Sources: Mavs' Cooper Flagg to miss first game with illness - ESPN
An illness will sideline Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg for Wednesday's home game against the New York Knicks, sources told ESPN.
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Rob Manfred addresses MLB's next steps after betting scandal - ESPN
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday said the league did not anticipate any further restrictions on baseball prop bets after prominent U.S. sportsbooks recently established a nationwide $200 betting limit on individual pitches and banned those bets from inclusion in parlays to curtail the motivation for manipulation.
PSG defender Hakimi wins African Footballer of the Year
Paris St Germain's Achraf Hakimi was named African Footballer of the Year at the 2025 CAF Awards in Rabat on Wednesday, the first defender to claim the prize in 52 years as he finished ahead of Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen in the voting.
ESPN, MLB reach new 3-year media rights agreement - ESPN
ESPN and Major League Baseball have a reworked deal that includes out-of-market streaming rights while NBC and Netflix will air games as part of a new three-year media rights agreement announced Wednesday.
Jets' Kris Boyd now in stable condition after being shot Sunday - ESPN
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd, who was shot in the abdomen early Sunday morning outside a Manhattan restaurant, was upgraded to stable condition as police continued to search for the gunman, a New York Police Department spokesman said Wednesday.
US cross-country skier Diggins to retire at end of season
DENVER :Jessie Diggins, the most decorated U.S. cross-country skier, announced on Wednesday that she will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season.
Inspired Belgium hunting history under 'Mr Davis Cup' Darcis
Steve Darcis will always be remembered as the man who stunned Rafa Nadal in the first round of Wimbledon in 2013 but Belgian tennis fans are more likely to think of him as 'Mr Davis Cup'.
Falcons QB Penix (ACL) out for season, WR London out vs. Saints - ESPN
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. suffered a partially torn left ACL and will need season-ending surgery, the team announced Wednesday.