1:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis could barely move and the Los Angeles Lakers could not move on, seeing their repeat title hopes cut short with a 113-100 loss in Game 6 of their first round series with the Phoenix Suns. Davis, cleared by L.A.’s medical staff and starting on Thursday after being
6:48 AM ET Down but not out, the Vegas Golden Knights return to T-Mobile Arena for a critical Game 3. Can they keep this series interesting, or are the Colorado Avalanche clicking on too many levels right now? Meanwhile, after an unsettling end to Game 1, the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets return to the
6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Buyer’s remorse is not a phrase the Chicago Bears associate with Justin Fields. A shade under five weeks since the Bears moved up in the first round to nab the Ohio State quarterback, coach Matt Nagy held court after the team’s first open OTA workout and said Fields
The 2021 Track Cycling World Championships, due to be held in Turkmenistan in October, are to be moved to a new venue. Governing body the UCI says it is in touch with “several” potential alternative hosts of the event. It added the decision was taken “at the request of the organisers” because of restrictions linked
Virat Kohli posted a picture from the venue of the World Test Championship final on Friday.© AFP India captain Virat Kohli, who landed in England with the rest of the squad on Thursday, took to Instagram to share a picture of himself from the venue of the World Test Championship final — The Ageas Bowl,
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped a tight and unrepresentative first practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of the Ferrari drivers. Verstappen, leading Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton by four points in the championship, was 0.043 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Carlos Sainz was third quickest, 0.294secs behind his Ferrari team-mate, ahead of Red Bull’s
3:07 PM ET Johnny Manziel says he “made somewhat of a decent living” by selling autographed items during his days at Texas A&M, but that he “never took a dollar” until after he won the Heisman Trophy in 2012. Manziel recounted selling his autograph during an interview with Barstool Sports, detailing two different transactions in
12:28 AM ET The United States men’s national team, full of talent and confidence after a banner year from their Europe-based players, were given a valuable lesson on Thursday. Things like pedigree and reputation count for nothing when it comes to competitive fixtures in CONCACAF. The good news is that the U.S. managed to prevail
3:23 PM ET At least one fan joined the Utah Jazz bandwagon after their five-game series win in the first round: Tee Morant, the father of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant. Moments after top-seeded Utah ended the series with a 126-110 win Wednesday night, Tee Morant told Donovan Mitchell that he’d be rooting for the
11:03 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — High school junior Megha Ganne shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday to become the first amateur in 15 years to have a share of the lead after any round at the U.S. Women’s Open. The 17-year-old from New Jersey made back-to-back birdies on the back nine to
9:46 PM ET Joe LaCava is back inside the ropes this week — caddying for his old boss, Fred Couples. LaCava, who has caddied for Tiger Woods for the past 10 years, said in a text message Thursday night that “I’m actually eating pasta and watching hockey with [Couples] right now. Like nothing has changed
9:28 PM ET U.S. players celebrate after scoring a goal against Honduras in the CONCACAF Nations League. Omar Vega/Getty Images The United States needed a late goal from Jordan Siebatcheu to beat Honduras in the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League semifinal in Denver on Thursday night. Christian Pulisic, fresh off his Champions League win with Chelsea on
8:30 PM ET Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele has been suspended four games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for a hit that put Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans on a stretcher at the end of Game 1 on Wednesday night. The NHL announced the suspension Thursday night, calling Scheifele’s charge into Evans “a
5:16 PM ET Associated Press A company that has partnered with dozens of college athletic departments on name, image and likeness programming announced a deal with Twitter on Thursday that will allow athletes to monetize video posts on the social media platform. In less than a month, several state laws will go into effect that
8:05 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Collin Morikawa had another favorable result at Muirfield Village on a golf course that looked and sounded a lot different from when he won last year. Morikawa felt good vibes from an old putter and posted a 6-under 66 in rain-softened conditions Thursday morning at the Memorial.
6:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The federal judge presiding over the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims on Thursday invited lawyers for Black players who call the settlement racially-biased to join court-led mediation over the issue. The lawyers have challenged the settlement’s use of “race-norming” in dementia testing since 2018. The
7:35 PM ET The Southeastern Conference voted on Thursday to allow players that transfer within the conference to have immediate eligibility. Previously intraconference transfers were required to sit out a year of competition. “This is an important measure to further support student-athletes throughout the Southeastern Conference,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement. “While
2:09 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin offered his support to Eugene Chung following Chung’s revelation that he was called “not the right type of minority” during an NFL coaching interview. “Being a minority in this league, there’s ups and downs, and we know the process