1:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN MILWAUKEE — Jayson Tatum wasn’t about to let it happen again. Two nights prior, the Boston Celtics had a prime opportunity to take control of the NBA playoffs semifinal series but let Game 5 slip through their hands. That wasn’t the case on Friday. As the Milwaukee Bucks made a
11:46 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins squandered a two-goal lead on home ice and, more importantly, a chance to eliminate the New York Rangers in a Game 6 loss on Friday night. “Nobody said that it was going to be easy, you know?” said defenseman Kris Letang, after his team’s 5-3 loss that extended their
10:59 PM ET Washington is one and done. The Washington Capitals were sent packing in Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers on Friday, falling 4-3 in overtime. Carter Verhaeghe had the game-winner for Florida, his sixth goal of the postseason. The defeat made for three consecutive first-round exits
11:02 PM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate One of the most memorable scenes in 1986’s “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” takes place at Wrigley Field. Ferris, his friend Cameron and Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloane, have skipped school to have a memorable day out in Chicago. As part
2:42 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After acquiring James Harden at the trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers hoped this would finally be the year they break through and make it into the conference finals — and beyond — in the NBA playoffs. Instead, for the fourth time in five years, Philadelphia saw its season
6:03 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Steve Stricker shot a 4-under 68 to maintain a 2-stroke lead Friday over Scott McCarron and Padraig Harrington in the second round of the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. Stricker, who has won and finished second the past two trips to Greystone
8:02 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Jordan Spieth thought the course for his hometown Byron Nelson would play more difficult after yielding more birdies in its debut than any other tournament on the PGA Tour last season. The three-time major winner says he couldn’t have been more wrong, and is frankly surprised over
5:28 PM ET Reigning PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson, who hasn’t played competitively in more than three months, won’t defend his title next week at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The PGA of America announced Friday that Mickelson has withdrawn from the PGA Championship. “We have just been informed that Phil Mickelson has
7:29 PM ET Connor O’Halloran LONDON — Logan Storley claimed the interim Bellator Welterweight title in London on Friday with a split-decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) victory over Michael “Venom” Page at the OVO Arena Wembley. Page was looking to become just the third-ever British fighter to become a world champion in MMA, following Michael Bisping
7:29 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — When the New Orleans Saints signed former LSU safety and local icon Tyrann Mathieu last week, I wrote that it’s not often a team makes its biggest splash of the offseason in May. Well, they just did it again with Friday’s news that they are adding former Cleveland Browns