Month: July 2019

12:08 AM ET ESPN News Services CLEMSON, S.C. — Former Clemson and East Carolina running back Tyshon Dye drowned Friday after swimming in a lake during a family outing. Dye was 25 years old. Elbert County Corner Chuck Almond told several media outlets Dye was at Richard B. Russell State Park in Georgia when he
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11:52 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Zion Williamson‘s first NBA show was a sellout. And it ended earlier than the fans wanted. The No. 1 overall draft pick by the New Orleans Pelicans didn’t keep his adoring new public waiting for his display of dunks and power. With tickets commanding more than $500
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Julien Laurens thinks Frank Lampard’s Chelsea return with a pending transfer ban will be “a hell of a task ahead.” Chelsea have confirmed the sale of Alvaro Morata to Atletico Madrid. Morata will remain on loan at Atletico for the 2019-20 season, as agreed in January, before the transfer becomes permanent on July 1, 2020.
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12:30 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The midpoint of the NASCAR season is here, making one last holiday weekend run at its birthplace, trying as always to deliver a white-knuckled thrill fest on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway. The series is riding a high into Saturday night’s race following Alex
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8:20 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Bryson DeChambeau figured a score well into the double digits below par could win the inaugural 3M Open. He’s already there, halfway through. DeChambeau dominated the second round, racking up nine birdies to finish Friday at a career-low 62 and vault into the lead with a 14-under-par
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10:34 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — Yealimi Noh began her week trying to qualify for the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. She played the opening two rounds alongside an amateur whom she beat by 73 shots. And now she goes into the weekend paired with the No. 1 player in women’s golf. Noh believes
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9:14 PM ET Pittsburgh police got an emergency dispatch on Friday that someone from inside PNC Park was throwing baseballs at people in boats. Turned out in was Brewers slugger Christian Yelich practicing for Monday’s Home Run Derby (8 p.m., ESPN). One of Yelich’s massive shots hit a houseboat docked on the Allegheny River and
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1:02 AM ET The Washington Wizards are trading Dwight Howard to the Memphis Grizzlies for CJ Miles, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Grizzlies will waive Howard, according to a league source. It is possible there no longer exists a marketplace of teams interested in signing the former All-NBA center. The deal will save
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