4:33 PM ET NEW YORK — After a turbulent ending to his tenure with the Rockets, new Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden said Friday that he doesn’t believe he was disrespectful to anyone at the end of his career in Houston but regrets the way the situation unfolded. “I’ve been there for a very long
2:49 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will play without wide receiver Sammy Watkins in Sunday’s divisional round playoff game against the Cleveland Browns at Arrowhead Stadium. Watkins has a calf injury that prevented him from practicing all week. The Chiefs also listed their leading rusher, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, as questionable for Sunday’s game
8:00 AM ET One of the endearing — or perhaps maddening — facts about MMA is there is no set path to a UFC championship. Some paths are very traditional, basically following a straight line up the rankings. Others are unpredictable and at the mercy of a billion factors outside of a fighter’s control. When
10:13 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — – The St. Louis Cardinals and ace Jack Flaherty have not agreed to terms on a 2021 contract and they swapped figures for salary arbitration Friday. The 25-year-old Flaherty asked for $3.9 million and the team offered $3 million. The sides can come to an agreement until
9:39 PM ET Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka is believed to be among a group of players set to be confined to their hotel rooms for the next 14 days after two positive coronavirus tests emerged from their charter flight. The Herald Sun has reported an email has been sent to all players and
8:03 PM ET The Ottawa Senators honored the memory of celebrity fan and “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who died last November, with a moment of silence before their season-opening game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night. Trebek, 80, died on Nov. 8, almost two years after revealing he had pancreatic cancer. He surprised
8:42 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Bruce Headley, the thoroughbred trainer who developed sprint champion Kona Gold and many other stakes winners during a 61-year career based in California, died Friday. He was 86. Santa Anita officials said Headley died at an Arcadia hospital from the effects of a stroke. He had been
7:28 PM ET Justin Thomas has lost an endorsement deal with Ralph Lauren after he used an anti-gay slur during the third round of last weekend’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. Thomas, 27, the third-ranked player in the world, was overheard on a greenside microphone cursing at himself for missing a par putt at
Jan 14, 2021 Alabama’s annual exodus of players to the NFL began Thursday as four starters from the Crimson Tide‘s championship team — quarterback Mac Jones, wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, defensive lineman Christian Barmore and defensive back Patrick Surtain — announced they would be leaving school early to turn pro. ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd
2:19 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Football is returning in the Western Athletic Conference, this time at the Championship Subdivision level. The league announced this week that it would add four schools from the Southland Conference and one from the Big Sky to bring its membership to 13. The five new members will join