8:42 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The organizer of a protest over the state of the Los Angeles Lakers says the issues with the team boil down to one thing: decision-making on a front-office level. Charlie Rivers, a 22-year-old Arizona college student who says he drove from the Phoenix area to take part in the
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5:53 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a lightweight bout between former interim champion Tony Ferguson and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone for UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago, multiple sources said. The 155-pound bout is nearly official, although contracts have not yet been signed. Once official, it will take place on the pay-per-view
5:49 PM ET Jermall Charlo, a professional boxer since 2008, has boxed only twice in his hometown of Houston but has wanted to fight there again. Now he will have his chance when he defends his interim middleweight belt for the second time when he takes on Brandon Adams on June 29 in the main
5:17 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Family, friends and many of hockey’s most luminous names bid farewell to Red Kelly at the NHL great’s funeral Friday. The eight-time Stanley Cup champion played 20 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. He died at 91 on May 2, exactly 52 years after
7:45 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Sixers center Joel Embiid‘s flagrant foul from the final minutes of the Philadelphia’s Game 6 win over the Toronto Raptors Thursday night will not be rescinded, league sources told ESPN. The play, which occurred late in the fourth quarter when Embiid’s hand hit Raptors center Marc Gasol in
5:01 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Steve Stricker shot a season-best 8-under-par 64 to take the second-round lead Friday at the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. Stricker, a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, leads David Toms by two strokes at 12 under on Greystone’s Founders Course. Toms
4:51 PM ET DALLAS — It was difficult to miss Tony Romo‘s enthusiasm in his first words as he walked to the scoring tent after his second-round 74 at the AT&T Byron Nelson on Friday. “I think we’ve got a chance,” Romo said. Romo’s 74 left him at 8-over for the tournament and well off
4:55 PM ET Tiger Woods will be grouped with the other reigning major championship winners for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship and will tee off at 8:24 a.m. Thursday at Bethpage Black on Long Island. Woods will play with defending PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka (who also won last year’s U.S. Open)
4:52 PM ET Michigan State has settled two Title IX lawsuits with opposing parties in a sexual assault case that had resulted in disciplinary action against a former football player, according to court documents filed Friday. Court filings showed that mediation meetings held this week led to the university settling its lawsuit with a former
9:34 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — After consulting with multiple doctors, Buccaneers star pass-rusher Jason Pierre-Paul has opted not to undergo surgery on his fractured neck at this time, but he and his doctors will revisit the injury in four months to see how it is healing, a source confirmed to ESPN. Pierre-Paul was involved