10:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Six-time All-Star and five-time All-NBA forward Blake Griffin has agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Brooklyn Nets, his agent, Sam Goldfeder of Excel Sports Management, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. After revitalizing his career in Brooklyn, Griffin returns to engage in another attempt to pursue his
8:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to terms with four former players on Monday — Dwight Howard, Trevor Ariza, Wayne Ellington and Kent Bazemore — as the franchise looks to refill its roster after all the players it sent out in the Russell Westbrook deal, sources told ESPN. Howard, 35,
6:33 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In a busy start to the NBA free-agency period, the New York Knicks agreed on a three-year, $43 million deal Monday to bring back former MVP Derrick Rose, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and have an agreement in place with guard Evan Fournier, formerly of the Boston Celtics, his agent
6:29 PM ET The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler are progressing toward a maximum contract extension that could be worth up to $184 million over four years, sources told ESPN on Monday. Butler and the Heat can finalize the deal over the next week and officially come to terms after Friday, when he’s eligible to
6:10 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The Chicago Bulls and point guard Lonzo Ball are landing on a four-year, $85 million deal as part of a sign-and-trade agreement with the New Orleans Pelicans, Ball’s agent Rich Paul told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. For the Bulls, Ball slots in at a guard spot where he can
10:02 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a middleweight main event between former title challengers Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori in October, multiple sources told ESPN. The 185-pound bout is expected to headline UFC Fight Night on Oct. 23. UFC officials have not announced an official location for the event. Costa (13-1) has
News ESPNcricinfo understands that the two boards favour rescheduling the series for late 2022 or early 2023 The England white-ball tour of Bangladesh has been postponed, but not cancelled altogether, the BCB has said, adding that talks were on to slot it after the T20 World Cup, which ends on November 14. “Both the teams
10:47 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Big 12 Conference could see the value of its television deal cut in half once Texas and Oklahoma bolt for the Southeastern Conference, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday at a hearing of Texas lawmakers. A committee of Texas senators heard testimony from university leaders
9:20 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson are finally going to get their hands on each other after months and months of verbal sparring. “We are in agreement with everything,” Stevenson’s manager, James Prince, told ESPN on Monday. “It’s a done deal. We’re just waiting on the date.” The 130-pound title fight,
8:12 PM BST South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus have been called to a misconduct hearing after his hour-long video critique of the match officials following the first test loss to the British & Irish Lions, World Rugby said on Monday. The global governing body has expressed concern that “individuals from both teams have