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12:15 AM ET BOSTON — The head referee in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 125-121 overtime loss to the Celtics on Saturday admitted there was a missed shooting foul by Jayson Tatum against LeBron James in the final seconds of regulation, leaving L.A. seething about another defeat tied to officiating. The Lakers had a golden opportunity

Jan 27, 2023 ESPN staff The conference championship round (schedule) for the 2022 NFL season has two great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters deliver the biggest keys and bold predictions for each contest. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information offers a crucial stat and betting nugget, and our Football Power Index (FPI) goes inside the numbers

5:18 PM ET Ohio State is adding James Laurinaitis, one of the most decorated defensive players in program history, to its coaching staff as a defensive graduate assistant for the 2023 college football season. Laurinaitis, a former Buckeyes linebacker, is one of only eight players in team history to earn All-America honors three times. A

7:00 AM ET We’re calling these lineup rankings “way-too-early” — and while that might well be true, maybe it’s not. At this point of the winter, teams across MLB have largely completed their heavy lifting. We do still have a few free agents out there and some trades have continued to trickle in, but we

7:00 AM ET The 2023 NHL All-Star Game is on tap next weekend, and once the break is over, the volume of trades should really start heating up as teams fall into the “playoff contender” and “there’s always next year” cohorts. As of this point, there are no teams that have clinched a playoff spot,

3:09 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves has ruled out running next month’s NASCAR season-opening Daytona 500. Castroneves has been chasing a seat since winning one of Tony Stewart‘s summer all-star races last season to win a bet with the SRX head that promised Castroneves help finding

NOTTINGHAM, England — Manchester United are just 90 minutes away from the Carabao Cup final after sealing a 3-0 semifinal first-leg win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. – Report: Nottingham Forest 0-3 Man United Goals from Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes were enough to give United a commanding lead going into

Jan 24, 2023 England are facing a growing injury crisis ahead of their Six Nations opener against Scotland with Jamie George and Elliot Daly the latest players to withdraw from training. Steve Borthwick begins his England tenure in the Calcutta Cup clash on Feb. 4, but his front-row resources are being tested with George the

Jan 22, 2023 SYDNEY — Alexander Volkanovski says people have forgotten his escape acts against Brian Ortega, the Australian confident he has made the necessary adjustments to handle Islam Makhachev if their UFC 284 lightweight title fight descends into the wrestling contest many believe it will. Makhachev, however, says that such is his depth of

8:01 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking’s formula might say that Rory McIlroy is still the No. 1 player in the world, but there’s little question as to who has been the best player on the course during the past four months. Spain’s Jon Rahm won again on Sunday at the American Express in

10:30 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Prior to coming to New Zealand and Australia this month, Ben Shelton had never left the United States. Now, his first trip overseas has been extended after he defeated compatriot and friend J.J. Wolf in the fourth round. Shelton’s path to professional tennis began at the U.S. collegiate level,

1:53 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac is set to make his return from a severe left knee injury that has sidelined him since Aug. 2, 2020. Isaac’s pastor said during a Sunday morning service that Isaac was set to return, and then a team source confirmed to ESPN that Isaac is

7:45 PM ET Michael DiRocco Close Michael DiRocco ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner Adam Teicher Close Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Jan 21, 2023 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Liam Smith settled his differences with Chris Eubank Jr. in emphatic fashion, stopping his English middleweight rival in four rounds on Saturday. Smith floored

Jan 21, 2023 Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — An exercise rider at a Florida horse track died Saturday in a training accident, officials said. Tampa Bay Downs said Daniel Quintero, 19, died while working with horses before 7 a.m., but declined to give further details. “The entire racetrack community expresses its condolences to his family

Jan 20, 2023 Talk of Georgia three-peating as national champion has become the topic du jour in college football. Seems like just yesterday the Dawgs had gone four decades without a national title. Now they’ve won two in a row, and it’s never too early to look ahead in a sport that never sleeps. We’ve

7:00 AM ET Since the very first Baseball Hall of Fame vote in 1936, the results have been steeped in controversy and arguments. It has been almost 100 years, and voting mostly remains an exercise ranging from polite disagreement to contentious bickering. That felt particularly true in the past decade, as the electorate argued publicly

Jan 20, 2023 The 2023 NHL All-Star class gained 12 new members on Thursday night. But of the original 32, four — Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau, Nazem Kadri and Kevin Fiala — were added to their current teams this past offseason via trade or free agency. However, not every deal works out that well. This

9:33 AM ET When the United States men’s national team takes the field next week against Serbia, with the squad to be announced at noon ET on Wednesday, it will officially open the 2026 World Cup cycle. Call it a soft launch. The roster won’t look anything like the version that advanced from the group

Jan 18, 2023 Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick will all make their debuts this season in Tony Stewart’s summer all-star series, while four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves confirmed Wednesday he’ll return for a third season. Busch, who left Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last season