6:32 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Toronto Raptors are signing free-agent guard Patrick McCaw for the rest of the season, league sources told ESPN. McCaw cleared waivers on Wednesday afternoon, sources said. McCaw, 23, has been the subject of some intrigue in recent weeks — a Golden State restricted free agent who signed a non-guaranteed
Month: January 2019
6:43 PM ET Free-agent starter Shelby Miller has signed a one-year deal with the Texas Rangers, the team announced Wednesday. The deal is worth $2 million with performance bonuses that can take it to $5 million, league sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Athletic was first to report terms of the deal. “We see
3:30 AM ET Sure, we’re already checking our calendars for the start of spring football practice. But first, let’s take a stroll back through the 2018 postseason. Clemson is back on top of the college football world after hammering Alabama 44-16 on Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. In the past
5:17 PM ET Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois will return to the Seminoles for his senior season, he announced Wednesday on Instagram. Francois, who started 11 games last season and 25 in his FSU career, had considered entering the NFL draft or transferring to another college program. “While my dream is to play in the
9:05 AM ET It often feels like inexorable forces are driving the Philadelphia 76ers toward disharmony — and eventually to the breakup of their star core. Jimmy Butler, the newest star, popped off about the team’s idiosyncratic offense. The Sixers don’t run many pick-and-rolls because their best ball handler, Ben Simmons, practically refuses to shoot
5:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Catcher Travis d’Arnaud got a $40,000 raise from the New York Mets to $3,515,000 despite missing nearly all of last season following Tommy John surgery. D’Arnaud, who turns 30 on Feb. 10, has been on the disabled list in five straight seasons as injuries limited him to
4:33 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies swingman Dillon Brooks will have surgery this week to repair a ruptured ligament in his right big toe, the team announced. He is expected to miss the rest of the season, according to reports in The Athletic and the Commercial Appeal. Brooks, 22, had just returned to the Grizzlies rotation
4:39 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Brandon Mebane said that his 7-week-old daughter Makenna died Thursday. “I’m still thankful, and I thank God every day,” Mebane said. “I still pray. We’re taking it one day at a time.” Makenna was born Nov. 12 with trisomy 13. Because of her
4:23 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Whenever the Los Angeles Lakers get LeBron James and Rajon Rondo back healthy, Kyle Kuzma wants to see the team implement a strategy it hasn’t yet used this season: a death lineup. “Honestly think our small-ball unit can be really good,” Kuzma said at shootaround Wednesday ahead of
4:14 PM ET New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon faces a likely NFL suspension after pleading guilty Wednesday to driving while intoxicated, a Rockaway, New Jersey court source confirmed. Herndon, who made an appearance in court, was arrested June 2 after he was involved in a two-car crash about 20 minutes from the Jets’