1:57 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt will be out for several more games because of a sore right elbow. The Cardinals limited Goldschmidt’s throwing during the start of spring training, and he made his first two exhibition starts as a designated hitter. He has not played
Month: March 2020
1:28 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — A key witness has recanted her testimony against five teens convicted in the killing of NBA star Chris Paul‘s grandfather. News outlets report that Jessicah Black now says she lied in court after police coerced her into implicating the teens in the killing of Nathaniel Jones on
1:28 PM ET As sporting leagues around the world grapple with how to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese Basketball Association has told American players to plan to return as early as this weekend and prepare for the league to resume in early April. But it’s not clear if the players will comply. Approximately
1:59 PM ET ESPN News Services The Golden State Warriors are planning to play home games without fans for the foreseeable future in observance of the San Francisco Health Office’s order prohibiting events of 1,000 people or more from assembling, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. The Warriors host the Brooklyn Nets on
12:54 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees reliever Zack Britton suffered a bruised right wrist after he was hit by a line drive during a simulated game Wednesday. The Yankees said X-rays and a CT scan were negative. Britton was pitching in his second inning when he got hurt on the
12:38 PM ET Famed SMU running back Eric Dickerson, Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch and late Alcorn State quarterback Steve McNair headline the 19 players and coaches who made the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame class, announced Wednesday. In all, the 17 first-team All-America players and two coaches were selected from a national ballot
12:02 PM ET The Miami Dolphins are releasing two-time Pro Bowl safety Reshad Jones, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter Wednesday. The move, which will become official March 18, frees up $5.3 million against the Dolphins’ salary cap. Jones, who turned 32 in February, established himself as one of the Dolphins’ core players for the
11:27 AM ET Like many basketball parents around the world, Dwyane Wade isn’t happy about his child’s playing time. But the former NBA star has a major platform to express his frustration. On Tuesday’s edition of “Inside the NBA” on TNT, the Miami Heat legend said he would not attend Saturday’s state title game between
11:51 AM ET Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Ventell Bryant was arrested on a DUI charge in Tampa, Florida, early Wednesday morning. Bryant was stopped by police at about 2:30 a.m. after he was spotted driving with his headlights off, according to the police report cited by multiple media outlets. He failed a field sobriety test,
8:04 AM ET During the conference realignment boom of the early-2010s, Conference USA lost half of its membership to the AAC and aimed to replace it with markets over proven commodities. It added programs from near Miami (FAU, FIU), Nashville (MTSU, with WKU not that far away) and Dallas (North Texas), plus startups from Charlotte,