7:31 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson hit every fairway for the first time in 21 years on his way to a 6-under 65 at Monterey Peninsula, an ideal start Thursday on perhaps the last ideal day at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Brian Gay and Scott Langley each had a
9:20 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers might not have traded for Anthony Davis prior to Thursday’s deadline, but Lakers star LeBron James made sure that Davis will be playing on his team next week in the NBA All-Star Game. James selected Davis, the New Orleans Pelicans star, in the All-Star draft on Thursday night.
6:00 PM ET Marcos Baghdatis knocked defending champion and top seed Lucas Pouille out of the Open Sud de France after a dramatic last-16 clash in Montpellier on Thursday. World No. 128 Baghdatis outlasted Frenchman Pouille in 2 hours, 40 minutes to secure a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory on Court Patrice Dominguez. The
6:57 PM ET It didn’t take cornerback Robert Alford long to find a new NFL home. Alford signed a three-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday, two days after being released by the Atlanta Falcons in a salary-cap move. Terms of his contract with Arizona were not disclosed. He joins a Cardinals secondary led
8:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” POWER IS SOMEONE 10 and a half hours away dropping everything at a moment’s notice to come see you. It is leverage and, even more, the desire to use it. It is
6:47 PM ET A group of U.S. Senators is urging the Power 5 conference commissioners to further examine how they address sexual violence within their members’ athletic programs. Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Thursday sent a letter to ACC commissioner John Swofford, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby,
8:41 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Hal Steinbrenner has heard the constant criticism in New York: Why haven’t the Yankees tried to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado? “I get hammered every year about something,” the New York owner said Thursday. “If you don’t win the World Series, that’s perfectly justifiable.” After
6:00 PM ET J.T. Realmuto has been stuck in purgatory so long there’s now a terrace there named after him, but he was finally rescued on Thursday by the Philadelphia Phillies, who traded their No. 1 prospect, Sixto Sanchez, as well as their starting catcher Jorge Alfaro and another prospect in Will Stewart to save
9:53 PM ET Five-tool players are exceedingly rare in baseball today, especially ones who play a premium position. In J.T. Realmuto, the Philadelphia Phillies are acquiring a five-tool catcher who may be on the verge of superstardom, now that Citizens Bank Park is home. Realmuto has been suppressed by Marlins Park, which has rated among
5:52 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Maple Leafs rode the subway two stops to city hall for an outdoor practice at Nathan Phillips Square. Auston Matthews, Jake Muzzin and Connor Brown took the honors Thursday in the Maple Leafs’ 3-on-3 outdoor tournament, with fans lining up eight or nine deep to see the