12:00 AM ET THE OTHER DAY Jeanie Buss sent a text to Phil Jackson, the previous coach to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a title. This was not an unusual occurrence. The two have remained friends and talk often. But the reason for this text was extraordinary. Buss’ team was on the verge of
1:20 AM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. SAN
1:00 AM BST One of the most thrilling Bledisloe Cup encounters on record finished in a 16-all draw on Sunday evening in Wellington after nearly nine minutes of overtime. The gripping post-siren action saw both teams trying to snatch victory, each having genuine chances to do so. It also resulted in a swathe of criticism
9:24 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Martin Laird looked like a winner with an improbable par save on the 71st hole of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, over the cart path, under the trees, between a pair of bunkers and an 18-foot putt. He had to return to the par-3 17th in
6:11 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, leading a race he had to win, not once believed he was driving toward Victory Lane. NASCAR will crown a new champion this year, as the worst season of Busch’s career extended Sunday when he was knocked from the playoffs. It’s the earliest the reigning
7:35 PM ET Left winger Taylor Hall has signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres, the team announced Sunday. Hall, 28, was the most coveted unrestricted free-agent forward available this offseason, and he spent the weekend listening to pitches from at least a half-dozen teams. Choosing the Sabres is a surprising move,
10:04 PM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 30, 2020 and has since been updated to reflect the Lakers winning the NBA championship. STANDING ACROSS FROM each other at center court, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James shook hands. The 2016 NBA All-Star Game was the first and only international All-Star Game
The Astros’ ALCS roster is out. Houston added reliever Chase De Jong for their matchup against Tampa Bay, giving them 14 pitchers and 14 position players. Dropped from the LDS round was outfielder Chas McCormick, who not only has not been used during the playoffs, but has yet to make his big-league debut. Bradford Doolittle,
9:36 PM ET The upcoming football game between Baylor and No. 7 Oklahoma State has been postponed. The Bears and Cowboys were scheduled to meet on Oct. 17, but the Big 12 announced on Sunday night the game will be moved to Dec. 12. Baylor on Thursday suspended all football-related activities because the school needed
6:43 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott was hospitalized with a right ankle compound fracture and dislocation suffered on a third-quarter run against the New York Giants on Sunday. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback was forced to leave the game on a cart and in tears. He was taken to an area hospital where he
5:53 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Ernie Els birdied the final two holes, running in a 40-footer in the rain on the last, for a 6-under 66 and a 1-stroke victory over Colin Montgomerie on Sunday in the SAS Championship. Els made the long putt on the par-4 18th three weeks after missing
5:52 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues signed free-agent forward Kyle Clifford to a two-year, $2 million contract Sunday. Clifford was a two-time Stanley Cup-winner in spending his first nine-plus seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, before being traded to Toronto in February. Selected by L.A. in the second round
7:44 PM ET Joaquin Buckley delivered a knockout that MMA fans won’t soon forget on Saturday. Buckley, who faced Impa Kasanganay in a middleweight bout on Yas Island — dubbed “Fight Island” by the UFC — finished it in the second round in unique fashion. Buckley threw a left high kick that Kasanganay caught with
British Cycling’s former technical director Shane Sutton blamed his “downfall” at the organisation on Dr Richard Freeman, a tribunal has been told. The medic claims he complained to senior management about Sutton’s “misuse of resources”, including an allegation the coach spent £6,000 of the organisation’s money on cosmetic dentistry. He says he fears that Sutton
3:48 PM ET LONDON — England have prioritised defining a clear sense of identity ever since Gareth Southgate took charge in 2016. The 50-year-old’s attempt to deconstruct inhibitions created by past failures and reimagine England as a youthful side unencumbered by history improbably took them to the World Cup semifinals two years ago. Belgium’s visit
1:28 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Rafael Nadal made history on Sunday as he defeated Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 in the 2020 French Open men’s final to earn his 20th major title and 13th at Roland Garros. He is now tied with Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam victories by a man in the
4:50 PM ET For an agonizing split second, Rafael Nadal was frozen, waiting to see if the heavy slice serve he just launched toward Novak Djokovic would be called an ace or an out ball. The silence confirmed it. Nadal sank to his knees, his grin growing to the point where it looked like he
5:00 PM ET Associated Press NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Sei Young Kim shot 7-under 63 in the final round to seal her first major title Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The 27-year-old South Korean finished at 14-under 266 at Aronimink Golf Course, winning the major that had eluded her so far in her