6:45 PM ET NEW YORK — James Harden will miss Friday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, but the Houston Rockets guard likely will return to the lineup Saturday. Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said Harden, the reigning MVP, was pain-free following Thursday’s practice and is probable for the Rockets’ road game against the Chicago Bulls
Month: November 2018
6:44 PM ET Houston Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper were two of seven major league players to receive qualifying offers Friday. The players who received offers have 10 days to accept a $17.9 million salary for 2019 — the mean salary of MLB’s 125 highest-paid players — or become a
9:30 AM ET The UFC makes its third-ever trip to Madison Square Garden this weekend, with a heavyweight title fight between two-weight champion Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis. This fight came together quickly, on the heels of Lewis’ come-from-behind knockout win against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on Oct. 6. It will mark Cormier’s first
6:40 PM ET Kazuto Ioka and Donnie Nietes are two of the most accomplished boxers of this past generation in the smaller weight classes. Both have won titles in multiple divisions and plans are being finalized for them to meet in late December for the vacant WBO junior bantamweight belt. According to Tom Loeffler, the
6:29 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed on a three-year extension that will keep the greatest pitcher of his generation from venturing into the free-agent market. The deal will pay the 30-year-old left-hander $93 million, a source told ESPN on Friday, and includes incentives based on workload
5:21 PM ET Last week’s top trends didn’t come through after the Chiefs allowed a backdoor field goal to the Broncos and the Packers-Rams over came up a point short. Which NFL underdog can pull off a Week 9 upset? Here are a few reasons you should look at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Baltimore on
5:56 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Su’a Cravens will buckle a chinstrap on a football helmet and play in a regular-season game Sunday for the first time since Dec. 11, 2016. Cravens, who has been on injured reserve since the end of the preseason with a knee injury, was formally moved to the Denver Broncos‘
5:54 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton says he believes he has a “great relationship with management” and does not feel like he is “going anywhere.” Walton spoke with the media hours after ESPN reported that Lakers president Magic Johnson met with the coach on Tuesday and admonished him
4:33 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens will be without their starting offensive tackles for Sunday’s crucial game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Left tackle Ronnie Stanley (ankle) and right tackle James Hurst (back) were declared out Friday after not practicing all week. That means Jermaine Elumunor, a practice squad
4:32 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill dismissed talk about trading J.T. Realmuto with a joke Friday, noting the All-Star catcher may well be in a new uniform next year because there are rumors about the team changing its logo. Realmuto’s agent, Jeff Berry, predicted this week that