3:02 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. is optimistic about signing a new contract and described his participation in training camp this summer as a calculated risk. Beckham wants a new deal and negotiations finally started earlier this week, a source told ESPN. It was a long, windy road that hit some
2:07 PM ET KweséESPN staff Team World led from start to finish to make it three wins from three against Team Africa in the 2018 NBA Africa Game at the Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria on Saturday. Led by co-captains Rudy Gay and Khris Middleton, and featuring the likes of Harrison Barnes and
2:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Two former Rutgers University football players who pleaded guilty to armed robberies targeting other students for drugs and cash have been sentenced to a dozen years in prison each. NJ.com reported that 26-year-old Tejay Johnson, of Egg Harbor Township, made a nearly seven-minute apology in court
1:33 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Goalie John Gibson has agreed to an eight-year, $51.2 million contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks. The team announced the deal Saturday. Gibson is signed through the 2026-27 season. After breaking in to the NHL in 2014, Gibson has been a steady starter for the Ducks for
1:37 PM ET George Dobell Yorkshire could be set to lose another player with Jack Brooks understood to be in talks with Somerset. Yorkshire have already seen Liam Plunkett join Surrey and look destined to lose Adil Rashid and perhaps Alex Lees as well. Durham are the only club to publicly express an interest in
12:45 PM BST The Crusaders knew before the Super Rugby final that if they stopped the Lions’ attacking lineout drives, targeted flyhalf Elton Jantjies and put him under pressure and tackled everything that moved, they were in with a chance of winning. They did all three on Saturday while Richie Mo’unga drove them around the
12:23 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Serena Williams has pulled out of next week’s Rogers Cup hard-court tournament, citing personal reasons. The tournament announced Williams’ withdrawal on Saturday. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is coming off the most lopsided defeat of her career, a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Johanna Konta in San Jose, California,
12:12 PM BST The moments that mattered in the Crusaders’ Super Rugby final win over the Lions in Christchurch. 5th minute: Ruan Combrinck through with a clean break, but is caught about seven metres from the Crusaders’ tryline. The Lions take the wrong options at the breakdown and the Crusaders manage to get a turnover.
7:47 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — If Tiger Woods is going to win the final edition of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club, he will need a big Saturday. The bad news for Woods: His second-round 68 left him five shots back of co-leaders Ian Poulter, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas and in a
12:30 PM ET ESPN News Services LeBron James hasn’t responded to a shot about his intelligence from President Donald Trump, but his fellow NBA players took to Twitter to defend him. Trump took aim at James in a tweet on Friday night, days after an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon aired in which the Los