coming down the lane when he jumped in the air and got tangled up with Celtics forward
12:18 PM ET Veteran outfielder Hunter Pence has been designated for assignment by the San Francisco Giants. Pence, 37, is hitting just .096 with two home runs and six RBIs in 52 at-bats this season after rejoining the Giants in the offseason. He had seemingly resurrected his career last season with the Texas Rangers when
1:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the doubles event at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday, citing neck pain. Djokovic remained in the singles draw, where he is seeded No. 1 and is scheduled to play his second-round match Monday. He received a first-round bye. The Western
Pakistan captain Azhar Ali led from the front with a brilliant undefeated 141 but England still enforced the follow-on at Southampton on Sunday as James Anderson was left frustratingly short of becoming the first paceman to take 600 Test wickets. Pakistan were dismissed for 273, a huge 310 runs behind England’s imposing 583-8 declared, on
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