3:21 AM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The morning after breaking his right hand, Rajon Rondo was at the Los Angeles Lakers‘ practice facility barking out insights and instructions to his teammates. As usual. “He was talking. Surprise, surprise,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said with a smile. “He was talking a lot.” With his hand
6:52 PM ET Auburn Tigers superfan Tammy Renae Bullard and her 3-year-old granddaughter died Friday in an auto accident on an Alabama highway. Bullard, 52, known by many for her regular call-in appearances on the Paul Finebaum Show on ESPN Radio, was in an SUV that collided with a commercial truck, which veered across the
6:04 PM ET The Boston Red Sox are bringing back World Series MVP Steve Pearce for the 2019 season, the team announced Friday. The one-year deal is worth $6.25 million, Yahoo Sports reports. Steve Pearce was a valuable role player for the Red Sox before vaulting to prominence in the World Series. Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY
6:19 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy for four to six weeks after he fractured his left foot in practice earlier this week. It’s a significant loss for the Atlantic-leading Lightning. Vasilevskiy, 24, is 9-3-1 with a 2.30 goals-against average in 13 games this season. Louis Domingue will step
5:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cullen has been fined $1,000 by the NHL for a dangerous trip of Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Miller. The infraction came during the first period of Thursday night’s game, a 4-3 victory by Tampa Bay. Cullen was assessed a minor penalty for
5:23 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott suffered a lower-body injury in Thursday’s loss to the New Jersey Devils and will be out about two weeks. The Flyers called up goalie Alex Lyon from AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley on Friday morning. Brian Elliott had a 1.47 GAA and a .949 save percentage in his
5:02 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Julio Rangel has been hired by the Texas Rangers as pitching coach for new manager Chris Woodward. Rangel will be with a big league staff for the first time after 12 years as a pitching instructor and coordinator at the minor league level with the San Francisco
5:08 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Charles Howell III was just as good on the tougher scoring course at Sea Island with another 64 to match the best 36-hole score of his career and build a 3-shot lead in the RSM Classic. Howell was bogey-free for the second straight round. He
5:03 PM ET The Denver Nuggets have added championship experience to their front office. Three-time WNBA champ Sue Bird has joined the Nuggets as basketball operations associate, the team announced Friday. “We are very excited to have Sue join our organization,” Nuggets president Tim Connelly said. “Her résumé certainly speaks for itself, and as a
4:53 PM ET The Big Game between California and Stanford set for Saturday in Berkeley has been rescheduled for Dec. 1 because of poor air quality in Northern California brought on by wildfires. “We have been carefully tracking air quality in Berkeley and the Bay Area over the past week, relying on the best data