7:23 PM ET South Carolina junior cornerback Cam Smith, Mel Kiper Jr.’s No. 19 overall prospect for 2023, is declaring for the NFL draft. Smith announced the decision Friday on Twitter. “I will always be a Gamecock,” he wrote. “I hope to continue to make Gamecock Nation proud throughout my career. I will forever miss
9:31 PM ET Welcome to checkbook baseball. When it’s your team signing the checks, it can be lots of fun! The Texas Rangers and Jacob deGrom always made a lot of sense. The Rangers are desperate for starting pitching. They’re in win-now mode after signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien last year and hiring three-time
7:51 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Jimmy Butler, back after missing seven games with a sore right knee, played his first game at TD Garden since his masterpiece in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals back in May. And while Butler might not have been quite that impressive in his return Friday night,
8:00 AM ET Liz LozaESPN Turkey Day started chilly with Devin Singletary cruising and Gabe Davis conking out. Things warmed up by the afternoon, though, and stayed hot through the evening thanks to Zeke, Captain Kirk, Hock and Jakobi. Four of my six picks hit, making for a very thankful holiday. Let’s push for perfection
8:03 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will miss the next two games after undergoing a minor medical procedure on Friday, according to the team. Popovich is expected to return to the bench for Thursday’s home game against the Houston Rockets. He will not coach in home games against the New Orleans
8:11 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Two-time Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom agreed to a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers, sources told ESPN, bringing the most talented pitcher in baseball to a pitching-starved organization that
Lunch Australia 598 for 4 dec and 182 for 2 dec (Labuschagne 104*, Warner 48, Roach 1-30) lead West Indies 283 by 497 runs Marnus Labuschagne added an unbeaten century to his first-innings 204 to help set up Australia’s declaration at lunch on the fourth day against an injury-hit West Indies in the Perth Test.
8:00 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — As Australia prepared for an intercontinental playoff against Peru back in June, with a spot at the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the line, a column appeared in national broadsheet The Australian bearing the patronising backhander of a headline: “Go the Socceroos. But who are these blokes?” – World
5:01 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After the season Drake Maye has had at North Carolina, coach Mack Brown understands there will be NIL offers to transfer, but he still expects his star quarterback to return to the Tar Heels next season. During an ACC championship game news conference previewing the Saturday matchup against Clemson,
5:02 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers will have their quarterback, but their quarterback won’t have his left tackle. Aaron Rodgers was removed from the injury report Friday and cleared to play Sunday at the Chicago Bears after sustaining a rib injury last week against the Philadelphia Eagles. But David Bakhtiari