4:44 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler has turned down a four-year extension worth close to $110 million, a league source confirmed to ESPN. “We offered him the extension and they’ve met and come back to us and said they’re really appreciative of it, they appreciate that we got to them right away and
4:40 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars have re-signed young forward Devin Shore to a $4.6 million, two-year contract. Shore was a restricted free agent before the deal was completed Friday. While playing all 82 games last season, the 23-year-old center had 11 goals and 21 assists. It was the second
2:28 PM ET Chase Utley plans to hold a news conference Friday in Los Angeles to announce that he will retire at the end of the 2018 season, sources told ESPN. Utley plans to play out the rest of this season, but he will not return in 2019, when would be in the second year
2:39 PM ET DeMarco Murray, a three-time Pro Bowl running back, has retired after seven seasons in the NFL. “It’s been a long time thinking, the last year or two, and physically, mentally and emotionally, I think it’s time for me to hang it up,” Murray said in making his announcement Friday on ESPN’s NFL
4:07 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova are one win away from back-to-back Grand Slam titles after advancing to the Wimbledon women’s doubles final with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears on Friday. After winning their first major crown at the French Open last month, the
3:52 PM ET Associated Press GULLANE, Scotland — Robert Rock was already heading to Carnoustie next week to work at The Open in a coaching capacity. He might now have to take his clubs. Rock, ranked No. 244, set the record for the lowest 36-hole total since the Scottish Open was launched by the European
3:34 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The federal judge overseeing the NHL concussion case has denied class-action status for the former players suing the league over head injuries. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson issued her 46-page order on Friday, the first significant victory for the league in a landmark lawsuit that
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 130 for 3 (Head 37, Whiteley 36*) beat Northants 89 for 6 (Wakely 54*, Pennington 4-9) by 41 runsScorecard Dillon Pennington picked up four wickets in two overs as Worcestershire Rapids maintained their 100 per cent winning start in the Vitality Blast in a rain-reduced encounter with Northamptonshire
Loic Remy has signed for Lille. Loic Remy has signed a two-year contract with Nice, the club announced on Friday, marking the forward’s return to France after five years abroad. “It makes me really happy to come back to France, in a league which I’ve missed and to sign with Lille, a really big French
2:18 PM ET Louisville president Neeli Bendapudi announced Friday the school will strip the Papa John’s name from its football stadium, renaming it Cardinal Stadium. John Schnatter, the pizza chain founder, admitted earlier this week that he used the N-word during an internal conference call. Since then, the fallout has been swift: Schnatter resigned from