LeBron James and Kyrie Irving take over as Cavs stay alive in NBA Finals 1:35 AM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate OAKLAND, Calif. -– Facing elimination following a devastating home loss in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Cleveland … [Read more...]
Warriors say Green absence no excuse for loss
Warriors say Green absence no excuse for loss 4:39 AM ET ESPN.com news services OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors admitted to missing the suspended Draymond Green in their 112-97 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. But they refused to use his absence as a cop-out. "Draymond does a little bit of everything," said Klay Thompson, whose 37 points … [Read more...]
Spain to send blood samples to WADA as part of cycling doping case (Reuters)
Spain to send blood samples to WADA as part of cycling doping case (Reuters) A Spanish court said on Tuesday it would order blood samples to be sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and had absolved doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in the long-running "Operation Puerto" doping case in cycling. Fuentes had been barred from practicing sports medicine for four years in 2013. WADA had since then … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: DL For Darvish
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: DL For Darvish Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter. Rangers fans and fantasy owners had to wait seemingly forever for Yu Darvish to return from Tommy John surgery. They’re now going to have to do some more waiting. Texas placed Darvish on the disabled list Monday with tightness in his right shoulder and neck. The good news is that an MRI cleared the … [Read more...]
Battle-hardened football fans cause new crisis for Russian sport
Battle-hardened football fans cause new crisis for Russian sport Moscow (AFP) – Rampaging football fans have opened up a new sporting crisis for Russia as it battles doping scandals and doubts about the World Cup that it will host in two years. Sanctions that UEFA is considering against Russia over pitched fights, racist chants and fireworks hurled around the European Championship game against … [Read more...]
The Walk Off: Max Scherzer flirts with perfection in win over Cubs
The Walk Off: Max Scherzer flirts with perfection in win over Cubs Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. For over five innings, the best offense in baseball was held completely silent. The Chicago … [Read more...]
Michael Bisping has variety of options for first UFC title defense
Michael Bisping has variety of options for first UFC title defense Now that the shock has worn off from Michael Bisping’s stunning first-round knockout of Luke Rockhold at UFC 199, the conversation has shifted to the middleweight champion’s first title defense. And the Brit isn’t short on suitors who are both deserving and eager to get a crack at Bisping. There’s obviously Rockhold, who … [Read more...]
Austria skipper Fuchs no ordinary footballer
Austria skipper Fuchs no ordinary footballer Paris (AFP) – Social media fiend, clothing line designer and head of a football academy in New York, Austria captain Christian Fuchs is as committed off the pitch as he is to fairytale Premier League champions Leicester City. Signed on a free transfer from German side Schalke last summer, it’s been a remarkable journey for the charismatic Fuchs who … [Read more...]
Game 5 woes show just how badly the Warriors need Draymond Green
Game 5 woes show just how badly the Warriors need Draymond Green OAKLAND — Draymond Green's suspension for Game 5 of the NBA Finals raised questions regarding not just how the Golden State Warriors could close out the Cleveland Cavaliers without him, but what the record-setting team would even look like without its most versatile player and vocal leader. The answer in Monday night's 112-97 … [Read more...]
Warriors' Bogut sprains knee, set to undergo MRI
Warriors' Bogut sprains knee, set to undergo MRI 1:00 AM ET Brian WindhorstESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books OAKLAND, Calif. -- Golden State center Andrew Bogut will undergo an MRI to determine the severity of a left knee injury he suffered in the third quarter of the Warriors' 112-97 loss in Game 5 of the … [Read more...]