2:19 AM ET After busting out of the worst playoff shooting slump of his career with 35 points against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 on Tuesday, Paul George plopped down into the interview chair and exhaled. It might as well have been a sigh of relief. In a candid and vulnerable postgame interview session,
7:00 AM ET The motif heading into the 60-game Major League Baseball season was straight out of a 1950s horror movie or a bad slogan for a 1980s Mariners team: Anything can happen. As we come upon the halfway point of the season, however, as much as we hoped for a crazy, unpredictable two months,
11:43 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Serena Williams was flustered when she got called for taking too much time between points, flung away her racket after letting a lead slip away and finished surprisingly meekly in a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1 loss to Maria Sakkari at the Western & Southern Open on
6:31 PM ET Associated Press RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Former New Mexico coach Bob Davie ignored a player’s plea for help in his fight against depression and instead made the lineman play a game before he took his own life, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges the University
10:37 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw his first career no-hitter on Tuesday night, shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, on 101 pitches. Giolito, 26, walked one while striking out 13 using a combination of his fastball and changeup to hold the Pirates in check en route to the shortened season’s
10:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Islanders‘ playoff run is helping boost season ticket sales for their new arena, scheduled to open next year. The Islanders beat the Florida Panthers in the qualifying round, then advanced past the Atlantic Division-rival Washington Capitals in the first round. Now, the Isles lead
10:56 PM ET It took Jamie Pickett three appearances on Dana White’s Contender Series — and nearly the end of his fighting career — to do it, but the 30-year-old middleweight has a UFC contract. Pickett (11-4) became only the second contestant in Contender Series history to lose twice on the show before finally earning
7:24 PM ET Rodrigo Faez Moises Llorens Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi spoke on the phone last week to discuss the possibility of the Barcelona forward making a move to Manchester City this summer, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Messi shocked Barca on Tuesday when he informed them of his intention to leave this summer,
8:36 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa allrounder Nadine de Klerk, who impressed in the T20 World Cup semi-final against Australia, has signed for the Brisbane Heat ahead of this season’s WBBL with Cricket South Africa confirming their players will be allowed to travel to Australia for the tournament. De Klerk, who competed nationally as
9:29 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — The hole Phil Mickelson considered the most important in the second round of his PGA Tour Champions career was not any of the eight he birdied but rather the only one on which he made bogey. He was 5 under after the front nine Tuesday at Ozarks