PelicansLakers Field Goal % NO55.6 38.2LAL Three Point % NO37.5 23.1LAL Turnovers Rebounds Full Team Stats STAPLES Center Coverage: TNT Los Angeles, CA Line: LAL -7.5 Over/Under: 240 Capacity: 19,068 Referees: Eric Lewis, Curtis Blair, Justin Van Duyne To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are
8:19 AM ET Let’s make something very clear right off the bat: Jose Aldo getting a bantamweight title shot against Henry Cejudo isn’t the most egregious title shot in UFC history. No, that distinction still belongs to Alexander Gustafsson, who got a shot at then-light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in 2015 following a brutal knockout
5:05 PM ET Top Rank, already loaded with top fighters in the light heavyweight division, has added another 175-pounder to its stable, announcing Tuesday that it has signed contender Umar Salamov to a multifight promotional agreement. Salamov is due to make his Top Rank debut on a date to be determined in the early summer,
5:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder on Saturday night to claim the WBC heavyweight title and hand Wilder his first professional loss. As Fury landed at will with Wilder trapped in the corner, Mark Breland, one of Wilder’s trainers, threw in the towel, resulting in the fight being stopped. Jay Deas,
4:51 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons has a nerve impingement in his lower back and is expected to be sidelined for an extended period of time, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Simmons is undergoing treatment and will be reevaluated in two weeks, but there’s little expectation that he will be close to
7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — For the past six years, affluent African-American families from around the United States have converged on Martha’s Vineyard for a festival called the O.B. Boogie. Friends reconnect, and children play on the beach in front of corporate logos as sponsors ranging from BMW to Essence to Comcast eagerly cater
3:41 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto is out with an ankle injury and listed week to week by the team. He was hurt Sunday night in a win over the Los Angeles Kings. A first-round pick by the Oilers in 2017, Yamamoto has nine goals and 12
3:17 PM GMT Wales winger Josh Adams has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations after suffering an ankle injury in the 27-23 defeat by France at the weekend, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said on Tuesday. Adams, who has scored 10 tries in his last 10 tests, was injured in a
Fernando Alonso will race at this year’s Indianapolis 500 for McLaren. It will the two-time Formula 1 champion’s third attempt at the race as he seeks to secure motorsport’s ‘triple crown’. The Spaniard, 38, has won the Monaco Grand Prix and Le Mans twice and an Indy 500 win would make him only the second
4:07 PM ET Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin crashed out of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, suffering a straight-sets defeat to Dayana Yastremska. Kenin’s serve was broken early in the first set and the American failed to recover as her Ukrainian opponent claimed the frame 6-3. 1 Related Kenin, 21, started the second set stronger
10:42 AM GMT Christopher Jones Perry Baker and Carlin Isles, two of the fastest players rugby has ever seen, are in a race to achieve two significant personal milestones as the USA Sevens prepare to host a key leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Los Angeles this weekend. Both men stand on
4:32 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England’s World Cup celebrations have continued with Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler collecting honours at Buckingham Palace. The pair were named alongside their World Cup-winning captain, Eoin Morgan, coach, Trevor Bayliss, and Joe Root on the New Year’s Honours list and received their awards from the Duke of Cambridge, Prince
10:25 AM ET The Open Championship will return to Royal Troon for its 152nd edition in 2023, organisers announced on Monday. The tournament was last held at the links course in South Ayrshire, Scotland in 2016, when Henrik Stenson lifted the Claret Jug prize. It will be the 10th time Royal Troon has hosted the
10:11 AM ET LSU is promoting Kevin Faulk to running backs coach, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. Faulk, an All-America running back for LSU who played 13 seasons for the New England Patriots, has been serving as the team’s director of player development since 2018. He replaces Tommie Robinson, who is leaving for the
10:59 AM ET With the PGA Tour now in Florida, Tiger Woods said Tuesday that “it feels like the Masters is right around the corner.” It is just six weeks away, and Woods said he’s been thinking about his pursuit of a sixth green jacket since returning from the Presidents Cup in Australia. But the
Britain’s Adam Yates leads the UAE Tour after a stunning attack to win stage three by the Mitchelton-Scott rider. Yates claimed his first stage win outside Europe after breaking clear 6km from the top of Jebel Hafeet. The 27-year-old shook off Alexey Lutsenko and David Gaudu around 5km from the summit to effectively win his
9:42 AM ET Ohio State football coach Ryan Day will receive a three-year contract extension pending approval by the Board of Trustees, the school announced. Day, 40, was named head coach in December, 2018, replacing Urban Meyer. At the time, he was given a five-year contract worth $4.5 million per year. Days compensation for his
Feb 24, 2020 Jeff Legwold Close ESPN Senior Writer Covered Broncos for nine years for Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News Previously covered Steelers, Bills and Titans Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Boardof Selectors since 1999 Jeremy Willis Note: This story was originally published April 3, 2019. From surgeons to pilots to carpenters,