12:09 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain’s national team. The 41-year-old had already announced his farewell from international basketball in August after Spain lost
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12:41 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Brooklyn Nets are being tapped as the heavy favorites to win this season’s championship by the league’s general managers, and star Kevin Durant is picked as the slight favorite to win his second Most Valuable Player award. In the annual survey of all 30 general managers released Tuesday by
8:59 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Brooklyn Nets remain unclear on All-Star guard Kyrie Irving‘s ultimate intentions to get vaccinated and
4:28 PM ET NBA players won’t be subject to random marijuana testing this season, according to a players’ association memo shared with players and obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. The agreement between the NBA and the NBPA is a repeat of an amended policy that began with the 2020 Orlando restart and continued through the
5:57 PM ET Kevin Durant said he’s still envisioning Kyrie Irving being a part of the Nets’ championship pursuit but he also acknowledges that it will be “hard to duplicate what he brings” if he can’t play home games in Brooklyn. Irving missed his second straight day of practice in Brooklyn as New York City’s
5:30 PM ET Abraham has returned to the England squad after his stellar play at Roma this season. Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Images via Getty Images Tammy Abraham vowed to become one of the best strikers in the world and revealed how Jose Mourinho convinced him not to take the “easy option” of staying at Chelsea
5:36 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — United States men’s national team midfielder Weston McKennie will return to the starting lineup Thursday as World Cup qualifying resumes against Jamaica, coach Gregg Berhalter announced Wednesday. The news comes a month after McKennie was suspended and sent back to his club team, Juventus, after committing multiple violations of
12:18 PM ET Adriana Garcia Kylian Mbappe‘s mother, Fayza Lamari, said her son is in talks to sign a new deal with Paris Saint-Germain following a summer of intense interest from Real Madrid. Mbappe, 22, can sign for a new club on Jan. 1, as he will be a free agent next summer, and Madrid
12:19 PM ET North Carolina Courage owner Steve Malik on Wednesday said the National Women’s Soccer League club knew of the 2015 investigation into coach Paul Riley but said they were ‘assured’ he was in good standing. The league was rocked last week by sexual harassment and misconduct allegations involving Riley, a situation that prompted
5:07 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona is confident he’ll return next season after missing most of the past two because of serious health issues. Francona was forced to step away from the club in late July to undergo hip replacement surgery as well as a procedure on a big toe
4:26 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball is finalizing a policy that will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for minor league players for the 2022 season. While the league could face legal challenges in requiring vaccination for major leaguers without the cooperation of the players association, minor leaguers are not included in the big league union.
3:53 PM ET The Chicago White Sox are hopeful the reigning AL MVP, Jose Abreu, will be available to them in Game 1 of their division series against the Houston Astros on Thursday. Abreu, 34, has been ill since the weekend and didn’t travel with the team to Houston on Tuesday. He’ll be a game-day
3:52 PM ET The San Diego Padres have fired manager Jayce Tingler after the team failed to make the playoffs despite entering the season with hopes of challenging for a World Series title. Tingler is out after two seasons, finishing with a 116-106 overall record, including a disappointing 79-83 this year. He had one year
7:00 AM ET Seventeen might be the defining number of the St. Louis Cardinals‘ season. As in how many games in a row they won during a record-setting September stretch. But there’s another number that tells an even more dramatic tale of their year: 1.3. According to FanGraphs, the Cardinals’ playoff odds hit a season-low
5:39 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is not expected to practice before the start of the regular season, making it unlikely that he’ll be ready for next week’s opener at Toronto. Coach Dominique Ducharme said Wednesday that Price is “not doing well right now” as he recovers from a non-COVID-19
3:42 PM ET Associated Press NFL and network executives expected ratings to increase this season. But the rate through the first four weeks has still taken many by surprise. Games are averaging 17.3 million viewers on television and digital, a whopping 17% increase over last season and 3% compared to two years ago. Whether the
5:27 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr took umbrage Wednesday with Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa‘s critical comments of his play, intimating that they could serve as motivation. “I just thought it was unfortunate that he’d even think to say it,” Carr said. “Maybe he was just trying
1:26 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer said he never considered resigning in the wake of two viral videos that emerged showing him with at least one woman who was not his wife in a Columbus, Ohio, bar. But he did apologize again Wednesday, once to players and staff in a