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8:00 AM ET AS THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS play in their first playoffs since LeBron James skipped town for the second time in 2018, they do so knowing the impact the franchise icon created for the organization. They know they are writing a chapter in the history book James authored so much in. The shadow is

9:52 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Novak Djokovic made his return to tennis last week in Monte Carlo, after more than a monthlong absence. Unable to enter the United States because of his unvaccinated status, the 22-time major champ didn’t participate in either of the Sunshine Double events in Indian Wells and Miami. Editor’s Picks In

6:00 AM ET Shortly after buying the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris explained why. “What we’ve done is buy good companies,” he told NJ.com in 2014, “good franchises that have a reason to exist but for whatever reason may have some financial difficulties or need some new leadership.” Harris is doing the same thing

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff College football‘s transfer portal is now open for the next 15 days. More than 6,000 NCAA football players have entered the portal since the beginning of the 2022 season, including 2,179 last December alone — the most of any month since the transfer portal was created in fall 2018. The

11:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Sunday. Stanton was replaced by a pinch runner after hitting a double in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton

8:00 AM ET Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs are upon us. While the Boston Bruins set all sorts of records

10:32 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — John Hunter Nemechek was on fire all night at Martinsville Speedway. So maybe it was fitting that he set his car on fire after a lengthy burnout upon winning his second Xfinity Series race of the season. Nemechek held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sammy Smith on

1:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Corach Rambler, the 8-1 favorite, produced a strong finish to win the Grand National after the world-famous horse race was delayed for 15 minutes Saturday because animal rights activists scaled fences around the perimeter of the course and got onto the track. The race took place after three people

8:00 AM ET AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is no stranger to the rough and tumble of martial arts, and he has once again been demonstrating his fighting prowess by sharing an action-packed video on Instagram. The 41-year-old posted a behind-the-scenes clip on social media of himself working his way through a choreographed combat sequence.

11:07 AM ET Former UFC middleweight champion and multidivision kickboxing champion Alex Pereira is moving up in weight after his knockout loss to Israel Adesanya last weekend. Pereira, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, formally announced the news Thursday on his YouTube channel. Pereira won the UFC’s 185-pound championship by knocking out Adesanya in the fifth round

7:52 AM ET Nate Diaz and Jake Paul have been exchanging trash talk on social media and in the press for over a year. Their two teams got into a physical altercation backstage during one of Paul’s fights. Paul called Diaz out on several exchanges, including in his postfight interview after beating Anderson Silva last

7:31 AM BST Michael Hooper is flirting with a career change, move abroad, an Olympic rugby sevens stint and even joking of a code switch as the Wallabies star weighs up his next move. The most-capped Australian skipper is off contract beyond this year’s Rugby World Cup and is adamant he has no idea what

Jon Rahm arrived at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Tuesday with a second major championship victory and a new green jacket. The new Masters champion admits it’s going to be difficult to refocus after a marathon week at Augusta National Golf Club. That’s life in the new era of designated events on the PGA

1:24 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — LeBron James had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers claimed the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a grueling 108-102 overtime victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA’s play-in tournament Tuesday night. Dennis Schroder scored 21 points and iced

11:36 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy wouldn’t say whether the team is waiting for the New York Jets to accept its trade proposal for Aaron Rodgers or if it’s the other way around. Either way, there was no sign of an imminent deal nearly a month after Rodgers

1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic looked rusty as he started his clay-court season with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win against qualifier Ivan Gakhov at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. The two-time Monte Carlo champion had not played since losing to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships

6:15 AM ET EVERY SO OFTEN, North Dakota State offensive tackle Cody Mauch will hear from Kendrick Lenzen, his childhood friend and former grade school teammate, via FaceTime. “He’ll be like, ‘Hey, give me a smile,'” Mauch said. “It’s like he’s admiring his work.” Lenzen is responsible for what might become the most recognizable gap-tooth

9:00 AM ET Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The 2022-23 NHL regular season is nearing its end, and it was a record-breaking campaign for the

6:41 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Practical Move held off Japan’s Mandarin Hero by a nose to win the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, solidifying his status as a top contender in next month’s Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Ramon Vazquez, Practical Move ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.69. Sent off as the

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