10:49 PM ET ATLANTA — Coming into a Friday night showdown with the Hawks on his 38th birthday, Lakers star LeBron James told his teammates he had a gift for them. He was going to score 40 points to get them back on track after Los Angeles had lost five of its past six. Showing
3:17 AM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Giants executive Farhan Zaidi said the club expressed concerns to Carlos Correa‘s representative immediately when an issue arose with the shortstop’s physical exam that led to the deal collapsing. Zaidi, San Francisco’s president of baseball operations, spoke publicly Friday for the first time since the $350 million,
8:51 PM ET ATLANTA — Reluctant to invite outside expectations surrounding his return date but clearly encouraged by the progress he’s made so far, Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis spoke to reporters Friday for the first time since suffering a stress injury in his right foot two weeks ago. “Feeling a lot
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was rescued from his car crash on Friday morning by a Haryana Roadways employee Sushil Kumar, who was driving a passenger bus on the opposite of the road when the accident occurred. Sushil and the conductor of the bus Paramjeet were among the people who helped Pant out of his car.
12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The only thing that stopped Tennessee fans from singing “Rocky Top” as time was expiring Friday night was the need to serenade Joe Milton with something else. “M-V-P!” they chanted, over and over. With good reason. Milton, who regained the starting job only after his
10:31 PM GMT Harlequins’ England prop Joe Marler has been given a two-week ban for comments made to a Bristol Bears player while playing for his club this week, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said. The 32-year-old faced a hearing on Friday where he answered the charge of making comments “prejudicial to the game” during
9:10 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Minutes after Taylor Rogers insisted that he and identical twin Tyler are way past their days of pulling pranks, his brother did just that. “We’re not tricksters,” Taylor had declared. Then, just as Taylor began to finish his introductory video call with the Giants, joining the same
3:51 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — In a late-week twist, Arizona Cardinals quarterback David Blough will start on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons in place of Colt McCoy, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Friday. The decision to sit McCoy was done out of an “abundance of caution” after McCoy experienced additional concussion symptoms following Thursday’s practice.
8:54 PM ET The woman who called police to report boxer Gervonta Davis in a domestic violence incident earlier this week said Friday that Davis “did not harm me or our daughter.” The woman, whose identity was confirmed to ESPN by her attorney, released a statement on her Instagram account Friday, saying in part that
9:18 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Jiri Lehecka has scored a 6-4, 6-2 upset win over world No. 12 Alexander Zverev to give the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Germany at the United Cup on Saturday. The 21-year-old Lehecka, ranked No. 81, broke four times in the Group C match at Ken Rosewall