12:04 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Curry brothers have levied a wager for their head-to-head competition in Saturday night’s NBA 3-point contest: Whoever loses must buy tickets for the entire Curry family anytime they play against each other for the remainder of their NBA careers. Will a Curry brother reign from 3?
11:31 AM ET Associated Press DUNDEIN, Fla. — Reliever John Axford and the Toronto Blue Jays have completed a minor league contract. If added to the 40-man roster, the 35-year-old right-hander would get a one-year contract with a $1.65 million salary while in the major leagues. In the deal, announced Saturday by Toronto, he would
11:29 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on Saturday said he’ll play in the FIBA World Championships this summer. Greece has already qualified for the 32-team tournament, which starts in China on Aug. 31. Antetokounmpo said Saturday before practice for the NBA All-Star Game that the only way he
10:12 AM ET Paul Farbrace, England’s assistant coach, is to leave in the next few weeks to take on the role of sport director at Warwickshire. He will start his new job at the conclusion of England’s Caribbean tour in mid-March meaning he will not be with the team during the World Cup. Farbrace was
10:08 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers have traded goaltender Cam Talbot to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for fellow goalie Anthony Stolarz. The deal comes after Talbot has been on a steady decline for a season and a half, eventually losing his job in Edmonton to Mikko Koskinen. Talbot, 31, has a 3.36 goals-against average
8:44 AM ET Regarding Cooperstown, you’ve probably heard of the existence of small-Hall people — those people who prefer that the Hall of Fame include only the very best of the very best. Myself, I’m a big-Hall person. There have been a lot of great players; induct ’em all! Just as I’m a big-Hall person,
8:36 AM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The first thing you need to know about Dustin Pedroia‘s left knee is that it will never be 100 percent again. “It ain’t even my knee. It’s somebody else’s, bro,” the Red Sox second baseman said Friday, speaking with the media from spring training camp, where he had
2:54 PM ET RB Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen scored twice as they beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday to move within a point of third-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach. The 24-year-old Dane scored twice in a game for the fifth time this season in the Bundesliga to take his tally to 12 league goals so
6:01 AM ET MARANELLO, Italy — The Auditorium Enzo Ferrari stands proudly on one side of Maranello’s central piazza. It’s not the prettiest building in Northern Italy — far from it — but its yellow stucco is immaculately maintained and free of the graffiti that plagues the surrounding streets. It is also a point of
1:09 PM ET Antoine Griezmann’s deflected volley earned Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win at Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Saturday, ending a run of two consecutive defeats for Diego Simeone’s side. Atletico, who welcomed Diego Costa back from a two-month injury layoff as substitute in the 60th minute, struggled in the derby clash against