ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books After 18 years as Phoenix Suns owner, Robert Sarver left many across the NBA with a story. Some are bizarre, like when he put a herd of goats in his general manager’s office. Some are repugnant, such as his racially insensitive language and treatment of […]

Disgraced Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver is selling both franchises after being fined and banned following an NBA investigation into his behaviour. Sarver, who also runs Spanish football club RCD Mallorca, was fined £8.65million – alongside a one-year suspension – by the NBA after an investigation over claims of racism, sexual misconduct and bullying. The organisation announced the […]

Golf star Rory McIlroy was the butt of the jokes by some LIV Golf Series rebels. Cameron Smith faced the media during last week's LIV Golf series event in Chicago – a competition in which he won, netting a whopping £3.5 million after finishing 13 under par. The Australian star joined the Saudi-backed LIV in August, signing a deal worth […]

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Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio, saying she was speaking on behalf of NBA players, […]

Real Madrid want to book Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal for one last epic showdown at their soon-to-be revamped Santiago Bernabeu stadium. On Thursday, Federer announced plans to retire from tennis next week, revealing in an emotional statement that his age had finally caught up to him following several years of injury setbacks and surgery. The Swiss superstar is set […]

The NBA’s two biggest offseason questions — the futures of Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell — have been answered. But while the Brooklyn Nets seem on track to run it back with their current core intact, the drama at Barclays Center is far from over. Will the Durant-Nets partnership survive the rest of the season after such a public airing […]

Phoenix Suns vice chairman and minority owner Jahm Najafi called for majority owner Robert Sarver’s resignation in an open letter to team employees released on Thursday night, saying there should be “zero tolerance” for lewd, misogynistic and racist conduct in any workplace.” Sarver was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after the NBA on Tuesday […]

Roger Federer once played alongside his wife Mirka Federer when the pair teamed up in mixed doubles at the Hopman Cup in Perth back in 2002. The Swiss star announced on Thursday he was set to retire, and leave the sport as one of the greatest ever to step foot on the court. The 41-year-old said in an emotional statement […]

NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he doesn’t “know how to measure” the punishment Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver received for making racist and misogynist remarks compared to what would happen to a team or league employee, saying that he “doesn’t have the right” to take away Sarver’s team. “There are particular rights here […]