6:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Julio Lugo, who played for seven teams in a 12-year major league career and was the shortstop for Boston’s 2007 World Series championship team, has died, the Red Sox said. He was 45. The cause of death was presumed to be a heart attack, Lugo’s family told ESPN’s Enrique
Month: November 2021
7:23 PM ET Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Iga Swiatek departed the WTA Finals with a win after spoiling Paula Badosa‘s birthday 7-5, 6-4 on Monday. The Pole couldn’t advance from her group after losing her first two singles matches but got to finish her two-title season with a smile. She also ended Badosa’s eight-match
7:27 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn placekicker Anders Carlson is out for the season with an ACL injury while quarterback Bo Nix had season-ending ankle surgery. Coach Bryan Harsin said that Monday’s surgery on Nix was successful, ending his season and his streak of 34 consecutive starts. Carlson and Nix were both
6:47 PM ET Grambling State University announced Monday that head football coach Broderick Fobbs has been fired after eight seasons. Linebackers and special teams coordinator Terrence Graves will serve as the interim head coach for the 48th annual Bayou Classic against Southern University. Graves is in his seventh season with the Tigers, who are 3-7
5:31 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a light heavyweight fight between Thiago Santos and Magomed Ankalaev to headline an event in March, sources told ESPN on Monday. The 205-pound contest will serve as the main event of a UFC Fight Night on March 12. The UFC has not yet announced a location for the
6:28 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets will enter their highly anticipated meeting with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday short-handed, without sharpshooter Joe Harris and veteran Paul Millsap. While All-Star Kevin Durant (sore right shoulder) isn’t listed on the injury report, the Nets ruled out starting swingman Harris due to a left ankle sprain suffered
4:18 PM ET The NBA has fined the Minnesota Timberwolves $250,000 for what it says was a violation of league rules that prevent teams “from arranging or paying for offseason practice or group workout sessions for their players outside a team’s home market.” According to the NBA, the violation occurred as the result of Timberwolves
6:02 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley returned to practice Monday for the first time since injuring an ankle more than a month ago during a loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Barkley has been nursing a low ankle sprain that took longer than expected to heal. He missed
5:13 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh, responding to sharp criticism from one of his predecessors, fired back Monday at former Jets coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan. Ryan ripped Saleh in a morning interview on ESPN Radio’s DiPietro & Rothenberg, questioning his coaching ability and saying he’s
4:57 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has sat in plenty of team meetings in his eight-year career, and had plenty of his mistakes or turnovers rolled out for his teammates to see. But Bridgewater said Monday that the Broncos’ latest film session, which included his lack of an attempt to