5:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Eric Lewis and Kane Fitzgerald are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time, as they were among the 12 referees picked to work the Toronto–Golden State title series. Lewis and Fitzgerald are the two rookies on this year’s Finals officiating roster. Mike Callahan was picked to
Month: May 2019
5:13 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have released veteran relief pitcher Fernando Rodney, three days after he was designated for assignment. The A’s made the move Tuesday. Rodney, 42, had seen his ERA balloon to a career-worst 9.42 this season, posting an 0-2 record with 15 hits allowed in 20 innings. He had returned to
5:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Stopping the Golden State Warriors isn’t easy. What does make it easier, though, is having tried to do it before. “As easy as it looks and seems,” Toronto Raptors guard Danny Green said Tuesday afternoon, “it’s a lot tougher when you actually get out there.” The Raptors went
4:38 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus was fishing in the Bahamas as the final round of last month’s Masters unfolded and managed to get back on the boat in time to watch the final holes as Tiger Woods won his fifth green jacket and 15th major title. And as soon as the Golden
3:54 PM ET Associated Press The Southeastern Conference hired international accounting firm Deloitte to conduct a review of its football officiating, reacting in part to what commissioner Greg Sankey called the intense, often opinionated view of referees by the public and media. Sankey said conversations began in September about ways to examine officiating and ways
3:33 PM ET SANDESTIN, Fla. — Alabama coach Nick Saban doesn’t want his quarterback, Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa, to get comfortable this offseason. Speaking at SEC spring meetings on Tuesday, Saban said that while a sprained ankle suffered during the SEC championship was partly to blame for Tagovailoa’s hiccups down the stretch last season,
2:54 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — At 6-foot-6, it’s impossible for Juan Martin del Potro to go unnoticed, however hard he might try. This is a man whose hammer of a forehand draws gasps from crowds all over the world. Good luck keeping that quiet. And yet, here at the 2019 French Open, Del
4:18 PM ET Kaapo Kakko, the No. 2-ranked prospect for the 2019 NHL draft, will not be participating in the NHL scouting combine this week in Buffalo, New York, the NHL confirmed Tuesday. The league did not offer a reason for his absence, but Kakko just completed a gold medal run with Team Finland at
3:05 PM BST Ireland have included the uncapped Munster pair of Mike Haley and Jean Kleyn in their 44-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup. Full-back Haley arrived in Ireland from English side Sale last summer and has an Irish grandmother while South African-born lock Kleyn qualifies through residency rules. However, Ireland will be
3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 181 and 5 for 0 trail Hampshire 235 (Fuller 54*, Northeast 50, Coad 4-41) by 49 runs The best games of cricket are strewn with the evitable. Annihilations by teams untouched by fallibility rarely make good watching. Seldom, though, does a game pivot quite as sharply as this contest just before
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