4:52 PM ET Josh Richardson has been fined $25,000 for throwing his shoe into the crowd during the Miami Heat‘s 113-97 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. The Heat guard was assessed a technical foul and ejected from the game when he tossed his shoe midway through the fourth quarter. Miami’s
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press Josh Allen of Kentucky and Devin Bush of Michigan are among the five finalists for the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s best linebacker. The other finalists announced Monday were Tre Lamar of Clemson, Dylan Moses of Alabama and Devin White of LSU. The winner will be announced Dec.
5:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Toronto outfielder Griffin Conine, a son of former major league outfielder Jeff Conine, has been suspended for the first 50 games of next season under the minor league drug program for a positive test for the banned stimulant ritalinic acid. New York Yankees pitcher Daniel Marten was
4:30 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will start quarterback Jameis Winston this week against the San Francisco 49ers, a source told ESPN on Monday. Winston stepped in Sunday in the third quarter against the New York Giants after Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three interceptions, including a pick-six. Winston finished the game 12-of-16
4:06 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Dino Babers says he’s hopeful quarterback Eric Dungey will be available for the 19th-ranked Orange’s season finale at Boston College. Dungey was injured Saturday in a 36-3 loss to No. 3 Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium . It was announced as an upper-body injury, with
4:05 PM ET Arkansas defensive backs Kamren Curl and Ryan Pulley have been suspended for the Razorbacks’ final regular season game against Missouri on Friday after the two were seen socializing with members of the Mississippi State dance team prior to kickoff on Saturday. A local reporter claimed he saw Curl and Pulley taking photos
3:56 PM GMT ESPN staff Wales will represent South Africa’s “most difficult opponent” of the November Tests when they host the Springboks on Saturday, says Rassie Erasmus. The Boks finish their four-match tour of Europe when they face Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, a venue where they have not won since 2013. South
Nigeria maybe have been to every FIFA Women’s World Cup ever held, and South Africa may have been to none, but Banyana Banyana defeating the Super Falcons on Sunday came as little surprise to fans of either side. Thembi Kgatlana of the Houston Dash struck a superb volley in their Africa Women Cup of Nations
3:08 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Less than 12 hours after the Chicago Bears earned their most important regular-season victory in close to a decade, coach Matt Nagy is already bracing for one of the tightest turnarounds in league history. “I don’t think there are many coaches or players that have ever been through
3:02 PM ET Unified women’s middleweight world titleholder Claressa Shields is not going to waste any time getting back into the ring for her next defense. Shields, the two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist, cruised to a shutout decision over Hannah Rankin to retain her two 160-pound belts as well as add a vacant world title