11:02 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Previous World Cup Central entries: May 24-June 5 | June 6-June 18 | June 19-July 3 July 4 Glenn Maxwell feels he is hitting the ball as well as any stage of his career and is confident a telling score is around the corner after not quite being able to
10:59 PM ET PFL 4 was everything the Professional Fighters League hoped for when they established their playoff format. Six out of eight fights ended before the final horn Thursday, with five first-round finishes dramatically altering the composition of the playoff brackets in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions. Pre-season favorites Magomed Magomedkerimov and Kayla
8:15 PM ET Veteran right-hander Shelby Miller and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a minor league deal, The Athletic reported Thursday. Miller was released by the Texas Rangers last week after the team had designated him for assignment. Looking to bounce back after a series of injuries, Miller signed a one-year, $2 million deal
7:50 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The NFL has put its full-time officials program on hold as part of ongoing labor talks with the NFL Referees Association, multiple sources said Thursday. Barring a turn in negotiations, the decision
8:14 PM ET After free-agent forward Marcus Morris reneged on a verbal agreement to sign with the San Antonio Spurs, the franchise finally withdrew its offer and instead reached a two-year deal with forward Trey Lyles, league sources told ESPN. Morris had waffled on a two-year, $20 million commitment to the Spurs, who gave him
7:41 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Alena Sharp of Canada and Youngin Chun of South Korea shared the Marathon Classic lead at 7-under 64 on Thursday, a stroke ahead of Stacy Lewis and three others at Highland Meadows Golf Club. The 38-year-old Sharp, winless on the LPGA Tour, had eight birdies and a
6:58 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks re-signed forwards Dylan Gambrell and Antti Suomela on Thursday. Gambrell agreed to a two-year deal, and Suomela to a one-year contract. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The 22-year-old Gambrell has failed to record a point in 11 regular-season games with San Jose, three
7:06 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker topped the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship leaderboard at 5 under with a hole to play Thursday when the first round was suspended for the day because of lightning and rain. Coming off a victory two weeks ago in the U.S. Senior Open at Notre Dame,
6:18 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Gegard Mousasi lost his Bellator title but is still getting the rematch he wanted. Mousasi will take on former UFC champion Lyoto Machida in the co-main event of Bellator’s event Sept. 28 in Inglewood, California, the promotion announced Thursday. Mousasi lost to Machida in 2014 on a UFC card in
6:27 PM ET As Danny Green — perhaps Kawhi Leonard‘s closest teammate, having paired with him to win championships in both San Antonio and Toronto — waited on Leonard’s decision last week, he was left in the dark just like the rest of the world. Except he was pretty sure of one thing: Leonard would