QB Wentz goes to Philadelphia with No. 2 pick 8:57 PM ET Phil SheridanESPN Staff Writer Close Spent a decade as sports columnistat Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia native has covered Eaglesin various roles since 1985 print PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles, who made three trades to move from No. 13 in the NFL draft to No. 2, got their man Thursday night. They selected quarterback Carson … [Read more...]

Hornets' Hawes (MCL sprain) likely out for series 7:38 PM ET Justin VerrierESPN Staff Writer Close Justin Verrier is an NBA writer and editor at ESPN.com. print CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte Hornets reserve Spencer Hawes suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee and will miss Friday's Game 6 against the Miami Heat, the team announced Thursday afternoon. The Hornets said Hawes … [Read more...]

Lue: Blatt 'deserves another chance' to coach 5:24 PM ET ESPN.com news services print INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue would like to see his former boss, David Blatt, get another NBA job. Blatt was fired in January despite a 30-11 record and replaced by Lue, who guided Cleveland to the top seed in the Eastern Conference. New York Knicks president … [Read more...]

How Kobe's spending retirement: Pulling sweaty pranks on 'Ellen' After riding off into the sunset in just about the most perfect way imaginable, we knew what Kobe Bryant planned to do: work out in the morning, head over to the Kobe Inc. offices, and get to work on branding, or storytelling, or telling stories about branding. Following a couple of nose-to-the-grindstone weeks, though, the … [Read more...]

The Hornets pull out all their tricks in Game 5 12:00 AM ET print Charlotte has taken three straight from the reeling Heat mostly because its defense has held Miami to a pitiful 89 points per 100 possessions over the past three games. Miami was never going to keep up the fiery pace it established during its first two wins, when point guard Goran Dragic was canning step-back 3s and … [Read more...]

Rockets' season ends and the truth comes out 9:54 AM ET Calvin WatkinsESPN Staff Writer Close Calvin Watkins covers the Houston Rockets and the NBA for ESPN.com. He joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He's covered the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers as well as colleges, boxing and high school sports. print OAKLAND, Calif. -- With the Houston Rockets' season finally over … [Read more...]

With Stephen Curry cheering, Warriors close out Rockets 3:19 AM ET Ethan Sherwood StraussESPN Staff Writer Close Covers the Golden State Warriors for ESPN.com Contributes to ESPN's TrueHoop blog Hosts TrueHoop TV Live print OAKLAND, Calif. -- This was not a competitive game, which says something about the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets, their desultory foe. From the … [Read more...]

How to replace superstars? Warriors find a way. Clippers struggle. 4:26 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information print The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers each were faced with having to replace star power, with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin joining Stephen Curry on the sidelines. The Warriors had no problem filling Curry's shoes. The Clippers tried but couldn't replace their … [Read more...]

Blazers stumble early, surge late for 3-2 lead on hurting Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers had about as negative an experience as a playoff team can in Monday's Game 4 at the Portland Trail Blazers, losing to fall into a 2-2 series tie and seeing stars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin succumb to serious injuries. Considered favorites in this first-round series and a strong contender to defeat … [Read more...]

Warriors eliminate Rockets, advance to 2nd round in breezy blowout Few doubts remained over the Golden State Warriors' ability to defeat the Houston Rockets without Stephen Curry before Wednesday's Game 5 in Oakland. The presumptive back-to-back MVP played just 39 minutes while active for two games before spraining the MCL in his right knee before halftime of Game 4, and the Warriors have … [Read more...]