Feb 7, 2025, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Wade Boggs is cancer free. The Hall of Fame third baseman made the announcement on social media Friday, five months after he revealed that he had prostate cancer. “An extremely emotional day I can’t thank my doctor’s Dr. Engleman and Dr. Heidenberg enough also to everyone
Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The San Diego Padres are closing in on a deal with free agent outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, according to multiple reports Friday. Joe, 32, could help fill the club’s hole in left field. Jurickson Profar, a 2024 All-Star, recently left San Diego as
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Max Scherzer joined the Toronto Blue Jays convinced he can win a World Series with a third team following titles with Washington and Texas. “Winning cures everything,” the 40-year-old right-hander said Friday, three days after his $15.5 million, one-year contract was announced.
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — With the Minnesota Timberwolves missing two key contributors and searching for a mid-winter spark, Anthony Edwards played up to his NBA superstar status. Two games. Two days. 90 points. Two wins. “I think he knows what we need from him now,” head
Feb 7, 2025, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has been named as a strategic partner to a group of investors looking to create a new basketball league that will span Asia and Europe to one day rival the NBA, with Swiss bank UBS serving as an advisor. The Financial
ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2025, 09:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal were both out due to injuries for the Phoenix Suns in their 135-127 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night, one day after a trade deadline where both players were the subject of multiple
Baxter HolmesFeb 7, 2025, 08:18 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Nate Robinson has a new kidney. The ex-NBA guard received the new organ
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Reilly Opelka faces potential discipline for his postmatch comments about a chair umpire he called the “worst ump on tour,” the ATP said in a statement Friday. Opelka was angered that he received a point penalty while serving for the match in
ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2025, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The biggest party in golf had reason to celebrate Friday. Emiliano Grillo made a hole-in-one at TPC Scottsdale’s famed par-3 16th during second-round play at the Phoenix Open. The Argentine stepped to the tee and lofted an iron shot from 155 yards away
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Three-time champion Jin Young Ko birdied six of her last nine holes Friday for an 8-under 63 and a two-stroke lead over four players in the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup. Ko had a 12-under 130 total at Bradenton Country Club after