12:40 PM ET After signing LeBron James over the summer, it seemed like there was good reason for the Los Angeles Lakers to be heavy favorites in Las Vegas to make the playoffs. But after a 118-109 loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, the view in Vegas is worse than ever. The
Month: March 2019
10:54 PM ET Less than two months after sealing a tight chase in Melbourne, master finisher MS Dhoni and his super apprentice Kedar Jadhav were at it again, this time in Hyderabad. A rather familiar script played out at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, with Jadhav rattling off the boundaries and Dhoni complementing him with a well-modulated
10:32 AM ET Wake Forest has hired John Currie as athletic director to replace longtime AD Ron Wellman, who is retiring, the school announced Sunday. Wellman’s retirement is effective May 1, when Currie will take over the position. Currie, a Wake Forest alumnus, served as athletic director at Kansas State from 2009 to 2017 and
8:18 AM GMT Schalk Brits has breathed new life into a rugby career that appeared over when he retired after leaving Saracens in May, to such an extent that he is now fighting for a place in South Africa’s Springboks squad for the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Brits, 37, said he was ready to
3:57 AM ET Diego Castro completed the comeback as Perth claimed a draw against Melbourne. Mike Owen/Getty Images Perth broke Melbourne City hearts on Sunday, coming from two goals down to share the points in a dramatic 2-2 A-League draw at AAMI Park. A stunning strike by Diego Castro from well outside the box in the
shares The Gaddafi Stadium was scheduled to host three PSL 2019 matches © Getty Images The three Pakistan Super League 2019 matches scheduled to be held in Lahore have been moved to Karachi following the recent political and military tensions between Pakistan and India, which has resulted in airspace around Lahore to be closed.
1:25 PM ET Lyon players celebrate during their 5-1 hammering of Toulouse. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP Lyon forward Moussa Dembele struck two second-half goals to round off a thumping 5-1 win over visitors Toulouse in their Ligue 1 clash at the Groupama Stadium on Sunday. Memphis Depay opened the scoring for the third-placed home side after 10 minutes
4:56 AM ET Filipino tennis players Joewyn Pascua and Alejandro Barrientos won the gold and silver medal, respectively, in the recently concluded Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) U14 Championships in Malaysia. Pascua defeated Barrientos, 6-1, 7-5, in the Singles finals on Sunday, a day after they teamed up in the Doubles category where they beat Hong
4:29 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Kamaru Usman upstaged everyone and everything on Saturday, and that’s saying a lot. UFC 235 was a gloriously old-school night of fighting, featuring everything from the pound-for-pound No. 1 to several talents on the rise; from a high-profile debut, to an old-timer’s rejuvenation, to an ex-champion’s continued fall from grace
3:36 AM ET PHOENIX — Saturday was a new low for a Los Angeles Lakers team that has been digging itself into a deeper and deeper hole in recent weeks, losing to the league’s worst team, the Phoenix Suns, 118-109. The loss to the Suns (13-51) dropped the Lakers to 30-33, 4½ games behind the