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Kobe Bryant’s greatness was both beautiful and maddening

ESPNJanuary 28, 2020January 28, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 28, 2020January 28, 202004

The text from an unfamiliar 949 number arrived at some ungodly hour in the spring of 2016. I don’t have it anymore. I wish I did. “It’s Kobe. Call me.” I assumed it was a hoax. I called my colleague Ramona Shelburne. I recited the number. She said it was......

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Lessons from Nick Saban, Aaron Boone and others

ESPNJanuary 28, 2020January 28, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 28, 2020January 28, 202005

It was August 2019, still a couple of months before David Ross would be introduced as the 55th manager of the Chicago Cubs. It also was the day before the Alabama Crimson Tide football team would begin practice. Alabama head coach Nick Saban had asked Ross to speak with his......

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What fueled Kobe Bryant’s obsessions

ESPNJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 202000

When Kobe Bryant wanted to talk, he’d shoot you a text or email: “When are you headed this way again?” This was his way of suggesting the booking of a flight. A one-man news cycle, almost anything Bryant shared became a story. He never seemed to grow tired of the......

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Remembering Kobe Bryant – Relentless, curious and infinitely complicated

ESPNJanuary 26, 2020January 26, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 26, 2020January 26, 202006

We were visiting relatives on a brisk Thanksgiving afternoon on Cape Cod in 2007, and I was balancing a piece of piping-hot apple pie in my hand when my phone pinged to let me know I had a text message. It was from Kobe Bryant. “Hey Jackie, wishing you and......

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Ten NBA things I like and don’t like, including the Spurs’ new threat

ESPNJanuary 24, 2020January 24, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 24, 2020January 24, 202009

A special “8 things” edition with a supersized Item One: 1. Welcome to the 3-point era, LaMarcus Aldridge! Turns out, the perception that Gregg Popovich — increasingly cantankerous about the tyranny of 3s — hemmed in Aldridge was incorrect. After last season, Popovich approached Aldridge and suggested the team would......

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LeBron James is making this a real NBA MVP race

ESPNJanuary 24, 2020January 24, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 24, 2020January 24, 202006

Halfway through the 2019-20 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers stand alone at the top of the Western Conference standings, and it’s become clear that this new-look squad is among the best legitimate contenders to win the 2020 NBA Finals. The main reason the Lakers are playing so well is......

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NBA All-Star debate – Big questions surrounding 2020 All-Star starters

ESPNJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 202008

The starters are set for the 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago. Now comes the fun part. And while LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo — both are reprising their roles as team captains — won’t be making their draft selections until Feb. 6, our panel of NBA experts is already answering......

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Lowe’s NBA All-Stars – 24 players plus the biggest debates

ESPNJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 202005

It’s time to split hairs and pick some All-Stars! A refresher: • I start from scratch and ignore the fan vote. It’s more fun to pick all 12 spots. • I follow the same rules as fans, media and players in selecting starters: two guards and three frontcourt players. (I......

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The best moments from Zion Williamson’s stunning NBA debut

ESPNJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020011

NEW ORLEANS — The hall leading from the players’ parking lot into the Smoothie King Center is awkwardly narrow, seemingly just wide enough to fit a golf cart through. Or, in this case, just wide enough for the Thanos-like frame of Zion Williamson. Williamson arrived to the New Orleans Pelicans‘......

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Ariel Helwani’s MMA thoughts — Why Nate Diaz should be Conor McGregor’s next move

ESPNJanuary 22, 2020January 22, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 22, 2020January 22, 202006

Remember last week when I told you it was conceivable that if all went well against Donald Cerrone, Conor McGregor could fight anyone from featherweight to welterweight next? Well, I guess I was wrong. I should have included bantamweight, too. On Monday’s Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, McGregor’s manager, Audie Attar,......

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How to watch Zion Williamson

ESPNJanuary 21, 2020January 22, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 21, 2020January 22, 202005

Zion Williamson‘s NBA debut with the New Orleans Pelicans is here. Williamson’s surgery to fix the meniscus in his right knee happened on Oct. 21, the day before the Pelicans opened the 2019-20 season against the Toronto Raptors. The original timeline for Williamson was six-to-eight weeks, which would have put......

