Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant was a full participant in practice Friday afternoon and will be listed as questionable for Game 3 of the team’s first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. Morant missed Game 2 of the series on Wednesday with a sore […]

Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James will let his game do the talking when the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round series against the self-proclaimed bear-poking Dillon Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies continues with […]

MILWAUKEE — Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo did not practice with the team Friday but did some individual work on the court, coach Mike Budenholzer said. The Bucks will continue to monitor the two-time MVP’s lower back contusion ahead of Game 3 on Saturday, said Budenholzer, who added Antetokounmpo is still feeling some soreness. “He’s doing everything he can to make […]

Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. NEW YORK — Donovan Mitchell still remembers the noise. As a young fan sitting inside Madison Square Garden during a playoff game years ago, he […]

Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. IT’S MARCH 31 and the revitalized New York Knicks are in Cleveland to face the equally upstart Cavaliers. The stakes are high. New York, at […]

Snooker: Bingtao breaks ‘unwritten rule’ during win The World Snooker Championship is set to be temporarily paused on Sunday to avoid an emergency government alert disrupting play. Referees will reportedly be asked to halt proceedings at an appropriate moment, while football authorities are also planning to take action. The government are preparing to send a message to all 4G and […]

Nearly half of LGBTQ+ adults in the UK feel uncomfortable watching live sporting events in person – because of homophobia or transphobia, a study claims. The poll of 1,000 people from the LGBTQ+ community found 34 percent of those who have attended a live sports event have experienced abuse while sitting in the stands – an average of four times. […]

Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — Devin Booker has been a good scorer since he came into the league in 2016. But he has taken it to another level since Kevin Durant joined the Phoenix Suns in February. Booker scored a game-high 45 points on a blistering 18-for-29 shooting (62 […]

Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion debate protest tactics Since they are all the rage at the moment it seems like a good time to form a new sporting protest group – stop the sporting protest. Big events are feeling vulnerable at the moment after the raids on Aintree and the Crucible by protestors. The fears of copycat attacks from […]

Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon, the key offseason addition for the defending Eastern Conference champions, was named the winner of the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award on Thursday night. Brogdon edged out New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley for the award, garnering 60 out of 100 first-place votes and compiling 408 total points, ahead of Quickley’s 34 first-place […]