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Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are taking their show to the NBA.

The two WNBA stalwarts will host their first NBA game together on ESPN, bringing back a programming concept that has proven popular during the network’s coverage of the NCAA women’s final four tournament. “The Bird & Taurasi Show,” seen six times over the course of 2022 and 2023, has gained notice for the duo’s rapport and rogue energy. The program will be produced in conjunction with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, which is the backer of the so-called “Manning-cast” that airs alongside ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.”

The pair will call a noon game on Christmas between the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks and can be seen on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Scheduled guests include Jason Sudeikis, Tyrese Haliburton and Breanna Stewart.

So-called “alterna-casts” have become all the rage among sports broadcasters, with ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports...

Just four teams remain in the quest for the 2023 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship, and all will be in action on Thursday, Dec. 14. Three of the tournament’s No. 1 seeds have advanced to the national semifinals with only No. 2 Texas getting into the action. The Pittsburgh Panthers and Nebraska Cornhuskers will kick things off at 7 p.m. Et on ESPN and will be followed by the Wisconsin Badgers and Texas Longhorns 30 minutes after the first match ends. You can also stream the action on ESPN+. You can watch ESPN and ABC with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream. You can also watch with Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, or YouTube TV.

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The 2023-24 NBA schedule will begin Tuesday, October 24, as LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers visit the defending champion Denver Nuggets.

It’s an interesting year for the NBA, as it marks the first time an in-season tournament will spice up the early schedule. Modeled after similar tournaments in European soccer, the NBA Cup begins on November 3, when the Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo host the New York Knicks and Jalen Brunson.

The NBA Cup offers players on the winning team $500,000 each.

Another opening-week highlight will be the highly-anticipated regular season debut of San Antonio Spurs rookie and No. 1 draft choice Victor Wembanyama, who will play the Dallas Mavericks on October 25.

Christmas Day will have five games on tap including the Milwaukee Bucks at the New York Knicks, followed by Golden State at Denver, and the Boston Celtics at the Lakers. The Philadelphia 76ers are at the Miami Heat,...

London, Oct 9 (Ians) The England and Wales Cricket Board (Ecb) on Friday confirmed the names of first 18 players to take part in The Hundred, with England batsman Ollie Pope one of the first players to move teams.

Pope will be heading to Cardiff to play for Welsh Fire, where he will be joined by England bowler Katie George - one of eight women's players whose decision to roll over their 2020 contract offer has been confirmed.

While many of the men's teams have retained the same Test players that were due to play for them this year before the inaugural year of the competition was postponed due to Covid-19, two England stars - Pope and Rory Burns - are on the move. Burns will cross London to join Oval Invincibles.

"I'm incredibly excited to be joining Welsh Fire. The side had a really strong squad lined up and I'm sure they'll...