6:00 AM ET James Harden would like to think he knows an MVP when he sees one, having won the award himself in 2018 and played alongside two others in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. And in Harden’s book, his new teammate, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, “deserves” to win the award this season. “He
3:49 AM ET Britain’s Emma Raducanu was knocked out at the second round of the Miami Open on Thursday after a mammoth three-hour match against Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova. The U.S. Open champion, who was won just two of her seven matches this season, was a set and a break up in the second set,
9:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Josh Warrington is confident he can emulate Saturday’s opponent Kiko Martinez’s reversal of fortune and turn his career around to become a two-time world
Lewis Hamilton says it should be “easy” for Saudi Arabia to make changes to improve human rights. The country’s record on human rights is in the spotlight on the eve of the second Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver said it was “mind-blowing” to hear some of the stories about abuses in Saudi Arabia.
Australia defeated Pakistan in the third Test.© AFP After winning the Test series against Pakistan by 1-0 in the third and final Test on Friday, Australia captain Pat Cummins expressed happiness and said that the way his side batted in the first innings was fantastic. Australia had given a target of 351 runs to Pakistan.
7:30 AM ET The 2022 NHL trade deadline had a little bit of everything. Stars moving to Stanley Cup contenders. Rebuilding teams growing treasure troves of picks and prospects. A canceled deal between division rivals. Kevin Weekes popping out of my hotel’s ice machine to break a trade. (I might have hallucinated that last one.)
5:00 AM ET MEXICO CITY — The number of times that the United States men’s national team has walked out of Estadio Azteca seething, on the wrong end of a scoreline, are too many to count. Usually it was because the visitors had been subjected to death by 1,000 passes, no match for Mexico‘s methodical
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has been ruled out of the second round of the Formula 1 season in Saudi Arabia because of Covid-19. The Aston Martin driver missed last week’s Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive and has failed to recover in time to compete in Jeddah. Vettel, 34, will again be replaced by
1:22 AM ET MEXICO CITY — It didn’t get the historic win it was looking for, but the United States national team picked up an important point at the Estadio Azteca, taking a significant step toward World Cup qualification in a 0-0 draw with Mexico. Coupled with Panama‘s 1-1 draw with Honduras, the United States
9:03 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels signed catcher Max Stassi to a three-year, $17.5 million contract Thursday, buying out two free agent years while providing themselves with a club option for a third. Stassi, 31, was acquired from the Houston Astros in a mid-summer trade in 2019 and has batted .232/.315/.413 in 473 plate
12:36 AM ET Vegas Golden Knights center Brett Howden is in stable condition after being stretchered off in Thursday night’s 6-1 win over the Nashville Predators, the team said. Howden was injured when he was hit awkwardly by Predators left wing Filip Forsberg. The Golden Knights said Howden was sent to the hospital for further
Shubman Gill had his first training session with his new IPL franchise Gujarat Titans.© Twitter India batter Shubman Gill had his first training session with his new Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Gujarat Titans (GT) on Thursday. He completed his quarantine and had his first training session with GT and spoke about how welcoming the
12:00 AM ET Associated Press DENVER — Chris Paul returned from a broken right thumb to help the Phoenix Suns wrap up the top seed in the NBA playoffs with a 140-130 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. Devin Booker led Phoenix with a season-high 49 points, and Paul had 17 points —
12:44 AM BST The head of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) has repeated his backing of Eddie Jones and his belief that England are making progress, but admitted the upbeat statement of support on Sunday should have shown more understanding of fans’ frustration. Echoing Jones’s positive comments after the defeat by France, their third of
5:20 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Two days, two wins and making it look easy. Naomi Osaka sure seems like herself again. The former world No. 1 is through to the third round at the Miami Open, easily handling 13th-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. It was every bit
11:02 PM ET Thriving under the pressure of his all-or-nothing US debut, Tim Tszyu is vowing to “take over” boxing’s super-welterweight division and become a unified world champion. “It’s in my heart, in my destiny. I’m not here to just take part; I’m here to really take over and I believe it,” Tszyu said after
10:13 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Jin Young Ko picked up where she left off three weeks ago in Singapore on Thursday in the first round of the JTBC Classic. The top-ranked Ko shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 at Aviara Golf Club to take a one-stroke leader over Nanna Koerstz Madsen in the
9:06 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The format is fickle enough even before that notorious Texas wind arrived. Kevin Kisner, Mackenzie Hughes and even Sergio Garcia showed how quickly fortunes can change Thursday in the Dell Technologies Match Play. Kisner added to his record of most matches won since the move to Austin