1:38 AM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green said Thursday that he believes his tweets about women’s sports and the pay-gap with male athletes have been “extremely misconstrued,” saying in part, “I am on their side.” Green spoke about the topic one day after U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe ripped his remarks,
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5:54 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have signed linebacker Eric Wilson and running back Jordan Howard to one year deals, the team announced Wednesday. Wilson, 26, was tied for the league lead among linebackers with three interceptions in 2020, and he also had three sacks and eight passes defended to go with 122 tackles
7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Eduardo Rodriguez won in his return from heart inflammation that caused him to miss the 2020 season, allowing three runs over five innings to lead the Boston Red Sox over Baltimore 7-3 in the Orioles’ home opener Thursday. Rafael Devers and Enrique Hernandez homered for the Red
10:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Jacob MacDonald was suspended Thursday for two games without pay for an illegal check to the head on Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman. The NHL’s department of player safety said the contact was avoidable for MacDonald, who approached Hartman on a back check and
8:51 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — Justin Rose entered the 85th Masters this week ranked No. 41 in the Official World Golf Ranking, his lowest ranking entering a tournament in a decade. Rose, 40, hasn’t won on the PGA Tour in more than two years, and he has just one top-30 finish in five worldwide
8:35 PM ET Abraham Ancer unknowingly touched the sand with his club before making his third stroke on the 15th hole from a greenside bunker on Thursday and was assessed a 2-stroke penalty following the first round of the Masters. Ancer had originally signed for a 73 and exited the scoring area. But video was
8:13 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — This is the Augusta National that leaves you breathing fire rather than soaking in its beauty, spewing expletives rather than hosannas, walking off bewildered. Other than Justin Rose, who somehow shot 7-under-par 65 after not playing for more than a month, most of those who traversed the hallowed ground
5:22 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an LSU associate athletic director has accused university officials of retaliating against her for reporting racist remarks and inappropriate sexual behavior by former Tigers football coach Les Miles. Sharon Lewis’ lawsuit says she was denied pay raises and subjected
5:50 PM ET Even the New York Mets called Thursday’s walk-off 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins a lucky break. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth after Jeff McNeil had tied the game with a home run leading off the inning, a 1-2 pitch on the inside corner
6:23 PM ET LONDON — The days of Arsenal leaving out their highest-paid player in the biggest matches were supposed to be over. Mikel Arteta could only rue his team’s naivety in conceding a stoppage-time equaliser to hand Slavia Prague a 1-1 draw and the advantage at the halfway point of this Europa League quarterfinal
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti saved four match points before beating top-seeded Daniel Evans 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (8) Thursday to reach the Sardegna Open quarterfinals. The 19-year-old Musetti closed the match out with a drop-shot winner then slammed his racket to the clay in celebration. Musetti, who won the boys title
6:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens reached the quarterfinals of the Volvo Car Open on Thursday, her first time advancing this far in a tournament since the French Open in 2019. Stephens, the American who won her Grand Slam title in 2017, ousted Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3,
1:41 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Neil Magny and Geoff Neal for a UFC Fight Night in May, multiple sources told ESPN. The 170-pound bout will take place May 8 on a card headlined by bantamweights TJ Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen. The UFC has not officially announced a venue for
12:31 PM ET Toronto Raptors guards Fred VanVleet and DeAndre’ Bembry and Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker have been suspended one game each without pay for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation during the Lakers’ 110-101 win on Tuesday. Raptors forward OG Anunoby and Lakers big man Montrezl Harrell were fined for
4:08 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim PFL welterweight David Michaud, a finalist in the 2019 season who was scheduled for the main event of the promotion’s season-opening event on April 23, announced his retirement from fighting in a social media post on Thursday, citing a heart condition. “So this is gonna be a tough post,” Michaud,
2:52 PM BST England captain Sarah Hunter is set earn her 124th cap when the Red Roses face Italy in the women’s Six Nations on Saturday, the game will mark her first international match in 13 months. Hunter comes back in at No. 8 following a lengthy injury layoff that also saw her miss last
IPL 2021: Rohit Sharma said bio-bubbles have helped in teams bonding better.© Twitter While many cricketers have talked about how difficult life becomes inside the bio-secure environment, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday spoke about the positives which a player can take while he is in the bubble amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPL
12:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson‘s attorney, Rusty Hardin, has filed a motion for an emergency hearing, asking a judge to rule that lawyer Tony Buzbee has to identify one of the women who filed a lawsuit under the pseudonym of Jane Doe. Of the 22 civil lawsuits filed against Watson alleging inappropriate behavior