Month: April 2019

6:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks spent the 82 games of the regular season, followed by the four more it took them to dispatch the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, playing one way. Doing so allowed the Bucks to post the NBA’s best record, and
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5:57 PM ET A Florida judge on Monday again temporarily blocked release of surveillance video related to the solicitation case of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Palm Beach County Judge Joseph Marx ruled to seal video and audio recordings gathered as evidence in the case against Kraft and 24 other men who are charged
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5:35 PM ET Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia wide receiver Marcus Simms is looking to transfer. The school confirmed Monday that Simms has put his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal. Rather than play for new head coach Neal Brown after Dana Holgorsen left for Houston, Simms wrote Sunday on Twitter, “On to
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6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Talk about matchmaking: 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and American soccer player Jozy Altidore are engaged. Both tweeted the news Monday, posting a photo and brief message. In addition to winning a Grand Slam title 1½ years ago, Stephens was the 2018 French Open runner-up and was a
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11:45 PM ET Recently drafted New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine, a senior at Washburn University, is recovering after being shot early Sunday morning in Topeka, Kansas, and will join the team for its minicamp this weekend, according to the Giants. Washburn football player Dwane Simmons was killed in the incident. Ballentine was taken to
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5:04 PM ET Recently drafted New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine remains hospitalized after sustaining a single gunshot wound to his glutes, according to the school. The hope is that he will be released in the next day or so. Washburn football player Dwane Simmons was killed in the early Sunday morning incident. Ballentine was
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5:29 PM ET The New England Patriots have agreed to a trade that sends third-year tight end Jacob Hollister to the Seattle Seahawks, pending a physical, the Patriots announced on Monday. New England will receive a 2020 seventh-round pick in return. Hollister made the Patriots as an undrafted rookie out of Wyoming in 2017, playing
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4:06 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Josh Rosen didn’t really know his time with Arizona Cardinals was over until he got a call a few minutes before the draft, and after being shipped off to the Miami Dolphins for pennies on a dollar he’s embracing the adversity. Rosen is treating 2019 as a one-year tryout
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3:45 PM ET Robinson Cano expects to return to the New York Mets‘ lineup later this week after an MRI taken Monday on his injured left hand came back negative. Cano was not in the Mets’ starting lineup against the Cincinnati Reds one day after being hit on the hand by a pitch. Initial X-rays
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3:33 PM ET Steve KimESPN The WBA has passed a resolution suspending heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller for six months for failing multiple drug tests prior to his June 1 bout with unified champion Anthony Joshua, which has since been postponed. Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs), of Brooklyn, New York, tested positive for the substances GW1516, EPO
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