Offbeat news from the world of sport We have more newsletters A mountain biker who competed in the Commonwealth Games has died just two days after winning the Scottish championship and hours after appearing on the BBC. Rab Wardell, 37, tragically died in his sleep overnight, it has been confirmed. Wardell, who lived in Glasgow, triumphed in the men's elite […]

Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets are running it back. In a statement released Tuesday, Nets general manager Sean Marks said the past MVP and two-time NBA champion will remain with the franchise after originally requesting a trade on June 30. (Durant’s four-year, $198 million extension kicks in this season.) “[Coach] Steve Nash and I, together with [governors] Joe Tsai […]

Kevin Durant is staying in Brooklyn, according to statement from Nets general manager Sean Marks. “[Coach] Steve Nash and I, together with [governors] Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai, met with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles yesterday,” Marks said in a statement. “We have agreed to move forward with our partnership. We are focusing on basketball, with […]

Golf star Rory McIlroy lost his patience with one disruptive fan on Sunday, after launching a remote control ball in the water at the BMW Championship. McIlroy was competing at the penultimate PGA Tour event of the year in Delaware and was disrupted on the 15th green of his final round. McIlroy was playing alongside Scott Stallings in Sunday’s fourth […]

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. Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem is coming back for his 20th NBA season. The 42-year-old made the announcement Sunday at his basketball camp in Miami. […]

Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system SEATTLE — A historic day at the CrawsOver Pro-Am featuring more NBA talent than has been on a court in Seattle since the league’s last preseason visit ended early due to court conditions, but not before what organizer Jamal Crawford called an […]

Former NFL star Lawrence Okoye won bronze for Team GB at the European Championships in the discus and the 30-year-old has one eye on medalling at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Okoye competed in the 2012 London Olympics, but finished a disappointing 12th and decided to pursue an NFL career the following year despite never having played the sport at […]

LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband basketball star Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them. […]

A minor league baseball player couldn't believe his own strength striking a ball at 111mph and wedging the ball into an outfield wall. Buffalo Bisons player Gabriel Moreno had a moment to remember as he hit a clean strike in the ninth inning sending the ball over the head of a helpless outfielder before being 'crushed' inside the surrounding wall. […]

Get the latest news and deepest insight with our NFL newsletter We have more newsletters Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been suspended for 11 games and fined $5million (£4.2m) after he was the subject of two dozen sexual assault lawsuits. The allegations occurred during Watson's spell with the Houston Texans, which caused him to sit out the entire 2021 […]