4:56 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo will undergo surgery to repair the fractured third metacarpal in his right hand. The team said Rondo is expected to have the surgery by Friday after likely suffering the injury in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s 126-117 win over Portland. Rondo
9:52 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Joey Logano heard the boos at Martinsville Speedway and soaked in the moment. Considering people once said Logano didn’t have the talent to race in the NASCAR Cup series, boos will do just
9:27 PM ET HOUSTON — All-Star forward Draymond Green said on Thursday he believes the Golden State Warriors will grow stronger after his emotional exchanges with teammate Kevin Durant both during and following Monday night’s loss to the LA Clippers. Speaking for the first time since serving a one-game suspension for “conduct detrimental to the
2:00 PM GMT Ireland bolstered their lineout and defence under the high ball by bringing lock Devin Toner and fit-again Rob Kearney back into their side to face New Zealand in Saturday’s clash of the world’s top two sides. Kearney, one of the game’s best defenders under a high ball, returns at full-back in place
6:49 PM ET When you win a World Series, everybody remembers the big home runs and the clutch pitching performances, but the little plays can be just as important. Take Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. The Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 8-6 to put them one win away from the
2:56 PM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com There’s a strong chance that the NHL will approve a new expansion franchise for Seattle when the league’s board of governors meets in early December, so there’s lots of speculation about what the team’s name should
2:48 PM GMT ESPN staff Duane Vermeulen will start at No 8 in a re-jigged back-row after Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus made six cganges to his starting side to face Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Vermeulen replaces Warren Whiteley, with the Lions eight man struggling with a calf injury that has also ruled him out
9:04 AM ET On a big-turning pitch such as this, Roshen Silva has shown he has what it takes to succeed. So said team-mate Dimuth Karunaratne, whose 63 was second only to the immense 85 off 174 deliveries that Roshen produced on day two, which pushed Sri Lanka 46 runs beyond England’s first-innings total of
2:15 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Baseball owners have extended the contract of Commissioner Rob Manfred after two days of meetings in Atlanta. The owners put off any decision Thursday on changes that might speed games. Manfred says they prefer to reach a consensus with the players’ union. Manfred took over as commissioner from
2:00 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jalen Ramsey doesn’t want to play for any team other than the Jacksonville Jaguars, despite what one of his recent posts on social media might indicate. The third-year cornerback made that pretty clear on Thursday, but he also admitted that he doesn’t like the negativity from what he called