12:25 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after he was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend during an argument over a man she had begun dating. An arrest affidavit filed Wednesday by Houston police states that Crawford went to the home of Gabriele Washington on
Month: June 2020
9:51 PM ET The publisher of NBA 2K paused all online game activity for two hours Thursday in recognition of George Floyd’s memorial service. 2K halted online play from 2-4 p.m. ET while a service was ongoing in Minneapolis, where Floyd died while in police custody on Memorial Day. The Neighborhood, a game mode where
10:40 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has purchased a minority stake in Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, according to a report Thursday in Sports Business Daily. SBD reported that Durant’s stake is between 1% and 5%. Durant joins the Houston Rockets‘ James Harden in owning a small piece of MLS
1:01 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — A Florida appeals court has temporarily granted NBA rookie Zion Williamson‘s attempt to block his former marketing agent’s effort to have the ex-Duke star answer questions about whether he received improper benefits before playing for the Blue Devils. The order Thursday granted Williamson a stay and paused proceedings
6:54 PM ET AS THE NBA’S plans to restart its season at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, were coming into focus last week, Chris Paul and Bob Iger went for a walk. Paul, the president of the National Basketball Players Association, and Iger, the executive chairman of the Walt Disney
12:26 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas are among more than a dozen NFL stars who united to send a passionate video message to the league about racial inequality. The 70-second video was released on social media platforms Thursday night and includes Odell Beckham Jr., Deshaun Watson,
9:09 PM ET Major League Baseball players will not take another pay cut and have “resoundingly rejected” the league’s plan to begin the season, according to a statement Thursday from union executive director Tony Clark. The statement came after a two-hour conference call of the association’s executive board and several other Major League Baseball Players
10:45 PM ET Steve KimESPN The bout between WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez and mandatory challenger Viktor Postol, twice postponed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is now expected to take place this summer, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Thursday. Arum said he expected the fight to take place in
9:29 PM ET Texas players marched with coach Tom Herman and members of the Austin Police Department to the state capitol building Thursday afternoon, joining the national protests against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Herman and his wife and other Longhorn coaches joined the players as they walked from the north
8:51 PM ET The National Hockey League is transitioning to Phase 2 of its return-to-play plan, as teams will be allowed to reopen their training facilities in their respective cities on Monday if local regulations allow it. On a “strictly voluntary basis,” players can participate in small-group team training, with a maximum of six players