3:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Caleb Smith has been suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball for having a foreign substance on his glove, it was announced Tuesday. Smith, who was also fined an undisclosed amount, has appealed the penalty, allowing him to play until the appeal is heard. Smith was
5:40 PM ET All-Star catcher Yadier Molina is returning for a 19th season with the St. Louis Cardinals after agreeing to a one-year, $10 million extension, sources confirmed to ESPN. “I’m so happy, so happy,” Molina told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before Tuesday’s game against Detroit, confirming the deal was close to being completed. Molina
5:40 PM ET The Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 on Tuesday announced an alliance that ultimately aims to “stabilize a volatile environment” throughout college athletics by collaborating on weighty issues facing the industry and agreeing to create a future scheduling partnership. The scheduling component for football and women’s and men’s basketball “will begin as soon
6:25 PM ET The Pac-12 is expected to announce in the next few days if it’s interested in adding new members to the 12-team conference, commissioner George Kliavkoff told ESPN on Tuesday. “We’ll announce a decision on whether or not we’re going to be looking at expansion before the end of this week,” Kliavkoff said.
5:56 PM ET Late wide receiver Cliff Branch, a three-time All-Pro, and former Super Bowl-winning head coach Dick Vermeil and were named finalists Tuesday for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. Branch was selected as the Senior finalist and Vermeil the Coach finalist by a five-person panel of selectors for the Hall
1:21 PM ET MarJon Beauchamp, the No. 47 prospect in the ESPN class of 2020, has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “I thought this was the best route I could go,” Beauchamp said. “I’ve been off the radar for a while, but I’m glad to get an
1:10 PM ET Orlando Magic guard Michael Carter-Williams will miss the start of the upcoming season after having surgery Monday to remove a bone fragment and repair a ligament in his left ankle, the team announced. Carter-Williams, 29, is expected to make a full recovery. His return will depend on how he responds to treatment
4:50 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Jared Dudley‘s NBA career is coming to a close as he’s joining the Dallas Mavericks‘ coaching staff, the 14-year veteran said on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. In a pair of tweets, Dudley thanked the Los Angeles Lakers organization — naming LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Jeanie Buss by name —
2:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES — As fans look to find ways to remember Kobe Bryant this week — with the late Lakers star’s birthday Monday followed by the date on the calendar that commemorates his uniforms Tuesday, 8/24 — a blockchain company has found another way to honor Mamba forever. Cryptograph, a digital collectibles
Report Inventive, outrageous cameo ends Yorkshire hopes after Gary Ballance puts Sussex under pressure Sussex 178 for 5 (Wright 54, Rashid 27*, Thompson 3-28) beat Yorkshire 177 for 7 (Kohler-Cadmore 55, Ballance 55, Mills 3-39) by five wickets There has not been too much in life to cheer Rashid Khan in recent weeks. He was