12:40 PM ET Goaltender Brian Elliott is returning to the Philadelphia Flyers on a one-year, $2 million contract, general manager Chuck Fletcher announced Wednesday. Injuries limited the 34-year-old Elliott to 26 games last season, and the Flyers finally got off their goalie carousel by giving the job to youngster Carter Hart. Elliott was 11-11-1 last
12:48 PM ET ESPN News Services The results of the MRI on New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton right knee were “good,” manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday. “He came in today and there’s no swelling in there, but he’s sore and stiff,” Boone told reporters, according to Newsday. “He’s just kind of going through treatment
12:52 PM ET As free-agent guard Isaiah Thomas probes the marketplace, this summer affords him something that the past two did not: An unobstructed work regiment to restore the strength and explosion to his lower body, and the chance to be back in the gymnasium every day sharpening his game. Thomas is hopeful his season
11:33 AM ET Associated Press SMYRNA, Ga. — The widow of a beer tap inventor who died inside a walk-in cooler at the Atlanta Braves‘ stadium is blaming a faulty door mechanism and lethal carbon dioxide leaks. Angela Keeling made the allegations in a wrongful death lawsuit filed Friday against the team and its contractors.
4:29 PM ET The NBA is formally exploring how it might use its 75th anniversary season as an opportunity to test some of its bolder initiatives — not only a midseason cup and postseason play-in tournament, but also a reduction in the 82-game regular-season schedule. On a June 17 conference call, a committee that consists
12:05 PM ET July can be a tricky month as far as formulating a pitching strategy is concerned in fantasy baseball. 1 Related It’s the month in which the All-Star Game is played, that traditionally on the second or third Tuesday of the month, baking in a three-to-four-day All-Star break that affords teams an opportunity
7:30 AM ET It’s now been a few days since Jack Hughes was called at No. 1, and the dust of the 2019 NHL draft has started to settle. So there’s naturally only one thing left to do: It’s time to turn the page to the 2020 draft season. And it looks like we’ve got
11:19 AM BST England head coach Eddie Jones has described managing the national team as being a “battleground.” Jones, 59, has insisted that the relationship between the clubs and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) must be improved in England to take the team forward. “I’ve always thought there was opportunity to do something better,” Jones
11:02 AM ET The Kansas City Royals have designated reliever Brad Boxberger for assignment, opening a roster spot for Eric Skoglund’s return from an 80-game PED suspension. Boxberger, who had joined the Royals on a one-year, $2.2 million contract after earning 32 saves as the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ closer in 2018, had a 5.40 ERA with
3:01 PM ET As the first-ever PGA Tour event within the city limits of Detroit is set to begin Thursday, local union members from Teamsters Local 299 are now picketing over a contract negotiation dispute. Seven union employees at Detroit Golf Club, the host venue for the PGA tournament, including five groundsworkers and two mechanics,