5:44 PM ET Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headline the Class of 2020 finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced Friday. They are joined by 10-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings, Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, five-time Division II coach of the year Barbara Stevens, four-time NCAA coach of the
5:30 PM ET Associated Press Former Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson will be the American Hockey League’s next president and CEO. The AHL’s board of governors Friday unanimously elected Howson as Dave Andrews’ successor. Andrews served in that role for the past 26 years. Howson, who has a law degree from Canada’s York
Red Bull’s junior team has been rebranded as Alpha Tauri for 2020. The former Toro Rosso team is now being used to promote a new clothing line produced by the drinks giant. Team boss Franz Tost said the outfit was targeting a place in the top five of the constructors’ championship. Last year they were
4:27 PM ET ESPN News Services The Baltimore Ravens cut ties with veteran safety Tony Jefferson on Friday, releasing him after his 2019 season was cut short by a torn ACL. The Ravens saved $7 million in cap space with the move. Jefferson, 28, received $19 million guaranteed on a four-year deal with the Ravens
4:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Poor rounds are inevitable, but Tiger Woods had made a nice habit of playing so many good ones since he returned from knee surgery that Friday’s score of 73 came as somewhat of a surprise. The hallmark iron game was missing and he couldn’t save himself on the greens
8:00 AM GMT South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first against England Dale Steyn was a notable absentee as South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second T20I at Durban, where they have a chance to close out the three-match series after Wednesday’s thrilling one-run win at
2:38 PM ET The New York State Athletic Commission, which initially issued a surprisingly heavy punishment to welterweight Ivan Redkach for biting Danny Garcia during their title elimination bout Jan. 25, has dramatically reduced his punishment. Initially, the New York commission announced that it had issued Redkach the maximum fine of $10,000 “for engaging in
2:05 PM ET In what could portend as a wave of the future, the Broncos are not sending their assistant coaches to the scouting combine in Indianapolis this year because they believe there’s a better use of their time watching film back in Denver, league sources told ESPN on Friday. Additionally, the Rams are not
2:27 PM ET Unified light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev, boxing’s only current titleholder with a perfect knockout percentage, will make a mandatory defense against Meng Fanlong on March 28, Top Rank announced on Friday. The fight will headline a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m. ET with preliminary
10:16 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer Madison Keys has seen the dark side of the internet. Like so many of her peers, she has received more hateful messages and comments than she can count. The tennis star has talked openly about it over the years and has even previously shared some of the abuse she
1:55 PM ET Bruce Boudreau’s tenure with the Minnesota Wild has come to an end. GM Bill Guerin fired Boudreau on Friday, ending the coach’s four-season tenure with the organization. The coach went 158-110-35 with the Wild, making the playoffs in his first two seasons but losing in five games both times. In 13 seasons
12:01 PM ET The Burrow name will remain in the LSU area beyond the school’s record books for a while, as the Baton Rouge Zoo announced Friday that its new male giraffe will be named “Burreaux.” You voted. We tallied. Meet Burreaux!!! Thanks to everyone who nominated and supported the cause. This little guy has
1:11 PM ET British number one Dan Evans has been knocked out of the Rotterdam Open after Frenchman and defending champion Gael Monfils, beat him 7-6(5) 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Friday. The third seed won his ninth career title in Montpellier on Sunday and after a tight first set against the spirited Evans he
7:10 AM ET “What we have at hand is the rarest of sporting events, an event that needs no buildup, no superfluous adjectives. In a political or nationalistic sense, I’m sure this game is being viewed with different perspectives, but manifestly, it is a hockey game.” Al Michaels’ “Do you believe in miracles?” call in
11:58 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR will dole out a record $23.6 million to the 40 drivers racing in the Daytona 500. The sanctioning body released the total purse Friday, an about-face for an organization that hadn’t released payouts since the 2015 season. NASCAR’s charter system with teams had previously prohibited
11:44 AM ET A potential light heavyweight title eliminator is officially set. Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz both made weight Friday morning for their possible No. 1 contender matchup, which is scheduled for Saturday night in the main event of UFC Rio Rancho in New Mexico. Anderson weighed 205 pounds, while Blachowicz hit the scale
9:54 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins are releasing cornerback Josh Norman, he told NBC Sports Washington on Friday. “It’s their choice, not mine,” Norman said. “Now I can start something new and fresh.” Norman said new Redskins coach Ron Rivera, who coached the cornerback in Carolina, called him Friday morning to inform
Lewis Hamilton says he and Mercedes are as motivated as ever this year to continue their success. Mercedes’ new car is having its first run at a private test at Silverstone on Friday. Hamilton’s Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas will drive the car in the morning before the Briton, 35, takes over in the afternoon. “It