8:43 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Almost a year ago, at the end of October of his rookie season, Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic faced the player whom he watched for years growing up overseas: LeBron James. The game was held at Staples Center, and it was Doncic’s first matchup against a player he idolized.
10:15 AM GMT Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen on Monday confirmed his long-expected move to Japan, where he will take up a role as coaching consultant for Top League side Toyota Verblitz. The 60-year-old stepped down from his position as New Zealand head coach following his side’s third-place finish at the Rugby World Cup.
9:08 AM ET ABU DHABI — If the rumours are true and Lewis Hamilton is in talks with Ferrari, his performance in Abu Dhabi was the ultimate sales pitch. His pole position, fastest lap and consummate race win neatly summed up a season in which he has been the class of the field. He might
8:44 AM ET Phil Mickelson will bypass a staple of his annual schedule to play the Saudi International tournament on the European Tour. The event is Jan. 30-Feb. 3, the same week as the PGA Tour’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, which Mickelson has won three times. The European Tour last year came under heavy criticism
6:37 AM ET Associated Press BERN, Switzerland — The Swiss government says it will produce a 20 franc silver coin with Roger Federer’s image on it. The government says it’s the first time it has dedicated a commemorative coin to a living person. A 50 franc gold coin with Federer’s image on it will be
5:32 AM ET Formula One fans gave Nico Hulkenberg a ‘Driver of the Day’ send-off on Sunday as the Renault driver bowed out with a 12th-place finish in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. By the 32-year-old’s own admission it was an unspectacular result with which to bring down the curtain on a grand prix
Australia 3 for 589 dec (Warner 335*, Labuschagne 162) beat Pakistan 302 (Yasir 113, Azam 97, Starc 6-66) and 239 (Masood 68, Shafiq 57, Lyon 5-69) by an innings and 48 runs There was resistance, as there had been before, but it came when the game was so far beyond saving it seemed futile. Pakistan
4:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — In more than two decades of coaching, Doc Rivers says he’s never had a team where its two best players have yet to practice together with the starting unit 21 games into the season. Yet despite the fact that Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are still waiting for that
7:14 PM ET Middleweights Liam Williams and Alantez Fox will meet in a world title elimination bout on Dec. 21 at the Copper Box Arena in London, promoter Frank Warren said Sunday. The winner of the fight will be positioned for an eventual mandatory shot at the 160-pound world title held by Demetrius Andrade (28-0,
7:27 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — The bye week came at the worst time for the Arizona Cardinals. The progress they made in their last four games went right down the drain on Sunday in an ugly 34-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Kyler Murray was sacked six times and threw an interception that