5:11 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Philadelphia Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk on Friday was fined $5,000 by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for high-sticking Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez during Thursday’s game. Van Riemsdyk was docked the maximum amount under the league’s collective bargaining agreement. The high-sticking occurred just over
4:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Danny Espinosa and the New York Mets have agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. The veteran switch-hitter gives the Mets even more depth in a crowded infield. He could be a backup option at shortstop behind Amed Rosario. Espinosa spent last
5:15 PM ET Steve KimESPN Richard Commey captured the IBF lightweight title last weekend with a win over Isa Chaniev in Frisco, Texas, but his plans for a unification bout have been postponed. Commey (28-2, 25 KOs) will miss out on a planned fight against Vasiliy Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs) due to a right-hand injury.
4:33 PM ET Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Justin Fields has received a waiver from the NCAA and will be eligible to play the 2019 season, the university announced Friday. The waiver allows Fields to forego the usual one-year waiting period for a transferring student-athlete. He is expected to be the frontrunner to win Ohio State’s
4:23 PM GMT Ireland lock Devin Toner will miss the rest of the Six Nations after undergoing ankle surgery, according to numerous reports on Friday. Toner was forced off during the second half of Ireland’s opening Six Nations defeat to England last weekend and had already been ruled out of the match against Scotland on
4:53 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Friday that as the popularity of the NBA continues to grow, players and coaches feel like “actors in a soap opera” — especially with stars signing shorter contracts than ever before. Kerr’s comments came in the wake of an emotional news conference
3:57 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Brian Flores officially hired 16 assistant coaches to join him in his mission to turn around the Miami Dolphins, including Jim Caldwell as his assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. Caldwell is currently the most experienced coach on the Dolphins staff and he’ll be a sounding board for Flores,
4:13 PM ET Adam Gase’s new coaching staff with the New York Jets contains enough potential family drama for a reality TV show. The full staff, announced Friday by the Jets, includes longtime NFL assistant Joe Vitt, Gase’s father-in-law, and Blake Williams, the son of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. The Jets have a lot of
3:37 PM ET Former Vanderbilt Commodores vice chancellor and athletic director David Williams has died, the university announced Friday. He was 71. Williams, the SEC’s first black athletic director, announced his retirement in September, and a party to celebrate his retirement had been planned for Friday night. “David Williams stood tall on this campus, in
3:02 PM ET Had talk at the Darren Sammy ground in St Lucia been of miners’ strikes, war in the Falklands and the plotline of Neighbours, the sense could not have been clearer: England are back in the 1980s. Here we are, after all, watching them try to avoid a whitewash at the hands of