7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Who would have thought the St. Louis Blues would have been here back in January? The team was a major disappointment, at one point hitting the conference basement and firing head coach Mike Yeo. Craig Berube was installed behind the bench. Rookie goalie Jordan Binnington was given an opportunity to
10:09 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball continues to push for an international draft and is getting buy-in from influential trainers who have grown weary of players as young as 13 years old agreeing to deals
9:37 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball continues to push for an international draft and is getting buy-in from influential trainers who have grown weary of players as young as 13 years old agreeing to deals
8:25 PM ET The Miami Dolphins are signing cornerback Xavien Howard to a record five-year, $76.5 million extension that includes $46 million guaranteed, making him the highest paid corner in the NFL, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Howard, 25, will receive $51 million in the first three years of the new deal, a source told
9:10 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia coach Justin Langer said he “slept a lot better” after Steven Smith showed some of his best form since returning from elbow surgery with the unbeaten 89 in the second match against the New Zealand XI on Wednesday. Smith dominated the back-end of the Australian innings, collecting 39 off
7:32 PM ET New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman is set to graduate from Kent State on Saturday, 10 years after he left the school for the NFL in 2009. Edelman, 32, played quarterback at Kent State before being drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round of the 2009 draft (232 overall). He has
7:17 PM ET Odell Beckham Jr. posted a message on his Instagram story on Thursday to clarify his comments to GQ earlier this week that he wanted to turn the Cleveland Browns “into the new Patriots.” “Just to clarify, I will always aspire to be great. I haven’t reached that point in the NFL but
7:09 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Whatever was smeared under the hat of Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, it hasn’t turned into a sticky situation for the M’s, New York Yankees or Major League Baseball. A day after a dark substance — possibly illegal pine tar — was spotted under the bill of
6:18 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants half of all new referees joining the league to be women — and he would like to see teams hire female coaches, too. In an appearance Thursday for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Silver said two of the past five refs added
6:10 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored the World Series champion Boston Red Sox — well, some of them — at the White House on Thursday, but made no mention of the controversy that shadowed the visit. The team’s manager, Alex Cora, did not attend the ceremony after citing his frustration