In a groundbreaking decision, the NFL has confirmed that arbitrator Stephen Burbank denied Jimmy Graham’s request to officially be declared a wide receiver under the NFL’s franchise-tag rules.    

Torii Hunter hit three RBI singles and capped a six-run burst in the sixth inning that sent the Detroit Tigers over the Oakland Athletics 9-3 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.    

The Cleveland Cavaliers are hosting restricted free agent forward Gordon Hayward for a visit Wednesday and are preparing a huge offer sheet to try to pry him away from the Utah Jazz, sources told ESPN.com.    

A new book reveals that suspended New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was granted an exemption by Major League Baseball to use testosterone prior to his 2007 MVP season.    

When LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh went their separate ways after a lunch meeting last Wednesday, they went not knowing whether they had played their last game together, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.    

Oscar Pistorius is severely traumatized after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year and will become an increasing suicide risk unless he continues to get mental health care, the judge overseeing his murder trial heard on Wednesday.    

David Ortiz thinks he knows why the Chicago Cubs haven’t been able to win consistently over the years.    

French Open runner-up Simona Halep won the last 11 games of the match to advance to the Wimbledon semifinals with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over 2013 finalist Sabine Lisicki of Germany    

Defending champion Andy Murray is out of Wimbledon, beaten in straight sets by Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals Wednesday.    

College of Charleston coach Doug Wojcik is being investigated by the school for verbal abuse of players, sources confirmed to ESPN.com on Wednesday.