10:37 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Not long after landing free agent catcher Omar Narváez, the New York Mets signed five players to minor league contracts Friday. Narváez and the Mets agreed to a $15 million, two-year contract, according to multiple reports. New York re-signed reliever Tommy Hunter to a minor league
2:46 PM ET Tyrell Terry, a guard selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the No. 31 overall pick in the 2020 draft, cited overwhelming anxiety in an Instagram post announcing his retirement from the game. “I decided to let go of the game that has formed a large part of my identity,” Terry wrote. “Something
3:32 PM ET Marc J. Spears WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chris Paul is now a college graduate. The Phoenix Suns guard graduated from Winston-Salem State University on Friday at Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex. Paul earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications. Paul originally attended Wake Forest, where he starred as a basketball player from 2003 to 2005
7:28 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The Miami Heat listed all 16 of their players on the injury report ahead of the Saturday game against the San Antonio Spurs in Mexico City. The injury update came just hours after the Heat were fined $25,000 by the NBA for violating the league’s injury reporting rules. According to
LunchSouth Africa 84 for 4 (Bavuma 21*, Verreynne 35*) v Australia Australia’s attack justified Pat Cummins’ decision to bowl first on a Gabba green top and reduced South Africa to 27 for 4 in the first hour of this highly anticipated Test series. But it wasn’t just the bite of the bowlers that South Africa
8:00 AM ET WESTWOOD, Calif. — Kyle Kuzma stepped off the Washington Wizards‘ chartered plane, some 2,700 miles West and 25 degrees warmer than his new home in the nation’s capital and couldn’t help but share his excitement with his million-plus Twitter followers. “Nothing like getting off the plane and that California breeze hit you,”
6:49 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox designated veteran first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment on Friday to make room for right-hander Wyatt Mills, who was acquired from Kansas City for minor league righty Jacob Wallace. 2 Related Hosmer, 33, batted .268 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs last season,
5:27 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer A record 120 international players from 40 countries helped the NBA tip off the 2022-23 season. Nudging that global surge along are four NBA academies tasked with developing high school-aged talent in Australia, India, Senegal and Mexico — host of Saturday’s regular-season game between the Miami Heat and San
6:55 PM ET Bowl season is finally upon us! Our reporters are breaking down the best of the games from notable performances, breakout players and so much more. Full schedule | Results Friday Dec. 16 Hometown Lenders Bahamas Bowl: UAB 24, Miami (Ohio) 20 Junior running back Jermaine Brown Jr.’s big day led the way
6:47 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A former student who accused ex-LSU football coach Les Miles of sexual harassment in 2013 sought a $2.15 million settlement with LSU and Miles, according to documents filed in a former athletic department official’s lawsuit. The documents detailed the ex-student’s allegations that Miles “groomed, sexually and