Month: October 2018

1:49 PM ET Ian Begley Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the New York Knicks for ESPNNewYork.com Adrian Wojnarowski The New York Knicks have waived veteran center Joakim Noah, the team announced Saturday. Sources told ESPN that the 33-year-old Noah, who had two years remaining on his deal, had no traction on an open roster spot
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3:46 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Yasmani Grandal, coming off a historically bad night behind the plate, wasn’t in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting lineup for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, paving the way for Austin Barnes to catch Hyun-Jin Ryu on Saturday. Grandal is 2-for-17 with seven strikeouts in the postseason thus
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12:59 PM ET Hall of Fame fullback Jim Taylor, who rushed for more than 1,000 yards over five straight seasons with the Green Bay Packers, died Saturday morning at the age of 83, the team announced. Taylor rushed for 8,207 yards and scored 91 touchdowns in his nine seasons with the Packers from 1958-66, and
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12:59 PM ET Saurabh Somani MS Dhoni will not take part in Jharkhand’s knockout matches for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19. Jharkhand will play their quarterfinal against Maharashtra at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday, and Dhoni wasn’t present at the first nets the team had, at the adjoining NCA ground, on Saturday. Team members
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Hawks have waived three players as they move toward setting their roster for the regular season. Forward Thomas Robinson and guards R.J. Hunter and C.J. Anderson were let go by the rebuilding team, which opens the season Wednesday at New York. Robinson and Hunter were former first-round
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4:39 PM ET The Cleveland Browns signed former Baltimore Ravens first-round pick Breshad Perriman on Saturday, bolstering a depleted receiving corps. Rashard Higgins is out this week against the Los Angeles Chargers because of a sprained MCL, and fellow receiver Derrick Willies was placed on injured reserve Saturday with a broken collarbone. Jarvis Landry, Antonio
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11:31 AM ET Quarterback Noah Vedral has been ruled immediately eligible to play for Nebraska and is in uniform Saturday at Northwestern as the Cornhuskers seek their first win under coach Scott Frost. Vedral followed Frost to Lincoln as a transfer from UCF. The sophomore served as the top backup to McKenzie Milton and accounted
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10:00 AM ET Associated Press Wang Qiang, the best Chinese women’s player in tennis with a ranking of No. 24, will play Ukrainian teen Dayana Yastremska for a third career title at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday. Wang posted two upset victories on Saturday by first finishing her rain-postponed quarterfinal against top-seeded Elina Svitolina
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