11:21 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball officials investigating whether the Houston Astros cheated over the past three seasons by electronically stealing signs have asked players associated with the organization what they know about a range
11:13 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will not play in the Brooklyn Nets‘ first matchup against his former team, the Boston Celtics, the team announced Friday night. Irving will miss the Nets’ next three games, which include road matchups against the Knicks, the Cleveland Cavaliers and, finally, the Celtics on Wednesday. Irving has
10:49 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Tobias Harris scored 26 points, Joel Embiid had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat San Antonio 115-104 on Friday night to hand the Spurs their eighth straight defeat. The skid is the Spurs’ longest under longtime coach Gregg Popovich. Ben Simmons had a triple-double
10:31 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A few minutes after heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder weighed in Friday for his rematch with Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and finished an interview with the United Kingdom’s Sky Sports, he wandered toward the stands to mingle with the fans inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Wilder laughed and
10:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker was diagnosed with concussion-like symptoms after being stretchered from the court late in the second quarter of Friday night’s game in Denver. Walker was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation and was later released to rejoin the team for its return
9:36 PM ET Associated Press Jim Brown and Walter Payton are unanimous choices at running back for the NFL’s All-Time Team. As part of its celebration of its centennial season, the league announced the first portion of the squad Friday night. A 26-member panel is selecting the team. Also chosen were two coaches, Paul Brown
8:00 AM GMT New Zealand 144 for 4 (Nicholls 26*, Watling 6*) trail England 353 (Stokes 91, Denly 74, Burns 52, Southee 4-88) by 209 runs England’s bowlers struck telling blows during the afternoon and evening on day two in Mount Maunganui, as they strove to get the better of a New Zealand side that
9:36 PM ET Associated Press Jim Brown and Walter Payton are unanimous choices at running back for the NFL’s All-Time Team. As part of its celebration of its centennial season, the league announced the first portion of the squad Friday night. A 26-member panel is selecting the team. Also chosen were two coaches, Paul Brown
9:30 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The NFL has cleared Steelers linebacker Anthony Chickillo and closed its investigation into an alleged domestic disturbance incident in October involving him and his girlfriend, a league source confirmed to ESPN. Chickillo was cleared because of insufficient evidence and will not face any punishment, the source said. The Athletic first
8:48 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Canelo Alvarez shot back Friday at statements made by his most recent opponent, Sergey Kovalev, who suggested he took the Nov. 2 title bout against Alvarez for the paycheck despite a grueling schedule. Alvarez scored an 11th-round knockout to grab Kovalev’s light heavyweight world title at