1:54 AM ET ESPN News Services The NFL moved closer to labor peace for another decade early Wednesday when player representatives voted to send a new deal already approved by the owners that includes a 17-game season to the full union membership. A simple majority of some 2,000 players must accept the agreement for it
9:42 PM ET Andy Murray‘s hopes to return to the ATP Tour at the Miami Open aren’t exactly dashed, but they appear on hold. Murray is dealing with a side effect from a recent hip resurfacing and it might require him to undergo a surgery — again. “I have not had lots of clarity as
9:13 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies said forward Brandon Clarke will miss at least two weeks because of a right quad injury. Clarke played only three minutes in Memphis’ loss to the LA Clippers on Monday, due to what the team initially called right hip soreness. According to the Grizzlies, additional testing revealed that Clarke
9:04 PM ET The meeting between NFL owners and player representatives over a potential new collective bargaining agreement has concluded. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told reporters Tuesday night: “As you can tell, the meeting just concluded, and out of respect for the process, we’re not going to comment further at this time.” The meeting took
8:43 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Anthony Rendon had to laugh at the notion that he picked up right where he left off in helping the Washington Nationals win the World Series last year. Still, it was nice to leave his first game in a new uniform with a 1.000 batting average. Rendon
12:21 AM GMT Domain, the naming-rights partner for Test cricket, is not the only brand to be exiting Cricket Australia’s suite of sponsors. Mastercard and Specsavers are also on their way out, with Bupa to scale down its commitment and so lose its naming rights sponsorship of the national cricket centre in Brisbane and place
7:02 PM ET Kobe Bryant will get his wish. Baseball superagent Scott Boras told the Los Angeles Times that he will create an internship for the teenage daughter of John Altobelli, the Orange Coast College assistant baseball coach who, along with Bryant and his daughter Gianna, was among the nine people killed in last month’s
6:30 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the past week, Zach Parise was carrying some extra weight with him around the ice: The Minnesota Wild were actively talking about trading him. Now that the deadline has passed, relieving Parise’s stress and ensuring he will complete an eighth season in his home
8:19 AM ET Let’s make something very clear right off the bat: Jose Aldo getting a bantamweight title shot against Henry Cejudo isn’t the most egregious title shot in UFC history. No, that distinction still belongs to Alexander Gustafsson, who got a shot at then-light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in 2015 following a brutal knockout
5:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder on Saturday night to claim the WBC heavyweight title and hand Wilder his first professional loss. As Fury landed at will with Wilder trapped in the corner, Mark Breland, one of Wilder’s trainers, threw in the towel, resulting in the fight being stopped. Jay Deas,