BOSTON – About two hours before Friday night’s game against the Celtics, there was nothing whatsoever to suggest that anything was amiss with Bones Hyland. He conducted his typical pre-game shooting routine, even stepping out some eight feet behind the 3-point line to sharpen his lethal range. He crowed at makes, bemoaned his misses and appeared on track to shepherd […]

Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham said Thursday that LeBron James avoided a serious groin injury in Wednesday’s 114-101 loss to the LA Clippers and is considered day-to-day. Ham says the MRI results showed that James has a strained left adductor, and that “there wasn’t anything torn.” James limped off the court with 5 minutes, 41 seconds remaining in the […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Nikola Jokic couldn’t help himself. Hardwired to take advantage of an opportunity, he tried to bait a whistle with only 10 seconds left, the shot clock turned off and the Nuggets clinging to a 122-119 lead Wednesday night. Jokic had a step on Indiana rookie Bennedict Mathurin, felt him on his hip and leaned into an ill-advised shot. […]

Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print. Allison Hueman, the noted Oakland-based artist and muralist, could not believe the email she was reading in January 2021: Would you be interested in designing the City Edition uniform for the Golden State Warriors? “Wait, are they really asking me to do this?” Hueman recalls thinking. “I remember […]

The relationship between Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Nike is likely severed for good, the shoe giant’s co-founder told CNBC. “I would doubt that we go back,” co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview that aired Thursday. “But I don’t know for sure.” Nike announced last Friday that it has “suspended” its relationship with Irving and canceled its plans […]

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 — The Brooklyn Nets officially named Jacque Vaughn head coach on Wednesday. Vaughn’s promotion comes with a deal through the 2023-24 season, sources […]

The Utah Jazz have the best record in the Western Conference, and that is only one of many surprises that have percolated throughout the first month of the 2022 NBA season. The ascending 8-2 Cleveland Cavaliers had a chance at a 9-1 start and a share of first place in the Eastern Conference before blowing a 13-point lead to the […]

After winning one of the biggest prizes in baseball the Houston Astros partied in style with over £335,000 worth of champagne. The Astros beat Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 in the best of seven series sparking wild scenes on the pitch and inside the dressing room. Players celebrated with over 250 bottles of 50 Cent's Le Chemin Du Roi Brut champagne, according […]

LeBron James will not play against the Utah Jazz on Monday because of left foot soreness, the Los Angeles Lakers announced. It is the second leg of a back-to-back. In addition to the foot soreness, James is overcoming an illness that affected him last week. James scored 27 points on 13-of-23 shooting in the Lakers’ 114-100 loss to the Cleveland […]

In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Mike Singer and deputy sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene after Denver blasted the Spurs to move to 4-0 at Ball Arena. Among the topics discussed: Bones Hyland played his best game of the season coming off the bench against San Antonio on Saturday night. What clicked for the second-year […]