Jimmy Butler helps Warriors secure Game 1 win vs. Rockets - ESPN
HOUSTON — Jimmy Butler sized up Alperen Sengun, milked the shot clock down and hit a turning 19-foot step-back jumper over the Houston Rockets big man with 1:03 left to play.
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Cavaliers ride Ty Jerome heater to Game 1 win over Heat - ESPN
CLEVELAND — When the Cleveland Cavaliers first assembled for this season there was a collective shock at the trash talk coming from Ty Jerome, a career role player who played only 15 total minutes in 2023-24 because of a bad ankle injury.
Celtics' Jayson Tatum: X-ray on wrist negative after fall - ESPN
BOSTON — Boston Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum said a postgame X-ray on his right wrist was «clean» and that he was «all right» after a hard fall during his team's 103-86 playoff-opening win against the Orlando Magic on Sunday at TD Garden.
Sources: Georgia lands transfers Elo Modozie, Josh McCray, Josh Horton - ESPN
Georgia picked up a trio of transfers Sunday, including one of the top linebackers available in the spring transfer portal window.
San Diego Padres DH Luis Arraez carted off after collision - ESPN
HOUSTON — San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez was carted off after colliding with Mauricio Dubon on a play at first base in the first inning of Sunday night's game with the Houston Astros.
How the Padres' October disappointment inspired 2025 success - ESPN
Last October, the San Diego Padres came within one game of knocking the Los Angeles Dodgers out of the playoffs early — one game. San Diego manager Mike Shildt thinks of that division series race often, but not with regret, or bitterness, or frustration; he is not fixated on crossroad moments in the losses in the final two games of the best-of-five series.
Justin Thomas wins RBC Heritage in playoff, ends 3-year drought - ESPN
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Justin Thomas had one more hurdle to prove his game was back where he felt it belonged, and he cleared it Sunday in the RBC Heritage with the longest putt he ever made to win.
Top-5 recruit Nate Ament commits to Tennessee Volunteers - ESPN
Nate Ament, a top-five recruit and the best available high school boys' basketball prospect in the 2025 class, committed to Tennessee, he told ESPN on Sunday.