5:46 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals released quarterback Sam Bradford on Saturday. Bradford signed with Arizona as a free agent in March and received a $10 million signing bonus, about $2.5 million in base salary and another $1 million in playing-time bonuses for a total of $13.5 million. He was scheduled to
5:02 PM ET Dave McMenamin PORTLAND, Ore. — With the Los Angeles Lakers preparing to play their first game since news emerged of coach Luke Walton’s heated meeting with president of basketball of operations Magic Johnson, LeBron James said his focus — and his team’s — remains solely on winning. “It doesn’t bother me at
3:50 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Game Winner’s latest triumph included bumps along the way. The colt shook them off before shaking the field to remain perfect and make his case as the year’s best 2-year-old. Game Winner overcame an early bump to surge down the stretch, then pulled away from long shot
8:00 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It was getting late in the day, and trainer John Sadler’s 0-for-43 record at the Breeders’ Cup was starting to loom large. Expert Eye had run down Catapult to nose him out in the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Mile. Favored Catalina Cruiser didn’t show up in the Dirt
3:09 PM ET Associated Press CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of arms stretched into the sky in the hometown of Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Saturday, as fans took pictures and video of the first man from Puerto Rico to lead a team to a World Series championship. Cora held up the trophy
6:40 PM ET Before there was Baseball-Reference.com, there was “The Bill James Handbook,” the annual statistical compilation of the baseball season. The “Handbook” still exists, and it’s still wonderful — 600 pages of stats and essays and delightful nuggets of information. As always, the bulk of the book is the player register — career numbers
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Pakistan have been pushed this T20I series, in a manner they weren’t against Australia, but no matter the challenge thrown at them, they seem to find a way in this format. The detractors are finding it harder to explain away Pakistan’s spell of dominance as a purple patch, a streak
Alexander Baumjohann and Oriol Riera were amongst the goals as Western Sydney came away from Wellington with all three points. Melbourne Victory have held on for a 1-0 win over the Newcastle Jets, and pick up their first points of the season in the process. Andy Keogh opened the scoring for the home side before
6:45 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Whatever the outcome next Saturday, Tony Bellew is hoping for a slugfest when he takes on undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk in order to
5:25 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — World No. 8 Karolina Pliskova has been ruled out of the Czech Republic team in the Fed Cup final against the defending champion United States next weekend due to calf muscle and wrist injuries. The Czech team says Pliskova was injured last week during the WTA Finals in