3:34 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s vicious put-back dunk was the beginning of the end for the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls held a 22-point lead with 1 minute, 30 seconds left in the first half — their largest of the game. That advantage was 18 at halftime. It wouldn’t last. Milwaukee went
Month: November 2018
2:00 AM ET Mexican birdie machine Abraham Ancer has burst from the pack to seize command of the Australian Open after a drama-charged third round in Sydney. No less than eight players topped the leaderboard at various stages on Saturday on the windswept Lakes layout, but it was Ancer who had all the answers in
Nov 14, 2018 Steve KimESPN After getting knocked out by Danny Garcia in February, former lightweight world titleholder Brandon Rios announced his retirement from boxing. Yet this Saturday night, he will be facing Ramon Alvarez at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. And if he had it his way, this will be far from
1:07 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Before this season began, the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors were pegged as the teams most likely to square off in the Eastern Conference finals for the right to claim the throne left vacant by LeBron James moving West. Then the season started. And while the Raptors looked
1:06 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker was a successful road warrior again on Friday night. Hooker, in the hometown of mandatory challenger Alex Saucedo, survived a hard knockdown in the second round and came back to stop Saucedo in the seventh of a wild action-packed fight as he retained
12:16 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The eventual big prize is a fight with welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford, but first the “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas had to get through Roberto Arriaza, and he did just that. Kavaliauskas, with blood pouring down the right side of his face and Crawford watching intently from ringside, knocked
12:13 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — His line in the box score Friday night disgusted Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell. “I took 35 shots. That can’t happen. Zero assists,” Mitchell said after the Jazz’s 113-107 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. “That’s not who I am. That’s not how I play. I know I’m still being aggressive,
11:49 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers traded forward Ryan Strome to the New York Rangers for forward Ryan Spooner on Friday. Strome, a fifth-overall pick of the New York Islanders in 2011, had a goal and an assist in 18 games with Edmonton this season. He has 59 goals and
10:40 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been ruled out for Saturday’s game against the Mavericks in Dallas with a lingering toe sprain. Green missed two games last week against Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets because of the sprained right toe and right foot that has “lingering soreness.” Draymond Green’s words —
10:13 PM GMT Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper has backed Jordan Petaia to bounce back from the bitter disappointment of injury scuppering his chance of an international debut. The 18-year-old Queensland Reds flyer’s ecstasy turned to agony in the space of two days when he suffered a strained hamstring in training having been named in the