Month: March 2023

5:38 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA on Monday fined Marcus Smart $25,000, with head of basketball operations Joe Dumars saying the veteran Boston Celtics guard initiated an on-court altercation and pulled Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young to the floor during the teams’ game over the weekend. With 1:25 remaining and Boston leading 129-121,
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3:47 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and defensive coordinator Kevin Steele will each make $1.9 million next season. The two were among 11 Alabama football staffers to have new contracts approved by the compensation committee of the university’s board of trustees on Monday. Rees and Steele both received
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1:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos and Maxi Hughes have agreed to terms for a lightweight fight this summer in Australia, sources tell ESPN. No site, date or American television broadcaster has been finalized yet, sources said, but the 135-pound bout is likely to take place in June. Kambosos (22-2, 10 KOs) returned to
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2:06 PM ET The homecoming of Katie Taylor will have another big women’s fight on the card as well. Matchroom announced Monday that the WBA junior middleweight title fight between champion Terri Harper and former pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter Cecilia Braekhus will be on the undercard of the Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron undisputed junior welterweight fight
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1:15 PM ET Barcelona won again this weekend to remain clear atop LaLiga, but their ongoing scandals and impending court dates threaten to overshadow their remarkable turnaround. Pablo Garcia Sacristan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It was another big weekend of drama, talking points and action across Europe’s top five leagues. Barcelona remained on course in LaLiga‘s
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8:09 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The sounds of Nickelback coming from the portable speaker inside the Miami Heat locker room were unmistakable. As the rest of his teammates and Heat staffers quietly showered, got dressed and picked over a postgame pizza spread following a 126-114 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday, Jimmy
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10:10 AM ET Associated Press One of many highlights of Bob Bryan’s time as half of a record-breaking men’s doubles duo was helping the United States claim the 2007 Davis Cup — the last time the country won the competition. Now Bryan will try to end that drought from the sideline. The U.S. Tennis Association
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