Month: April 2023

1:24 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — LeBron James had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers claimed the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a grueling 108-102 overtime victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA’s play-in tournament Tuesday night. Dennis Schroder scored 21 points and iced
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10:12 PM ET The Boston Bruins are the now the most successful regular-season team in NHL history, owning both the single-season wins and points records. The Bruins defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Tuesday night at home for 133 points in the standings, breaking the Montreal Canadiens‘ single-season record of 132 points set in 1976-77.
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3:57 PM ET Boston Red Sox right-hander Garrett Whitlock has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list to make his season debut in Tuesday’s road game against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla. Whitlock, 26, underwent right hip surgery last September and started this season on the injured list. He posted a 4-2
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8:00 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The National Hockey League [NHL] will bring two pre-season games to Australia later this year, the first time the United States-based league has ventured Down Under. The Los Angeles Kings and Arizona Coyotes will contest the pair of games at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena — which has a capacity
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7:46 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — One notable player was missing from the first day of the Arizona Cardinals‘ voluntary workouts Tuesday under new coach Jonathan Gannon. Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was working out 1,165 miles away at a gym in Houston while his current teammates gathered in the weight room at the Cardinals’ facility
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12:26 PM ET Field YatesESPN Insider Close Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT), he is a regular contributor to ESPN Boston’s Patriots coverage and ESPN Insider. The Detroit Lions are trading cornerback Jeff Okudah to the Atlanta
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5:57 PM ET DALLAS – General manager Nico Harrison expressed optimism that the Dallas Mavericks would accomplish their top offseason priority of re-signing Kyrie Irving following the All-Star guard’s exit interview with the franchise. “I think the things that he said along the way about how he feels here, how he feels appreciated, how he
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12:44 PM ET Chicago White Sox star shortstop Tim Anderson will miss two to four weeks because of a sprained left knee. The White Sox placed Anderson on the 10-day injured list Tuesday and recalled infielder Lenyn Sosa from Triple-A Charlotte in a corresponding move. Anderson suffered the injury in a collision near third base
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1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic looked rusty as he started his clay-court season with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win against qualifier Ivan Gakhov at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. The two-time Monte Carlo champion had not played since losing to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships
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11:36 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy wouldn’t say whether the team is waiting for the New York Jets to accept its trade proposal for Aaron Rodgers or if it’s the other way around. Either way, there was no sign of an imminent deal nearly a month after Rodgers
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11:34 AM ET The final-round Masters showdown between eventual victor Jon Rahm and LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka was the most-watched golf telecast on any network in five years, CBS said on Tuesday. The telecast, during which Rahm came back from a 2-shot deficit on Sunday to win his second major and reclaim the world No.
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