7:38 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Right-hander Michael Fulmer and the Detroit Tigers agreed Tuesday to a $3.1 million, one-year contract that avoided arbitration. The 2016 AL Rookie of the Year went 0-2 with an 8.78 ERA in 10 starts last season after missing all of 2019 because of Tommy John surgery. He earned
Month: January 2021
7:21 PM ET The NHL announced that 27 players had confirmed positive COVID-19 tests during training camps, which concluded Tuesday. Of those players, 17 were members of the Dallas Stars, who shut down their training facilities last Friday after an outbreak. Dallas’ first three games — at Florida on Thursday and Friday and at Tampa
7:25 PM ET Steve Sarkisian arrived in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday as the Texas Longhorns‘ new head coach fresh off winning a national championship with Alabama on Monday night. In his introductory news conference, Sarkisian made it clear he expects nothing less from the Longhorns on his watch. “I came here to win championships,” Sarkisian
1:37 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Markieff Morris was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for his “on-court altercation” with Houston Rockets center DeMarcus Cousins following Morris’ flagrant 1 foul on Jae’Sean Tate during Sunday’s game. Cousins was fined $10,000 for the testy exchange with Morris. Morris and Cousins were called for double
2:04 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The NBA announced Tuesday afternoon that Wednesday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic at TD Garden has been postponed because the Celtics can’t field the minimum eight players due to players entering the league’s health and safety protocols. Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the
12:25 PM ET Adding to anxiety currently affecting the NBA amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, multiple players who previously tested positive for the coronavirus have recently tested positive a second time, sources told ESPN. The CDC defines “reinfection” as a person getting infection, recovering and then later becoming infected again. There are ongoing studies
7:49 PM ET The Washington Wizards will not have the league-required eight available players for Wednesday’s home game against the Utah Jazz, causing it to be postponed, it was announced Tuesday. The Wizards are dealing with multiple players in COVID-19 contact tracing, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This is the sixth NBA game this
11:38 AM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 As the NBA is expected to review videos circulating on social media of a maskless Kyrie Irving at what
3:40 PM ET As the NBA tightened coronavirus protocols to try and preserve a season teetering amid positive tests, thinning rosters and game postponements, the league made a dramatic change that most franchises had wanted all along: The closing off of rooms to non-team guests in road hotels. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association
6:09 PM ET Harry Kettle The transfer window opened in early January, and speculation is heating up about potential deals. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. Bayern still want Hudson-Odoi Bayern Munich are still interested in attempting to sign Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi, the Daily Mail reports. – Stream