5:29 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Brooklyn Nets are trading guard Allen Crabbe and his $18.5 million contract to the Atlanta Hawks, clearing the salary-cap space to pursue two maximum free-agent contracts this summer, league sources told ESPN. The Nets are sending Crabbe, the No. 17 pick in the 2019 NBA draft, and a 2020
Month: June 2019
4:37 PM ET ESPN News Services The Arizona Cardinals claimed offensive tackle Desmond Harrison off waivers from the Cleveland Browns on Thursday. The Browns had waived Harrison on Wednesday. He was not at the team’s mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, and coach Freddie Kitchens said when asked about Harrison’s absence that the player had missed his
4:24 PM ET Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez left Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals because of back spasms. Martinez, serving as Boston’s designated hitter, was scheduled to bat in the top of the fifth inning but was replaced by Sam Travis. Martinez struggled with back spasms last month, missing four consecutive games.
1:05 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — In the early stages of his career, Roger Federer had a problem with left-handers. He lost four of his first seven matches, and eight of his first 20, against them. Something about the different spin, the different look, threw him off. Over time, as he honed his game
4:24 PM ET Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant will not play in Game 4 of the NBA Finals because of the calf injury that has sidelined him for nearly a month, but Klay Thompson is expected to return Friday for Golden State. The Warriors initially had been hopeful that Durant would participate in a
8:43 AM ET There was a glimmer of hope that Country House and Maximum Security could have a rematch in the Belmont Stakes and give fans a shot of a much sought after “grudge match.” Those hopes were dashed, as the headliners in the final leg of the Triple Crown are Preakness winner War of
3:54 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Ash Barty was only 15 when she won the junior title at Wimbledon, a prodigy with a slice-and-dice game style tailor-made for grass. Three years later, burned out and struggling with depression, she quit tennis and took up professional cricket instead. Had she not taken the 18-month break,
3:12 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge resumed on-field batting practice Thursday and said he is not focusing on a timeframe for returning to the lineup. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday it is possible Judge could return in time for New York’s games against Boston in London
3:27 PM ET Tiger Woods will be grouped with fellow U.S. Open champions Justin Rose and Jordan Spieth for the first two rounds at Pebble Beach next week. They will tee off at 5:09 p.m. ET on Thursday and 11:24 a.m. Friday. Defending champion Brooks Koepka tees off at 4:47 p.m. along with reigning Open
3:16 PM ET MONTREAL, Canada — Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has played down suggestions he will quit Formula One at the end of the 2019 season. 1 Related After a disappointing start to the year, in which Mercedes has beaten Ferrari at every round so far, the four-time champion is facing the prospect of fifth