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Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are facing the Clippers’ first superteam trial

ESPNJanuary 21, 2020January 21, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 21, 2020January 21, 202004

Being a superteam can be hard. This is a lesson that has been passed on from the 2010-11 Miami Heat to the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers to the 2014-15 Cleveland Cavaliers — and one that the LA Clippers are grinding through this season. Their 30-13 record heading into Tuesday’s game......

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Conor’s next opponent? Masvidal, Bisping, McGregor’s camp weigh in

ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 202009

Editor’s note: Watch the replay of this week’s Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show here. Trying to determine who Conor McGregor will fight next is one of the hottest talking points in all of sports. Even before McGregor stopped Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in 40 seconds on Saturday, speculation about his next opponent......

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Can the Celtics maintain the magic they found against the Lakers?

ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 21, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 21, 202007

2:31 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — For 60 seconds on Monday night, it looked like the Boston Celtics‘ nightmarish start to 2020 would continue unabated against the Los Angeles Lakers. The game opened with LeBron James‘ hitting JaVale McGee on an alley-oop from half court, followed by an ugly......

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Who reigns supreme at junior middleweight? It’s anyone’s guess

ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 202006

PHILADELPHIA — The junior middleweight division is as fun, interesting and unpredictable as any in boxing. This time it was unheralded Dominican Jeison Rosario who turned the 154-pound weight class on its head with his wholly unexpected fifth-round knockout of Julian “J Rock” Williams in what had been a very......

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Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to feature Jorge Masvidal, Holly Holm

ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 202007

One of the many questions coming out of UFC 246 was what will be next for Conor McGregor following his stunning 40-second KO victory over Donald Cerrone. Could McGregor be targeting a money fight with Jorge Masvidal? That remains to be seen, but Masvidal likely will discuss his future plans......

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Just like that, Conor McGregor is back in control

ESPNJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020017

When Conor McGregor stepped into the Octagon on Saturday night, it had been 1,163 days since he had last felt the exhilaration of having his arm raised in victory. Add just 40 more seconds to that, and the dry spell was over. McGregor has always operated in style, from his......

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Just like that, Conor McGregor is back in control

ESPNJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 202009

When Conor McGregor stepped into the Octagon on Saturday night, it had been 1,163 days since he had last felt the exhilaration of having his arm raised in victory. Add just 40 seconds to that, and the dry spell was over. McGregor has always operated in style, from his callouts,......

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Jaison Rosario upsets Julian Williams; Eleider Alvarez KOs Michael Seals. What’s next?

ESPNJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020011

12:24 AM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim Jeison Rosario, a 25-to-1 underdog, stopped Julian “J Rock” Williams in the fifth round in a major upset......

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How the internet helped crack the Astros’ sign-stealing case

ESPNJanuary 17, 2020January 17, 2020

by ESPNJanuary 17, 2020January 17, 202008

NEW YORK — When allegations that the Houston Astros had illegally stolen signs during their 2017 world championship season surfaced in November, Jimmy O’Brien was sitting in his new apartment in Harlem, waiting for five Verizon workers to finish setting up his cable internet. Known better as Jomboy, O’Brien had......

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Kobe Bryant’s greatness was both beautiful and maddening

Lessons from Nick Saban, Aaron Boone and others

What fueled Kobe Bryant’s obsessions

Remembering Kobe Bryant – Relentless, curious and infinitely complicated

Ten NBA things I like and don’t like, including the Spurs’ new threat

LeBron James is making this a real NBA MVP race

NBA All-Star debate – Big questions surrounding 2020 All-Star starters

Lowe’s NBA All-Stars – 24 players plus the biggest debates

The best moments from Zion Williamson’s stunning NBA debut

Ariel Helwani’s MMA thoughts — Why Nate Diaz should be Conor McGregor’s next move

How to watch Zion Williamson

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are facing the Clippers’ first superteam trial

Conor’s next opponent? Masvidal, Bisping, McGregor’s camp weigh in

Can the Celtics maintain the magic they found against the Lakers?

Who reigns supreme at junior middleweight? It’s anyone’s guess

Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to feature Jorge Masvidal, Holly Holm

Just like that, Conor McGregor is back in control

Just like that, Conor McGregor is back in control

Jaison Rosario upsets Julian Williams; Eleider Alvarez KOs Michael Seals. What’s next?

How the internet helped crack the Astros’ sign-stealing case

Should College athletes profit from their name and image?

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