5:43 PM ET The Washington Nationals will get a key piece back coming out of the All-Star break. Right-hander Stephen Strasburg, who’s been on the disabled list since June 10 with right shoulder inflammation, will be activated Friday ahead of a start that night against the Atlanta Braves in Washington, manager Davey Martinez said. Stephen
5:40 PM ET Associated Press Don McAuliffe, the star running back and captain for Michigan State’s undefeated 1952 national championship team, has died. He was 90. Son Kevin McAuliffe said his father died Saturday in La Jolla, California. McAuliffe finished eighth in the 1952 Heisman Trophy balloting. In nine games that season, he rushed for
4:41 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived veteran center Kendrick Perkins, the team announced Tuesday. Perkins was signed by the team on the final day of the regular season and did not play a single minute in the 2018 postseason. The Cavaliers signed Kendrick Perkins before the playoffs as a veteran presence in the
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 184 for 5 (Latham 98*, Clark 33) beat Nottinghamshire 150 (Wessels 42, Collingwood 3-25) by 34 runsScorecard Durham skipper Tom Latham led from the front to steer his side to an impressive 34-run win over Notts Outlaws in their Vitality Blast meeting at Trent Bridge. This was Durham’s
4:27 PM ET Restricted free agent Jimmy Vesey has reached agreement on a new two-year contract with the New York Rangers. The 25-year-old forward gets $2.275 million per season, according to multiple reports. Vesey, who was signed by the Rangers as a free agent in 2016 after he didn’t re-sign with Nashville — the team
4:27 PM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s deal to provide boxing content for DAZN, the all-sports streaming service about to launch in the United States, will kick off with live coverage of unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua’s defense against Alexander Povetkin. Joshua and Povetkin were on hand at a news conference Tuesday in
4:55 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 The Los Angeles Rams have signed Brandin Cooks to a five-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $80 million, a source told ESPN’s
3:35 PM BST While the Blitzboks are one of the favourites to win the Rugby World Cup Sevens Men’s Championship Cup in San Francisco this weekend, the South African Women’s Sevens team are not expected to fight for a place on the podium. However, coach Paul Delport says his side hasn’t travelled halfway across the
2:41 PM ET Bellator MMA officials revealed additional details for its Welterweight Grand Prix tournament on Tuesday, during a joint news conference with DAZN streaming service in New York. Bellator president Scott Coker revealed nine of the 10 welterweights slated to compete in the 170-pound tournament. The format will consist of two preliminary qualifying matchups
Brazilian police have freed the mother of Brazil and Shakhtar winger Taison after she was kidnapped by a gang in the southern part of the country, the officer who led the investigation told Reuters on Tuesday. Rosangela Barcellos Freda, 58, was kidnapped on Monday by a gang who delivered flowers to her house before grabbing