Basketball
Jazz fined $500K, Pacers $100K for sitting players
The NBA on Thursday night fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers $100,000 due to what the league called “management of their rosters for recent games.”
Sports
Basketball
LeBron oldest with triple-double in NBA history
LeBron James broke a record held by Karl Malone by posting a triple-double in the Lakers’ win over the Mavericks.
Basketball
The language of basketball: How international NBA players think about the game
For many of today’s NBA All-Stars, English is their second language, and that impacts how they think about the game.
Basketball
Topic debuts for Thunder after testicular cancer
Nikola Topic, who missed all of last season because of a knee injury and had not played this season after a cancer diagnosis, made his debut Thursday.
Hockey
‘He’s the truth’: Inside Macklin Celebrini’s rise to stardom for the Sharks, Team Canada
Scoring the opening Olympic goal for his country was the latest milestone on the phenom’s meteoric rise.
Hockey
As good as advertised: Grades from Canada’s big win over Czechia
It was a dominant start for the tournament’s gold-medal favorite. Here’s how they rolled — and what’s next.
Baseball
Football
Sources: Raiders to hire McCoy as assistant HC
The Raiders are expected to hire Mike McCoy as the assistant head coach under Klint Kubiak, sources told ESPN.
Football
Source: Patriots to move DC Williams to new role
The Patriots are opening their defensive coordinator position by moving Terrell Williams to a high-ranking role on coach Mike Vrabel’s staff, a source confirmed.
Football
10 teams, 12 QBs, no great options: The lackluster NFL quarterback market
There are no surefire free agent QBs available this March, and the draft class has only one first-round lock.