3:39 PM ET Oakland Athletics right-hander Daniel Mengden had arthroscopic surgery on his pitching elbow Monday, the team announced. According to the Athletics, the surgery “debrided Mengden’s elbow and shaved off a small spur on the posterior aspect of the olecranon.” The team did not announce a timetable for his return. The 26-year-old Mengden went
Month: February 2020
3:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri is being sued for damages by the police officer who alleged that Ujiri assaulted him in the moments after Toronto’s victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of last year’s NBA Finals, according to a suit filed in California last week.
3:37 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson expects his absence from an ankle injury to last just one game. After missing Saturday night’s win over the Indiana Pacers, Williamson said he’s “ready to go” for Tuesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Williamson sprained his left ankle last
3:00 PM ET Veteran coach Dom Capers was hired by the Minnesota Vikings on Monday as a senior defensive assistant on head coach Mike Zimmer’s staff. Capers, 69, will be entering his 33rd season as an NFL coach. He has spent 24 years as a defensive coordinator or head coach. Capers was the head coach
3:12 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Connecticut teenager didn’t remember professing her love for Aaron Rodgers in a post-surgery video that showed her crying and wishing the Green Bay Packers quarterback was there, but Danica Patrick did what she could to grant the girl’s wishes. Patrick, Rodgers’ girlfriend, saw Callie Kessler’s post on
8:21 AM ET IT’S BUZZING INSIDE AmericanAirlines Arena. It is Jan. 23 in the middle of another sun-drenched day along Biscayne Bay, and the Miami Heat have just wrapped up practice and a film session. Players are shuffling to the trainer’s room. Staffers float in and out of the double doors leading into the locker
1:20 PM ET People tend to lose their heads when an elite player changes teams. In a good way. For fans of the team that acquires the star, it’s a time to dream. A time to anticipate the thrills that you think lie ahead. For fans of the game in general, it’s always interesting to
2:00 PM ET Everybody loves a big trade involving big names, big stars — and prospects, the human lottery tickets that might pay off big in the end. But nobody loves a big trade more than the big league evaluators who aren’t involved. They love to break down each side, compare their own reports of
2:39 PM ET Suspended Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett met with the NFL on Monday morning about his reinstatement into the league, sources confirmed to ESPN. According to Cleveland.com, which first reported the news, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was in attendance at the meeting. Garrett was suspended indefinitely for his role in a fight
1:49 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers signed defenseman Darnell Nurse to a two-year contract extension Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Nurse, 25, who is the Oilers’ alternate captain, has 24 points (four goals, 20 assists) in 55 games this season. In six seasons he has 28 goals and 84 assists in 334 games. The