Month: April 2019

8:57 PM ET Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will be placed on the 10-day injured list with irritation in his surgically repaired left knee, the team announced Thursday. Pedroia came out of Wednesday night’s loss to the Yankees after 1½ innings and was examined in New York rather than traveling with the team
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9:05 PM ET NEW YORK — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid will miss Game 3 of the 76ers’ first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday because of left knee soreness, the team announced shortly before tipoff. Embiid, who missed 14 of the Sixers’ final 24 games after the All-Star break because of left knee tendinitis,
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7:46 PM ET Former unified cruiserweight word titlist Murat Gassiev is moving up to the heavyweight division and will get started in June after signing a co-promotional agreement with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Thursday. Gassiev, a devastating puncher, brought on Matchroom Boxing to co-promote him along with Ural Boxing and Warriors Boxing and
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7:30 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The arena for Seattle’s new NHL franchise won’t be completed until late spring or summer of 2021, but that shouldn’t have any impact on the expansion team’s first season. Team president Tod Leiweke said Thursday the delay could end up affecting some other plans for the franchise, including
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7:25 PM ET Ohio State quarterback Matthew Baldwin plans to enter the transfer portal, coach Ryan Day said Thursday. Day told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg he believes Baldwin, who is from Austin, Texas, will likely look to play closer to home. The coach also said Ohio State will be looking to add another quarterback before the
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6:54 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Shane Lowry was convinced his game was on the rise, despite his poor scoring. He finally showed that Thursday in the RBC Heritage, shooting a 6-under 65 to take a one-shot lead. Trey Mullinax, Daniel Berger, Luke List, Ryan Moore and Ryan Palmer were tied
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6:30 PM ET Penn State quarterback Tommy Stevens has entered the transfer portal and will not return to the Nittany Lions. Stevens entered the portal on Wednesday, as the Houston Chronicle first reported and ESPN confirmed. Stevens’ father, Tom, told several media outlets Thursday that his son will not return to Penn State. Tommy Stevens
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6:26 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. has undergone surgery for a stress fracture in his lower left leg and is expected to resume basketball activities before the start of training camp in September. The procedure announced Thursday came after Hardaway missed the last 11 games of the regular
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7:31 PM ET A “missing” poster mocking Sixers star Ben Simmons‘ jump shot was taped on a street sign outside of the Barclays Center ahead of Game 3 of the Brooklyn Nets‘ series against Philadelphia. Ian Begley/ESPN The poster jokingly offered a $26,620,450 reward for the retrieval of Simmons’ shot — the amount of the
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