5:51 PM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. TEMPE,
5:31 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed kicker Josh Lambo to a four-year contract extension. Lambo announced the deal via his Twitter page: Doggone good news!! We’ll be in Duval for 4 more years, as I’ve signed an extension with the Jags!! #Duuuval pic.twitter.com/mdJnW7UsBQ — Josh Lambo (@JoshLambo) February 13, 2019
5:59 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook doesn’t necessarily put blinders on to remain unaware of the criticism that follows him around. He just doesn’t care about it — or so he says, adamantly. “I’ve been blessed with the talent to not give a f—,” the Oklahoma City Thunder star said Wednesday. “And I
5:20 PM ET Three times Grand Slam champion Stanislas Wawrinka progressed to the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open after defeating No. 5 seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday Wawrinka secured the only break of the match in the third game of the opening set to edge in front, before holding to love to
5:24 PM ET Leave it to Alex Bregman to try and stir up a little controversy. The All-Star third baseman for the Houston Astros had a breakout season at the plate in 2018, hitting 31 home runs and finishing fifth in the American League MVP voting, while also having a breakout season on social media.
3:45 AM ET Whether you love the idea of Clemson and Alabama continuing their relationship in the College Football Playoff, or simply love to hate it, they’re together again at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in ESPN’s first Football Power Index ranking of 2019. Remember, FPI is a predictive rating system. It measures how
5:15 PM GMT Wales have released centre Scott Williams from their squad for the remainder of the Six Nations as he battles a back injury. The experienced midfield player missed the November Internationals with a hamstring tear and sat out the opening two rounds of the Six Nations with an ankle problem. Better news for
10:11 AM ET The deal is done and unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua is coming to the United States. Joshua, the British superstar, will make his American debut by defending his three major world title belts against top contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York in
5:42 PM ET Steve KimESPN The formal announcement came Wednesday that unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua will make his stateside debut at Madison Square Garden June 1 against Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller. This is a solid matchup given that Joshua is ranked No. 1 by ESPN.com in the heavyweight division, while the bombastic Miller
5:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt is replacing the late Bob McNair as head of the NFL’s influential financial committee. Hunt has been on the committee for seven years. McNair passed away in November. Other owners on the committee are Atlanta’s Arthur Blank, Tampa Bay’s Joel Glazer,