10:48 PM ET Steve Kerr and Shaquille O’Neal in less awkward times. Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images Steve Kerr coached the Golden State Warriors to the NBA Finals in each of the past five seasons, an accomplishment that ranks among the rarest in NBA history — and one that one NBA legend was certain would never
9:10 PM ET “Did I sleep at all? Hmm. I did sleep. I did.” Kane Williamson talks in the dry, wry, inimitable tone of his. We are standing at arm’s length. I am trying hard to find an emotion in the man’s face. This is no ordinary man. This man, this leader of men, lost
7:59 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have designated infielder Eduardo Nunez for assignment, likely ending his tenure with the team he helped win the World Series last year. Nunez was batting .228 in 60 games with Boston this season, his third in the organization. Last year, he hit .265 with
7:34 PM ET The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show featured a UFC Hall of Famer, a fighter competing for the first time as a mother and an MMA legend still competing at 44. Here’s what you might have missed: Faber would rather fight Dillashaw over Cejudo Urijah Faber said he would welcome a
6:57 PM ET HOOVER, Ala. — Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks is not ruling out a career in baseball after being drafted by the Boston Red Sox last month but remains committed to football. “My career is football,” he said Monday at SEC media days. “My main focus is football [in] college, then hopefully a career
6:46 PM ET Suspended former Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders wide receiver Martavis Bryant has formally applied to the NFL for reinstatement, a source told ESPN on Monday. Bryant sent an e-mail to league officials Saturday requesting reinstatement from an indefinite suspension the league imposed in December for Bryant’s repeated violations of the league’s drug
6:47 PM ET Former welterweight world titlist Luis Collazo and former world title challenger Jose Benavidez Jr. will meet on Aug. 17 in the 10-round main event of the first boxing event scheduled to take place at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, Top Rank announced on Monday. The Top Rank Boxing on
4:25 PM ET Associated Press HOOVER, Ala. — Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey considers the mental health of athletes an important issue to be considered when it comes to legalized betting on college sports. Sankey opened the league’s media days Monday with plenty to say about sports gambling and continuing efforts to improve football officiating
5:37 PM ET Pernell Whitaker, a longtime pound-for-pound king and one of the greatest boxers in history, was killed Sunday night when he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 55. The Virginia Beach Police Department said the incident remains an active investigation but that Whitaker was apparently hit by a
3:20 PM ET Michael Rodak HOOVER, Ala. — Missouri quarterback Kelly Bryant said Monday he never considered transferring from the school despite a postseason ban that was imposed by the NCAA less than two months after his arrival. “I had already built a relationship with those guys within a couple of months,” he said. “I