The 2025 NBA Finals shift to Indianapolis on Wednesday night as the Indiana Pacers host the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3. The series is tied, 1-1, after the teams split the first two games in OKC. The Thunder have been the far more dominant team in the series, and they’ve had the lead for…
The Concacaf Gold Cup kicks off this weekend, marking the final major international tournament in which the United States, Mexico, and Canada will participate before hosting the men’s FIFA World Cup in 2026. Those North American teams are the only ones who have lifted the Gold Cup before. However, with other contenders coming off World…
Jamal CollierJun 10, 2025, 02:17 PM ET Close Jamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and the Midwest region of the NBA, including stories such as Minnesota’s iconic jersey swap between Anthony Edwards and Justin Jefferson. He has been at ESPN since Sept. 2021 and previously covered…
Jun 10, 2025, 08:58 PM ET PHOENIX — Jordan Ott’s first NBA head coaching job comes with an expensive, underachieving roster, an increasingly hands-on owner who has promised to be more involved, and a grumpy fan base that has never experienced a championship since the franchise was established in the desert in 1968. Taking over…
The NBA’s 2025 free agent class was once billed as historic. Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler III, Donovan Mitchell, Lauri Markkanen, Jalen Brunson, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Jamal Murray, Rudy Gobert, Aaron Gordon, Derrick White and Brandon Ingram, among other stars, were expected to become free agents this offseason. Instead, changes to extension rules in the…
Jonathan GivonyJun 10, 2025, 03:26 PM ET Close NBA draft analyst and writerJoined ESPN.com in July 2017Founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private scouting and analytics service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams Thirteen players have received invitations to attend the 2025 NBA draft in New York and sit in the green room, sources…
Jun 10, 2025, 11:45 PM ET MEXICO CITY — The NBA is returning to Mexico City next season, with the Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons set to play a regular-season game there Nov. 1. The Mavericks have the No. 1 pick in this month’s draft and are expected to select Duke’s Cooper Flagg. The Pistons…
David NewtonJun 10, 2025, 04:22 PM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers Pro Bowl cornerback Jaycee Horn overheard the…
Jun 10, 2025, 08:08 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Zach Edey could miss the start of the 2025-26 season after the Memphis Grizzlies rookie center had surgery Tuesday on his left ankle. Edey needed the procedure to repair and restabilize his ankle after spraining it again during offseason training last week. The Grizzlies said the…
Oklahoma’s famous Sooner Schooner has weathered a few bumps in the road in the past, but after suffering through two losing seasons in three years for the first time this century, Brent Venables knew he had to pull the reins. Oklahoma’s head coach began re-evaluating his plans in October, amid a dreadful start to his…
