12:10 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Madison Bumgarner was designated for assignment Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will eat more than $34 million remaining on the veteran left-hander’s contract, sources told ESPN. Bumgarner, who signed a five-year,
6:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks on Thursday posted to social media that he is cancer free after completing chemotherapy treatments for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “REMISSION,” Hendriks posted to Instagram along with pictures and video of him from throughout his cancer fight. “It’s official. I’m cancer free.” Hendriks, 34, finished
7:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand during a game. Scherzer appealed the penalty imposed by Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president for on-field operations, and can continue
6:40 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Stars center Joe Pavelski didn’t travel with the team to Minnesota for Games 3 and 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Wild while still in concussion protocol from a crushing hit in the opener. Coach Pete DeBoer said Thursday before the Stars left for Minnesota that
6:52 PM ET TORONTO — Victor Hedman did not dress for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday after failing to take part in warmup. Zach Bogosian and Haydn Fleury were drawn into the lineup. The Lightning were short a top-pairing defenseman in
3:06 PM ET LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman said Thursday that talks are ongoing on a “regular basis” about adding a women’s tour at some point in the future. Norman made the comments at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia, site of LIV’s next event. “That is a discussion we have internally on a
1:43 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday. Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the last eight in Barcelona, defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2. Alcaraz was broken once
12:44 PM ET James Nnaji, the No. 24 basketball prospect in the ESPN Top 100, has submitted paperwork to the league office to make himself eligible for this year’s NBA draft, his agents, Gerard Raventos and Deirunas Visockas of YouFirst/Tandem Sports, told ESPN on Thursday. Nnaji, who turns 19 on Aug. 14, is the second-youngest
12:09 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Sacramento Kings fans making the drive to San Francisco for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Golden State Warriors should keep their cowbells at home. The Kings warned their fans that cowbells aren’t permitted in Chase Center — the Warriors’ home arena — and fans
3:55 PM ET The Los Angeles Clippers have ruled Kawhi Leonard out for Thursday night’s Game 3 against the Phoenix Suns because of a right knee sprain, a source told ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Leonard aggravated his right knee in Game 1, played through it in Game 2 and is expected to be day-to-day ahead of