2:06 AM ET The New York Mets and Oakland Athletics are working on a trade that would send closer Jeurys Familia to the A’s, sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney on Friday. The teams have an agreement on structure, but some issues remain, sources said. Yoenis Cespedes, who hasn’t played since mid-May with hip flexor and
12:58 AM ET Just days after backing out of a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers with the intention of returning to Europe, forward Nemanja Bjelica has instead agreed to a three-year contract with the Sacramento Kings, he told Yahoo Sports. The deal is worth $20.5 million, per Yahoo, which reported that the third year is
12:20 AM ET The seeds were handed out and the brackets determined for the eight-man World Boxing Super Series junior welterweight and bantamweight tournaments at the draft gala Friday at the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow. With all 16 competitors on hand for the event — which took place on the eve of the cruiserweight final
9:42 PM ET Junior lightweight Lamont Roach Jr. (17-0-1, 7 KOs) rebounded from a controversial draw in his previous fight to score a TKO victory over Deivi Julio Bassa (20-5, 12 KOs) at the start of the seventh round in a scheduled 10-rounder on Friday. The bout was the main event of a Golden Boy
9:34 PM ET The UFC will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Nov. 10 with a bout featuring Frankie Edgar and Chan Sung Jung in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card, president Dana White told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Friday. The bout, which matches two all-action, fan-friendly fighters in a five-round featherweight match,
7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services President Donald Trump is once again inserting himself into the culture war over protests by NFL athletes during the national anthem. The league and the NFL Players Association issued a joint statement Thursday that said “no new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the
7:14 PM ET Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Kurt Busch is set to crank up contract talks with Stewart Haas-Racing. With his deal expiring at the end of the season, the 2004 NASCAR Cup champion is on the hunt for a new agreement that would keep him in the SHR fold and with Monster Energy
7:06 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Baylor says its former athletic director made “factually baseless assertions” in a court deposition when he claimed regents tried to steer blame for the school’s sexual assault scandal to the football team. The Waco Tribune reported Friday former Baylor AD Ian McCaw in June gave a 400-page
9:14 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Troy Merritt and Billy Horschel seized on the tight window of favorable weather to post impressive rounds before the sky eventually turned nasty. The weather stoppage gave Brittany Lincicome her desired Saturday tee time, though the LPGA Tour player must overcome a huge challenge to extend it
6:56 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Terrell Owens was released from the Edmonton Eskimos’ negotiation list Friday, leaving the 44-year-old former NFL receiver free to sign with any other Canadian Football League team. Earlier, Owens activated a 10-day window to receive a contract offer from the Eskimos by Tuesday. Edmonton placed Owens,