8:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The buildup to the lightweight unification fight between Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. has been respectful with no trash talk, but when the combatants came face to face at Friday’s weigh-in at Staples Center, things got animated, at least on Easter’s side. Easter, several inches taller than Garcia,
8:26 PM ET Associated Press OAKVILLE, Ontario — Keegan Bradley played the last four holes in 6 under, making two of his three eagles Friday, to pull within a shot of the lead in the RBC Canadian Open. Bradley holed putts of 10 feet on the par-3 15th, 20 feet on the par-5 16th, 27
8:41 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. — Free-agent wide receiver Dez Bryant went off on several members of his former team, the Dallas Cowboys, during a series of tweets Friday night. Released in April after an eight-year Cowboys run in which he became the franchise leader in touchdown receptions, Bryant responded to a tweet from SiriusXM
7:29 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — John Isner advanced to the BB&T Atlanta Open semifinals for the ninth straight year, beating Germany’s Mischa Zverev 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 on Friday. “He is a tough player. I played well today. I needed to,” Isner said. “It was a weird match. The balls were bouncing everywhere —
7:50 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza has been moved to a rehabilitation facility to recover from a fractured vertebra in his neck suffered during a training accident. Agent Brian Beach tweeted Friday that Espinoza had left the hospital, where he had been up and walking around
12:00 PM ET There came a time during Jimmer Fredette‘s senior season at BYU, when the frenzy surrounding his games got so crazy, that he had to find an escape route just to leave the Cougars’ home arena. “My wife had to drive her car under the arena, pick me up, and I drove out
7:13 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball IRVINE, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams’ fans spoke and team executives, along with the NFL, listened. The uniforms are changing. A new look is coming with our
6:40 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kyle Lowry knew people wanted to ask him about DeMar DeRozan. That didn’t mean he was going to give them answers. DeMar DeRozan expected to be a Raptor for life, so when he was traded on Wednesday, his reaction on Instagram was strong — as was that
6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Ohio State transfer running back Antonio Williams can play this fall for North Carolina. UNC said Friday that Williams is immediately eligible with two seasons of eligibility. Transfers typically sit a year at their new school per NCAA rules, but coach Larry Fedora last week
10:56 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two former University of Tennessee football players were acquitted Friday of the aggravated rape charges they had been indicted on nearly 3½ years ago. A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for almost 1½ hours Friday afternoon before finding A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams not