7:39 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers reliever Corey Knebel has been demoted to the minors, the latest turn in a difficult season for the former All-Star closer. The Brewers had not announced a demotion as of Friday morning, but a list of transactions on the team’s official website indicates that Knebel was optioned to Triple-A Colorado
1:30 AM ET CHICAGO — It’s not even September yet, but the Chicago Cubs may already be the big winners of the July trade deadline as lefty Cole Hamels continues to dominate the opposition. He upped the ante once more on Thursday, throwing the Cubs’ first complete game of the season in beating the Cincinnati
1:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Former Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson used his department’s funding to hire an attorney to represent two student-athletes who were accused of sexual misconduct, and then failed to sever ties with the attorney when asked to do so, the university said in a statement provided to The Washington Post.
10:48 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. just might have that financial security he so desperately desires before the start of the regular season. The New York Giants and Beckham have made progress on what is expected to be a record-breaking contract for a wide receiver, sources told ESPN, and there is
4:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli moved back to the top of the ICC Test rankings for batsmen after his Man of the Match performance in Trent Bridge. He has amassed a career-best 937 rating points and is one point shy of breaking into the top 10 batsmen in rankings history. Donald
12:15 AM ET Another big fight is close to being added to UFC 229 on Oct. 6. Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis is in the works for the card, multiple sources told ESPN, confirming an earlier report by MMAJunkie.com. The lightweight fight, which is not yet signed, would take place on the main UFC 229
10:19 PM ET Former world title challenger Oscar Negrete and Joshua Franco, each one fight removed from his only loss, will look to hang a second on each other. Winning that elusive title was a dream come true for Raymundo Beltran, and his life is better now because of that. On Saturday he defends it
10:20 PM ET Associated Press REGINA, Saskatchewan — Ariya Jutanugarn birdied five of her last eight holes for an 8-under 64 and a share of the CP Women’s Open lead Thursday at rain-softened Wascana Country Club. Nasa Hataoka and Mariajo Uribe joined the second-ranked Jutanugarn atop the leaderboard, with Canadian star Brooke Henderson and three-time
8:12 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sweden’s Henrik Norlander birdied the final hole for a 7-under 64 and a 1-stroke lead Thursday in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. For the 12th time in 15 tournaments this year, Tiger Woods failed to break par in the first round, this time at
8:03 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Matt Holliday wore cleats from 2007. The Coors Field mojo almost felt straight from that decade, too. When Colorado made a charge to its only World Series appearance, it was behind late-season wins just like the dramatic one the Rockies pulled out on this throwback Thursday. Ian Desmond