11:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” For those who believe modern society has grown soft and that’s why Cleveland’s baseball team no longer will be called the Indians in the near future, a quick history lesson. In 1972,
Month: December 2020
Report Johnson Charles smashed 76 and Wanindu Hasaranga took 3 for 15 to see off Dambulla Viiking Jaffna Stallions 165 for 9 (Charles 76, Fernando 39, Pushpakumara 2-24) beat Dambulla Viiking 128 (Tharanga 33, Hasaranga 3-15) by 37 runs How the game played out The Jaffna Stallions will meet the Galle Gladiators in the finals
7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors “In Barcelona, on Dec. 14, 2000, in the presence of [Josep Maria] Minguella and Horacio [Gaggioli], Carles Rexach, FC Barcelona’s sporting director, hereby agrees, under his responsibility and regardless of any dissenting opinions, to sign the player Lionel Messi provided that we keep to the amounts agreed upon.” The above
1:09 PM ET Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips was named the next ACC commissioner on Monday. Phillips, who has led Northwestern’s athletic department since April 2008, will replace John Swofford, who is set to retire as ACC commissioner in June after 24 years leading the conference. “Jim is well-respected throughout college athletics and knows the
12:50 PM ET Georgia freshman quarterback D’Wan Mathis, who opened the season as the Bulldogs’ starter, announced Monday that he will be transferring to Temple. Mathis last week entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. He completed 8 of 17 passes for 55 yards with one interception in Georgia’s opener at Arkansas before being benched in favor
1:51 PM ET Texas Tech head coach Matt Wells is expected to return in 2021, sources confirmed to ESPN, but with a new offensive coordinator. The school announced Monday that offensive coordinator David Yost has been fired after two seasons. But Wells is set to lead the program again in 2021, sources confirmed. He is
1:04 PM ET With two days until the start of the early signing period, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he has had conversations with recruits about the status of his contract, which is without a resolution on an extension. Harbaugh has a year remaining on his current deal, but talks of an extension have been
1:46 PM ET Former Baylor head coach Art Briles resigned as head coach at Mount Vernon (Texas) High School on Monday, the school announced. Briles, who was 20-6 at the small East Texas school in two seasons, led the Tigers to the state semifinals this year. It was his first coaching job back in the
12:53 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have signed outfielder Hunter Renfroe to a one-year deal. A first-round pick by the Padres in 2013, Renfroe batted .228 with 97 home runs and 226 RBI over five seasons with San Diego and Tampa Bay. He hit 25 or more homers in three
11:52 AM ET Texas linebacker Joseph Ossai is declaring for the NFL draft, skipping the remainder of the 2020 season and forgoing his senior season, he announced Monday. “Now that our regular season has ended, I have made the tough decision to go ahead and begin to prepare for the 2021 NFL Draft,” he said