4:18 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free-agent starting pitcher Marco Estrada has signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Oakland Athletics, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN on Friday. The 35-year-old right-hander is the second
1:41 PM ET As frustrating as it was for welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman to be sidelined for the past 22 months because of injuries, and as hopeless as he sometimes felt, there were also moments of good humor. Throughout his layoff, Thurman, known as “One Time” because of his ability to end a fight
3:04 PM GMT The Rugby Football Union (RFU) ended a trial aimed at making the game safer by lowering the legal height of tackles after a study revealed that it increased the likelihood of concussion, according to multiple reports. The rule change — where the height of a tackle was lowered from the line of
3:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh celebrated his new four-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens by eating some of his wife’s brownies, watching his daughter’s basketball game and going to a fast-food restaurant. Harbaugh is no longer linked to Joe Flacco. This next era is tied to Lamar Jackson, and it’s even
2:58 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson will miss about two more weeks because of a sprained left foot, another blow to the NBA’s worst team. The team provided the update Friday for the 6-foot-10 veteran, who has been sidelined for the past four games. The Cavs (9-40) have lost five
2:53 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have re-signed free-agent reliever Oliver Perez for next season. Perez appeared in 51 games last season for the Indians, who signed the left-hander in June and added him to one of baseball’s best bullpens. Cleveland now needs Perez more than ever after losing closer Cody
2:29 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — The NHL intends to bring puck and player tracking to the league next season, commissioner Gary Bettman announced Friday during All-Star Weekend in San Jose. The NHL joins the NFL as the only major North American professional sports league with wearable tracking technology. The timing of
2:17 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Reliever Justin Wilson has agreed to a two-year deal with the New York Mets worth $10 million according to sources. The deal includes $500,000 in performance bonuses each year. On the surface,
2:04 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Fedor Emelianenko competes at Bellator 214 on Saturday at The Forum, which is all the reason one needs to tune in…right? That’s kind of the sales pitch on ‘The Last Emperor,’ at this point in his career. Emelianenko, who meets Ryan Bader in the finals of Bellator’s Heavyweight Grand
1:58 PM ET The NBA has suspended Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic for one game for leaving the team’s bench during an altercation against the Utah Jazz, it was announced Friday. Jokic left the bench area during a physical confrontation between Jazz power forward Derrick Favors and Nuggets backup center Mason Plumlee on Wednesday. Favors