Month: April 2019

8:06 PM ET The NBA fined Brooklyn Nets minority owner Joseph Tsai $35,000 on Monday for making a public statement that was deemed detrimental to the league, commissioner Adam Silver said. On Sunday night, Tsai offered support for Nets GM Sean Marks on Twitter after Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000
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8:13 PM ET Quarterback Russell Wilson, fresh off signing a 4-year, $140 million contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks, is thanking each of his offensive linemen with $12,000 in Amazon stock, ESPN confirmed on Monday. TMZ was first to report the gifts. In a letter to all 13 of Wilson’s linemen, the highest-paid player in
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8:32 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Tennis broadcaster and coach Justin Gimelstob pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault for attacking a former friend in Los Angeles on Halloween 2017. The district attorney’s office says the 42-year-old former pro tennis player was sentenced Monday to three years of probation, 60 days of community service
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7:44 PM ET Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban underwent hip replacement surgery on Monday and will be back to work soon, the school announced in a news release. Dr. Lyle Cain, an orthopedic consultant with the athletic department, said the robotic-assisted procedure was successful on the 67-year-old coach. “Coach is resting comfortably, and we
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7:00 AM ET CHICAGO — Weekend news of Chicago Cubs closer Brandon Morrow‘s setback in his recovery from offseason minor elbow surgery can’t come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the right-hander’s career. In fact, there aren’t any injuries that can be considered minor for the veteran, for whom Tuesday will mark the
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