6:30 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper lobbed Philadelphia’s first recruiting pitch over the summer when the injured All-Star used a guest stint in the broadcast booth to advocate for future free agent and former Washington teammate Trea Turner. “Trea Turner, he’s my favorite player in the league,” Harper said. “Not even close.”
5:19 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom sees the vision of what the Texas Rangers want to do, not their streak of six consecutive losing seasons and being more than a decade removed from their only World Series appearances. “The Rangers did a great job with
5:20 PM ET Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton has been sidelined with a right hamstring strain and will be reevaluated in a week, the team announced on Thursday. Sexton exited late in Wednesday’s 124-123 win over the Golden State Warriors with the injury after scoring 17 points in 27 minutes. He underwent on MRI on
3:55 PM ET The New York Knicks will be without forward Obi Toppin for the next two to three weeks because of an injury to his right leg, the team said Thursday. The Knicks said Toppin, who underwent an MRI on Thursday, suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right tibia head. Toppin appeared to injure
6:49 PM ET Rudy Gobert, who hoped to make Utah home for his entire NBA career, eagerly anticipates returning to Vivint Arena for the first time as a member of the visiting team when his Minnesota Timberwolves play the Jazz on Friday night. “There’s probably going to be a lot of emotions, but I just
6:49 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks guard Dejounte Murray is expected to miss about two weeks because of a sprained left ankle, the third Atlanta starter to go down with an injury in the past week. Murray was hurt Wednesday night early in the first quarter of a 113-89 loss to the New
5:10 PM ET Notre Dame defensive end Isaiah Foskey, the school’s career leader in sacks, announced Thursday on social media that he will declare for the 2023 NFL draft and not play for the Irish in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against South Carolina. Foskey, a junior, is rated by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. as the
4:53 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets rookie offensive tackle Max Mitchell, sidelined for the remainder of the season after being placed on the non-football injury list, was discovered to have blood clots in his right calf and lung, his father told ESPN on Thursday. Mitchell has a hereditary blood-clotting condition called
4:24 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Nebraska is hiring Syracuse defensive coordinator Tony White as the school’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. White has agreed to a three-year contract, according to sources, and picked the Huskers over multiple offers in this cycle. White oversaw back-to-back top-30 defenses at Syracuse and helped lead the Orange to
4:17 PM ET Just a year after he announced he was transferring to South Carolina from Oklahoma, tight end Austin Stogner said Thursday he is transferring back to OU. The 6-5, 250-pound senior is a grad transfer and will be eligible immediately with one year of eligibility remaining. Stogner spent three years at Oklahoma before