3:16 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ injury list continues to grow with starting forward Cedi Osman the latest addition. Osman will miss Saturday’s game at Chicago with back spasms that forced him to leave Wednesday’s loss to Orlando. The Cavs, who are 1-10 and missing three other starters, had hoped rest would
Month: November 2018
3:02 PM GMT Springboks great Chester Williams says the team must be “brave” and a lot more clinical against the big teams if they want to win the Rugby World Cup next year. The Boks have lost their past two Test matches, against New Zealand and England, by narrow margins even though they dominated the
2:43 PM ET Kevin Byard‘s star role is going to cost him. The Tennessee Titans safety has been fined $10,026, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, for stomping on the midfield star in the team’s Monday Night Football win over the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium Byard’s first-quarter interception of Dak Prescott in the end
2:36 PM ET DENVER — There is a difference in Yair Rodriguez, as he heads into his first UFC fight in 18 months. How could there not? In May 2017, Rodriguez went flying into a featherweight matchup against Frankie Edgar with all the momentum in the world. He was 6-0 in the UFC, and had
2:38 PM ET Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is returning to the ring. The son of Mexican legend and Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. will face Mexican countryman Alfredo Angulo on Dec. 1 on the undercard of the heavyweight world title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at the Staples
5:31 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. is dreaming big. His goal for the New York Giants in the second half of the season is to win out. “Win eight games,” Beckham said Friday. “Get in the playoffs. Giants been there before — 9-7 got to the playoffs — and I think
2:50 PM ET New York Knicks coach David Fizdale said on Friday that he wasn’t aware that Kristaps Porzingis had been sprinting as part of his rehab from last season’s ACL surgery, after Fizdale’s comments the day before led to a misunderstanding that left Porzingis frustrated over the perception of his recovery. On Thursday, Fizdale
2:22 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Bruins say goaltender Tuukka Rask has been granted a leave of absence from the team for a personal matter. The team didn’t offer an explanation, but general manager Don Sweeney said shortly after the announcement on Friday that it was not health related. He also asked for
4:01 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera plans to ask the NFL to explain why free safety Eric Reid was ejected for a shoulder-to-helmet hit on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the third quarter of Thursday night’s 52-21 loss. Rivera, however, doesn’t plan to ask the league about Reid’s claim
3:04 PM ET Kris Bryant won the Rookie of the Year award in 2015, an MVP award the next season, and he will forever be remembered in Chicago for making the last play to clinch Game 7 of the Cubs’ 2016 championship, grinning as he released the throw to first. At that time, it was