8:14 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said. Birmingham police told news outlets that De’Runnya Wilson, 25, was found unresponsive inside a south-side Birmingham home by a relative Tuesday
7:10 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Free agent outfielder Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves reached an $18 million, one-year deal Tuesday that puts him on the team he helped beat in the playoffs last October. Ozuna hit .429 with two home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals in their five-game win over the
7:50 PM ET Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. — A Maryland police officer has been suspended for shooting a video that showed former NBA player Delonte West as he was being questioned while shirtless and handcuffed, a police department statement said. One of two videos circulating on social media shows a thin, shirtless man with
7:16 PM ET Dwight Howard will be part of the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest on All-Star Weekend. The Los Angeles Lakers confirmed Howard’s participation in a tweet Tuesday. It’s official: Superman will take flight at the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest! pic.twitter.com/fBpNAH8wXq — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 21, 2020 Howard hasn’t competed in the contest
7:33 PM ET NEW YORK — Just a city block and an avenue away from the Olympic Tower office where he had peered out over a metropolis, if not the entire world, dreaming up ways to grow the sport of basketball, the life of former NBA commissioner David Stern was celebrated Tuesday. A crowd of
7:30 AM ET Hindsight is the most wondrous of evaluation tools. Just look back on all the “best offseason moves” lists from last summer if you’re looking for a laugh. Almost none of what we expected came true. But that’s the essence of sports anyway, so it’s fine. With only one game left in the
6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball’s highest honor on Tuesday. The longtime New York Yankees captain appeared on 396 of 397 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America,
6:10 PM ET The votes are in! Let’s check in on the winners and losers from Tuesday’s Hall of Fame voting results, which saw Derek Jeter get elected in his first year on the ballot, Larry Walker make it in his final year on the ballot, and Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds finish with similar
6:04 PM ET Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will host “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 1, the show announced Tuesday on Twitter. Watt will host the show, with musical guest Luke Combs, the day before Super Bowl LIV. “SNL!!!! I can’t even pretend to hide my excitement about this haha! This is something truly
6:19 PM ET Former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is joining the New York Giants staff, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. Bielema spent the past two seasons as a defensive assistant with the New England Patriots, where he worked with new Giants coach Joe Judge. Bielema served as New England’s defensive line coach