1:46 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers assistant Monty Williams has agreed to become the next Phoenix Suns coach, the Suns announced Friday. The deal is for five years, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Williams, 47, is the Suns’ seventh coach in an eight-season span. The team fired Igor Kokoskov last month after one season. “Monty
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12:56 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joel Dahmen said recently that playing with Tiger Woods last year during the third round of the Quicken Loans National was “like a dream come true” and that experiencing the ovation Woods received as he stepped onto the first tee “was the coolest moment. It was crazy.” Dahmen, 31,
12:57 PM ET Clemson added another top recruit to its 2020 class on Friday when running back DeMarkcus Bowman announced his commitment to the Tigers. Bowman is the No. 24 ranked prospect overall and chose Clemson over Florida and Georgia among others. Bowman is a 5-foot-10, 190-pound back from Lakeland high school in Lakeland, Florida
12:51 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds are bringing up top prospect Nick Senzel for his major league debut. The 23-year-old outfielder will bat second and play center field against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Cincinnati selected his contract from Louisville, optioned right-hander Matt Bowman to the Triple-A farm team
12:00 PM ET NBA referees will host a question-and-answer session on Twitter for games Sunday and Monday, interacting with fans in real time over calls in playoff games. The referees have done this periodically over the past year, but this is the first time they will operate the “Ref Watch Party” during this postseason, which
12:00 PM BST Playmaker Bernard Foley admits the Waratahs must be more clinical to keep their Super Rugby title hopes alive on their critical two-game spell in South Africa. In the absence of suspended superstar Israel Folau, Super Rugby’s all-time leading try-scorer, the Waratahs have lacked a noticeable attacking edge in their past two games.
12:09 PM ET Associated Press Tennis is in turmoil as the French Open approaches. As three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka put it: “Politics have overshadowed the action on the courts.” In a letter published Friday in The Times of London, Wawrinka decried his sport’s “worrying decline in moral standards” and outlined several aspects of the
11:43 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Having only recently completed his midterm exams in high school, 14-year-old Chinese golfer Kuang Yang felt underprepared heading into his first event on the European Tour. It hasn’t stopped him making the cut in historic fashion at the China Open. Kuang holed a par putt from nearly
May 3, 2019 Fantasy staff During the first week of May, we gathered our fantasy football experts for our annual summit, breaking down every player, poring over analytics and ranking each position before concluding with our first mock draft of 2019. This is a PPR (point per reception) draft, which means a bonus point is
10:08 AM ET Al Iaquinta and Donald Cerrone both made weight Friday morning for their UFC Fight Night main event Saturday in Ottawa, Ontario. Iaquinta (14-4-1), No. 5 in ESPN’s lightweight rankings, hit the scale at 155 pounds. The ninth-ranked Cerrone (35-11, 1 NC) weighed 155.5. “Cowboy” Cerrone, a 36-year-old fighting out of Albuquerque, New