7:32 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Joe Cunningham, who got off to a smashing start with the St. Louis Cardinals and later became a minor league manager, major league coach, key figure in their front office and team ambassador, has died. He was 89. Popularly called as “Smokey” Joe, he died Thursday in
7:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya announced Friday that he has a date in mind for his previously stated plan to return to the ring. At a press conference for the upstart promoter Triller Fight Club, De La Hoya took the stage alongside Snoop Dogg at the Venetian and
6:30 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Kevin Givens is facing second-degree assault charges for allegedly attacking a man at a Baltimore hotel in February. The charge, which is for misdemeanor second-degree assault, stems from an incident that took place on Feb. 22 in which the victim, Hayden Bosley, said
7:04 PM ET Sammy Watkins agreed to a one-year, $6 million deal (which included $5 million guaranteed) with the Baltimore Ravens on Friday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The addition of Watkins ended the Ravens’ difficult pursuit of an experienced wide receiver for quarterback Lamar Jackson and helps boost the NFL’s 32nd-ranked passing attack. Watkins’
7:21 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A 74-year-old woman told state lawmakers Friday that she spoke directly to LSU football coach Ed Orgeron about sexual harassment she allegedly endured in 2017 from one of his star players, adding he did nothing to reprimand the running back. Gloria Scott, a security worker at
6:14 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Minnesota Twins bench coach Mike Bell, the younger brother of Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell, died Friday of kidney cancer. He was 46. At the request of Bell’s family to take the field in his honor, the Twins said their exhibition game against Atlanta would be
6:23 PM ET ESPN News Services AUSTIN, Texas — Sergio Garcia advanced in a sudden-death playoff with a hole-in-one on the fourth extra hole of the Dell Technologies Match Play on Friday. Garcia hit a 9-iron that landed just beyond the hole and rolled back a few inches. That gave him a victory over Lee
News Analysis There are pace bowlers to keep an eye on and the superb Amelia Kerr Australia will return to action for the first time in almost six months with another Trans-Tasman battle against a struggling New Zealand side. The main focus for the next 12 months will be one-day cricket ahead of the World
3:55 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Any dreams fans had of tight end Kyle Pitts or wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase running out of the Lincoln Financial Field tunnel in a Philadelphia Eagles uniform likely went up in smoke Friday when the Eagles traded the No. 6 pick in the 2021 NFL draft along with a 2021
5:22 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Throughout the four-plus years coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have been in charge of the San Francisco 49ers, their quarterback plan has constantly evolved. In 2017, they didn’t use the No. 2 overall pick to take one of that draft’s top quarterbacks because they had