12:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Jessica Mendoza has signed a multiyear extension with ESPN and will no longer continue in her role as baseball operations adviser to the New York Mets, it was announced Friday. Mendoza, 39, will become the first woman to serve as a solo analyst on national baseball telecasts when she
11:37 AM ET LeBron James threw down a two-handed reverse windmill slam Thursday night, thrilling fans with another electrifying highlight in his 17th NBA season — one that has already seen him voted in as an All-Star captain, move into third place on the NBA’s career scoring list and lead his Los Angeles Lakers squad
12:57 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics guard Kemba Walker will return to the lineup Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks after missing three games with left knee soreness. “I feel pretty good,” Walker said Friday after the team’s morning shootaround. “It’s much improved. I’m going to try to give it a go tonight.”
12:50 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN After countless Midwest battles through the years, Cleveland Cavaliers general manger Koby Altman is excited to welcome two-time All-Star Andre Drummond to the squad. With Drummond’s player option looming, Altman said he has been in touch with Drummond but that there haven’t been detailed conversations about a long-term plan. Drummond
11:32 AM ET McLaren’s has unveiled the livery it will carry into the upcoming IndyCar season, its first entry into an American open-wheel championship since 1979. The British company will contest the season in a partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in a venture officially titled Arrow McLaren Racing SP. To mark its return to IndyCar,
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers‘ climb from 4-12 in 2018 to NFC champions in 2019 left them in company with just two other teams who went from four or fewer wins in one season to a Super Bowl appearance the next. The Niners’ 31-20 loss to the Kansas City
9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN No matter how you may feel about it, fights between professional boxers and mixed martial arts combatants could be here to stay. What was once thought to be a one-off bout between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor in 2017 made hundreds of millions of dollars. Unsurprisingly, with that kind of
10:44 AM ET Justin Thomas is auctioning off the wedges he used to honor NBA star Kobe Bryant during the Waste Management Phoenix Open, with the proceeds going to the MambaOnThree Fund. The fund was started after Bryant’s helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, on Jan. 26, killing Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. The
10:57 AM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Ernie Els brought big changes to the International team in the Presidents Cup, and then he added one more he wants to see. He doesn’t think someone should be captain more than once. Els tells the golf blog Morning Read that he will not return as
10:32 AM ET The Florida State Seminoles wasted no time after signing day, moving ahead with their 2021 class and landing ESPN 300 linebacker Branden Jennings on Friday. The No. 48 overall recruit becomes the highest-ranked prospect in the Seminoles’ class. “I loved the school, culture, environment and got the family vibe I was looking