4:00 PM ET Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas will miss at least four weeks after undergoing surgery on his left thumb, the team announced Thursday. The surgery was performed at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California, by Dr. Jeffrey Yao, a specialist in hand, wrist and elbow surgery. After the Raptors swept the season
Month: December 2018
3:18 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas linebacker Demetrius Walker has been suspended from the football program after being arrested on drug and weapon charges. Washington County booking records show the 21-year-old Walker was arrested for delivery of marijuana, possession with intent to deliver, simultaneous possession of drugs and guns and possession of
8:30 AM ET It’s 10 things time: 1. Karl-Anthony Towns, beasting Remember Towns slinking to the corners even with James Harden on him during last season’s first round? Yeah, those days ended with the Jimmy Butler trade. Towns is absolutely beasting — sealing defenders early in the shot clock, and hooking nifty passes all over
3:03 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr.’s quadriceps injury is getting better but “s— ain’t right,” according to the star wide receiver. Beckham didn’t practice Thursday and went off-site for further evaluation. He had participated in the individual portion of practice the previous day after missing the New York Giants‘ rout of
Dec 12, 2018 Two-time world champion Canelo Alvarez ruled out fighting Gennady Golovkin for the third time in May and reiterated his interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather once again, saying that the last thing the so-called “Money” did diminished the credibility of the sport. In a talk with SportsCenter prior to his fight Saturday against
3:00 PM ET The Seattle Mariners‘ Jean Segura-led trade with the Phillies always seemed like Carlos Santana would be subsequently flipped, which they finally did on Thursday as part of a three-team deal. As a result, at the moment they have Edwin Encarnacion, Santana is reunited with the Cleveland Indians, and the Tampa Bay Rays
2:32 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep were named the 2018 World Champions by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday after each won Grand Slam titles and finished the year atop the world rankings. Novak Djokovic’s US Open championship in September was his 14th career grand slam title. Chris Trotman/USTA/Getty Images
2:08 PM ET Roberto Andrade On Saturday, for the first time in a decade, Canelo Alvarez will fight outside Mexico or the United States’ southwest. The last time he fought in the east coast, it was in 2008 in Miami. Canelo looked different. That was 3 weight divisions ago. His hair-helped by his brown trunks
2:26 PM ET Mike DiRocco JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jalen Ramsey has said several times he wants to play for one team in his NFL career, but he said Friday that he doesn’t know whether the Jacksonville Jaguars feel the same way despite their recent statement that they have no intention of trading him. The Jaguars
2:10 PM ET Thirty years ago this past summer, I graduated high school and, like many of my friends at that time, was killing time until I went off to college. On July 15 of that year, an aimless Friday in my hometown of College Station, Texas, my good friend Sean Lofgren and I were