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 A LITTLE after 1 o’clock in the morning on Thursday, Feb. 9, and Mikal Bridges, the talented swingman from the Phoenix Suns, is awake […]

Bookmark Offbeat news from the world of sport We have more newsletters An emotional Sir Mo Farah admitted that the 2023 London Marathon will be his swansong over the distance – saying his body “can’t do it” anymore. The hometown hero will take to the course – which runs from Blackheath and Greenwich to The Mall – for a fourth […]

Snooker star Rob Milkins has revealed the Just Stop Oil protest at The Crucible actually helped him defeat Joe Perry 10-9 following a stunning turnaround having initially trailed the contest 7-2. Play was interrupted during the clash at the start of the week after an activist invaded the arena and threw orange powder across the table – stunning an astonished […]

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. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Facing a Grizzlies team missing its superstar in Ja Morant, with a chance to go up 2-0 in their first-round series, Anthony Davis piled up too many missed shots […]

The family of missing rugby star Levi Davis fear he may have drowned at sea following an update from Spanish police. The 24-year-old former professional rugby player has not been seen since October 29 in Barcelona, with his phone last detected to be at the city's main train station. Davis posted and deleted an Instagram video days before his disappearance […]

Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM FINDING THE PERFECT shoe was one of the final steps in Desmond Bane’s frustrating return from injury. Bane visited multiple doctors after suffering a Grade 2 sprain of his right big toe during the Memphis Grizzlies’ Nov. 11 win over the […]

A stunning Olympian has delighted her thousands of fans by posting a fresh set of topless images on social media. German ski jumper Juliane Seyfarth, 33, who competed at the last Winter Olympics in Beijing, has regularly posted saucy snaps on a second Instagram account, where she goes by the name of ‘Nayeli’. However, on this occasion, Seyfarth used her […]

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. CLEVELAND — Darius Garland heard the message loud and clear. After the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard struggled to make an impact at various points during […]

In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Mike Singer and deputy sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene after the Nuggets put the smackdown on the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their first-round series. Among the topics discussed: Denver absolutely manhandled Minnesota without even getting an A-plus game from superstar center Nikola Jokic. What does this say […]

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox was named the runaway winner of the NBA’s inaugural Jerry West Clutch Player of the Year Award Tuesday night, capping a stellar season for the sixth-year guard, who has played a huge part in Sacramento’s dramatic resurgence this season. Fox earned 91 out of 100 possible first-place votes and 460 out of a possible 500 […]