Month: November 2020

1:54 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona has assembled his coaching staff for the 2021 season, but it won’t include his longtime friend and bench coach Brad Mills. Francona, who missed much of this past shortened season with significant health issues, will replace Mills with DeMarlo Hale. Hale, 59, joins the
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2:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Chicago White Sox will host the New York Yankees in the rescheduled Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 12. MLB said Monday that the plan is tentative, contingent on the status of public health next summer. The teams had been scheduled to play
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1:34 PM ET Petr Yan has been forced to withdraw from his bantamweight title defense against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 256 on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas for undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed to ESPN following reports out of Yan’s native Russia. Yan is not injured, sources said, but no date for rescheduling the fight has
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4:16 PM ET A potentially major news story happened behind closed doors last week, as PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison made the 146-pound featherweight limit for the first time in her career. A former two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, Harrison (8-0) is under contract with PFL, but received permission to fight Courtney King (4-1)
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2:30 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars defensive end Josh Allen will miss significant time because of the knee injury he suffered Sunday, and the team might make a determination on whether they’ll place him on injured reserve later in the week. Coach Doug Marrone said Monday that he did not want to elaborate on
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4:01 PM ET A Detroit brewery had created a beer, “Same Old Lager,” that seemed to poke fun at the Detroit Lions. Soon after it’s debut, that beer is no longer around. The Detroit Free Press reported Monday that Eastern Market Brewing Company had stopped making and selling the beer after Hall of Fame running
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3:07 PM ET Notre Dame starting center Jarrett Patterson will miss the rest of the season following foot surgery, while starting guard Tommy Kraemer is out for Friday’s game at No. 25 North Carolina. Coach Brian Kelly on Monday confirmed the outlook for Patterson, who has started the past 21 games for the second-ranked Fighting
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2:13 PM ET Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate
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1:37 PM ET Florida junior Kyle Pitts, the nation’s top tight end, will return to play against Kentucky on Saturday after missing the past two games recovering from nasal surgery, coach Dan Mullen said. “We’re excited about that,” Mullen told reporters on Monday. Pitts sustained the hit, which prompted surgery and also resulted in a
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1:26 PM ET Maryland is set to resume practice Monday as COVID-19 cases have subsided in the program. The Terrapins reported no positive cases in their latest round of testing Sunday. Since Nov. 19, the team has had only one positive antigen test, which was ruled to be negative after a follow-up PCR test. Maryland
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