7:30 AM ET We asked 48 of our NFL analysts — reporters, editors and former players — which top five modern-era finalists they would vote into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That’s how we ended up with our edition of the Class of 2019. (We went 5-for-5 in last year’s survey.) Tom Flores coached
5:45 PM ET Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki will get one last moment of All-Star Game glory, as commissioner Adam Silver on Friday announced each will be a special roster addition. The two will be chosen in a special third round of the All-Star draft, which will be held next Thursday. Captains LeBron James and
1:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Pitcher Danny Farquhar has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees after recovering from a ruptured aneurysm and brain hemorrhage while pitching for the Chicago White Sox last April. Vlad Jr. is the headlining act, but he’s far from the only rising star
1:29 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers for forward Derick Brassard, Riley Sheahan and three 2019 draft picks. The Penguins announced the trade Friday, a move that will give them an influx of youth in the 26-year-old Bjugstad and
3:00 AM ET Toss Pakistan chose to bowl v South Africa Pakistan have put South Africa in to bat after winning the toss in the first T20I at Newlands. Birthday boy Shoaib Malik, stepping into the formidable shoes of Sarfaraz Ahmed’s impeccable T20 record, revealed a number of changes had been made to the side
8:43 AM ET LeBron James is back, and he has 30 games to help the Los Angeles Lakers sneak into the postseason. Despite a crucial win against the LA Clippers on Thursday, the Lakers would miss the cut if the season ended today. James hasn’t missed the playoffs since George W. Bush was president. It
1:21 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees took issue with the fact that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell waited 10 days to publicly address the officiating error that went against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game. Brees made the media rounds Friday at the Super Bowl. And while he repeatedly stressed that
6:13 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Before UFC Fight Night: Fortaleza’s main event between Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes, a multitude of undercard fights had major implications. Here’s how it all went down. Said Nurmagomedov defeats Ricardo Ramos by first-round TKO Nurmagomedov did not fight the way one might expect of someone with that surname, as
2:42 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Washington Nationals on Friday defeated outfielder Michael A. Taylor in the first salary arbitration decision this year. Taylor will receive the team’s offer of $3.25 million rather than his request of $3.5 million. Arbitrators Mark Burstein, James Darby and Matt Goldberg issued their decision Friday,
12:34 PM ET The Southeastern Conference distributed about $604.1 million of total revenue among its 14 member institutions for the 2017-18 fiscal year, an average of about $43.1 million per school. In an announcement Friday, SEC officials said that total was an increase from an average distribution of $40.9 million in 2016-17. The league said