5:49 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out of Friday’s game against the Chicago Bulls with a right ankle sprain he suffered early in Thursday’s loss to the Houston Rockets. Antetokounmpo played just 46 seconds Thursday before he appeared to step on the foot of Kelly Olynyk, rolling what was already an
4:45 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs added to their running back depth by agreeing to contract terms with veteran Jerick McKinnon, a source told ESPN. McKinnon, who turns 29 on Monday, doesn’t figure to be a starter for the Chiefs, who also have Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Darrel Williams at running
4:38 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, who was hit in the face by a 96.9 mph fastball on Wednesday, will not play in Friday’s game vs. the New York Mets because of a sore wrist, the team announced. The team said they were keeping Harper out just as a precaution. After getting hit
4:02 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Pete Lammons, the starting tight end on the New York Jets‘ Super Bowl III championship team and a member of the University of Texas 1963 national champions, died Thursday in a boating accident in Texas, according to authorities. He was 77. Lammons, an avid fisherman, fell overboard at
4:46 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons have found their backup for Matt Ryan at quarterback, agreeing to terms with AJ McCarron on a one-year deal Friday. The addition comes a day after the Falcons decided to pass on two of the five quarterbacks taken in the first round of the draft to select tight end
11:29 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Second-seeded Naomi Osaka made her return to clay to beat Misaki Doi 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Madrid Open on Friday. Osaka overcame Doi’s strong start by hitting six aces and breaking her serve five times. A leg injury meant Osaka missed last season’s clay-court
2:44 PM ET King Fury, the 20-1 horse named after lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. King Fury’s trainer, Kenny McPeek, tweeted the horse spiked 104 degree fever with an elevated white count on Friday afternoon after a galloping session in the morning, leading to the decision to pull
1:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball says nine teams have had 85% of players, coaches and others with Tier 1 access receive their final dose of the coronavirus vaccine, allowing those clubs to ease some health and safety protocols. Four of those teams have already begun relaxing some protocols after
3:10 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Horn was disappointed Friday morning, not as a former Pro Bowl wide receiver who once was fined for hiding a cellphone in a goalpost pad, but as the parent of one of the 32 players selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft. Horn had wanted
3:29 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Top-seeded Alexander Zverev lost in the Munich Open quarterfinals to Belarussian qualifier Ilya Ivashka 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 on Friday. Trying to add to his Munich titles in 2017 and ’18, Zverev served for the match against Ivashka at 5-4 in the second set. But he was broken.
3:18 PM ET The rich got richer in college basketball on Friday when Gonzaga, the No. 1 team in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top-25 poll, landed transfer Rasir Bolton, his father, Ray Bolton, told ESPN. Bolton, who averaged 15.5 points and 3.9 assists for Iowa State last season, started his career at Penn State. He chose Gonzaga
2:40 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, who has been out since March 20 with a high-ankle sprain, could return from the longest absence of his career against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. James plans to test his ankle and make a game-time decision, sources said. He
2:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Denver men’s basketball coach Jeff Wulbrun landed a big name with the signing of Coban Porter, who is the younger brother of Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. and Memphis Grizzlies big man Jontay Porter. Coban Porter signed a national letter of intent Friday, the school announced in a
1:13 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken are free to make trades and sign players after making their final expansion payment to the NHL. Seattle owners paid $650 million to become the 32nd franchise. The Kraken begin play next season. “On behalf of the board of governors, I am delighted to officially
1:13 PM ET Associated Press Atlanta Motor Speedway will open its grandstands to full capacity for the July NASCAR weekend. Following the lead of other major sports facilities in the Atlanta metro area, the 1.54-mile trioval in suburban Hampton, Georgia, is planning to fill as many seats as possible for its next major event. The
12:41 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — One of the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ top prospects, Kristian Robinson, won’t begin this season in the minor leagues, more than one year after he was arrested for allegedly punching an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer in the face. Robinson, who was 19 at the time of the arrest,
1:34 PM ET Roberto Alomar, a 12-time All-Star who had been serving as a consultant to Major League Baseball, has been placed on the league’s ineligible list following an investigation into a 2014 sexual misconduct allegation. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Friday that an independent investigation was made into a baseball industry
12:54 PM ET Trey Lance went from underdog to favorite be the No. 3 pick quickly Thursday afternoon, with a rush of betting action on the quarterback out of North Dakota State hitting sportsbooks leading up the NFL draft. Lance was as high as a 15-1 underdog to be taken third in early April, but