3:13 PM ET Frank Robinson, the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win MVP in both leagues, has died at age 83, MLB said Thursday. An outfielder and first baseman, Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 in his first year of eligibility. After a
2:54 PM ET Jos Buttler has admitted the reaction to England’s defeat in the Caribbean has left the players with “hurt pride”. Buttler, England’s vice-captain, conceded it had been a “really disappointing tour” from an England perspective and accepted that Darren Bravo’s determined innings in Antigua had been “a good example” to England’s batsmen. But
8:46 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to trade center Marc Gasol to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright, CJ Miles and a 2024 second-round draft pick, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The Grizzlies, however, are keeping Mike Conley, league sources told ESPN. Memphis discussed deals with
2:47 PM ET The Los Angeles Clippers have traded center Mike Muscala to the Los Angeles Lakers for forward Michael Beasley and center Ivica Zubac, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Muscala, who was traded from Philadelphia to the Clippers on Wednesday as part of a deal that sent Tobias Harris to the Sixers, is
2:38 PM ET Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is returning to coaching as the head coach and general manager of the Dallas-based franchise in the new XFL league. Stoops was introduced in a news conference Thursday by Oliver Luck, commissioner of the XFL. “At first I thought it probably wouldn’t be for me,” Stoops said.
3:02 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals coach Zac Taylor defended the controversial hire of offensive line coach Jim Turner on Thursday, saying he has no problem giving Turner his first job in the NFL since 2014. Turner has not worked in the league since he was fired by the Miami Dolphins in February 2014 in
2:47 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Phillies and Marlins agreed to a trade that will send All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto to Philadelphia for catcher Jorge Alfaro, pitching prospects Sixto Sanchez and Will Stewart, and an international bonus
3:38 PM ET Junior featherweight world titlist Rey Vargas has a scar that stretches across one of the knuckles on his left hand to remind him of one of the reasons he has not fought for nine months. Last May, during the third or fourth round of a defense of his 122-pound belt against Azat
4:49 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies, perhaps growing impatient waiting for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado to choose their landing spots, maybe sensing that neither wants to play in Philadelphia, or possibly even looking to make the team that would surround Harper or Machado that much more attractive, acquired All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto from the
1:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton says his comeback from the shoulder injury that wouldn’t allow him to throw passes more than 30 yards late this past season will make him “even more dangerous.” Newton detailed the January 24 arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage and his mindset moving forward