4:17 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have hired former Notre Dame women’s associate head coach Niele Ivey as one of the new assistants on Taylor Jenkins’ staff. There are now nine women working as coaches in the NBA. The Grizzlies also announced Monday the hiring of Brad Jones, David McClure,
4:05 PM ET STORRS, Conn. — UConn football coach Randy Edsall believes that one of the NCAA’s favorite monikers, “student-athlete,” is disingenuous and outdated. The veteran coach said it’s inevitable and overdue for college sports to start giving players a chance to make money. Edsall, who has spent most of his four-decade coaching career in
3:19 PM ET Chicago Cubs All-Star catcher Willson Contreras will miss four weeks with a strained right hamstring, the team announced Monday. Contreras was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, less than 24 hours after suffering the injury while running out a fly ball in Saturday’s game against Milwaukee. He had an MRI, which
3:09 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Braves have recalled right-hander Mike Foltynewicz from Triple-A Gwinnett to take a spot in the starting rotation after Kevin Gausman was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. Foltynewicz was a 13-game winner and an All-Star for the Braves in 2018, but he struggled to regain that
3:08 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Before the Texans and Packers held a joint practice on Monday, J.J. Watt finally got to participate in the Green Bay tradition of players riding a kid’s bike to practice, something he said was “a dream he had as a kid.” And then he broke the bike. “The
2:51 PM ET The Miami Marlins apologized on Monday for making light of Steve Irwin’s death in a tweet to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. “This was a regrettable exchange by our otherwise creative social media team. Unfortunately, in this medium, sometimes we swing and miss, and this was definitely a miss,” the team
2:29 PM ET Georgia outside linebacker Brenton Cox, a former five-star recruit, who was battling for a starting job this coming season, has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN on Monday. Cox played in 13 of 14 games last season and finished with 20 tackles. He had a career-high six
2:11 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets haven’t used a radar gun to clock Sam Darnold‘s fastball, but they believe his arm strength is better than a year ago. “It’s interesting because a lot of people in the spring were saying that to me, that it looked like he was throwing
2:01 PM ET Like fellow Golden State Warriors cornerstones Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, Draymond Green now has a longterm deal with the team. Unlike the star guards, however, Green has a player option, a league source told ESPN. The fourth-year option in Green’s new $100 million extension would allow Green to go after even
12:38 PM ET The new stadium being built for the NFL’s Raiders in Las Vegas will officially be called Allegiant Stadium, it was announced Monday. Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will be the naming sponsor for the $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat indoor stadium, which was topped off in a ceremony Monday. “We’re thrilled that our future home