2:32 PM ET The Boston Red Sox on Thursday have released outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. Bradley, 32, rejoined the Red Sox after the team acquired the outfielder and two minor leaguers in a December 2021 trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, giving up slugger Hunter Renfroe. He was hitting .210 with 3 home runs and 29
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12:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball plans to return to London next year for the first time since 2019. The league announced Thursday that the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs will play a two-game series on June 24-25, 2023, at London Stadium. The NL Central rivals were supposed to
12:21 PM ET Nicole Hazen, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen, has died from a form of brain cancer, the team said Thursday. She was 45. The team said she died from glioblastoma. She was diagnosed in July 2020. “Nicole lived her life and loved her family with fierceness and devotion,” the
7:00 AM ET Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline was highlighted by the deal that sent Nationals megastar Juan Soto to the Padres. And San Diego didn’t stop there, nabbing multiple other key players to help boost its chances at making the postseason. However, the Padres weren’t the only team to add elements ahead of the deadline
Jul 28, 2022 Two years ago, Spike Lee called Randy Wilkins and asked him who his favorite Yankee was. For Wilkins, a 42-year-old lifelong Yankees fan born in the Bronx, the answer was easy: Derek Jeter. But Wilkins was confused. His mentor had called him out of the blue in the middle of the week
8:22 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay tribute to legendary broadcaster Vin Scully by wearing a commemorative black patch featuring a microphone and “Vin” on their uniforms. Scully, whose 67-year career calling games in Brooklyn and Los Angeles made him the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team
9:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto arrived at Petco Park promising to bring “good vibes” to the San Diego Padres and issuing a warning to opposing teams. The acquisition of the 23-year-old generational talent in perhaps the biggest deadline deal ever energized the Padres and their long-suffering fans, and there’s more
6:57 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Astros All-Star slugger Yordan Alvarez doesn’t need any help at the plate. He got it anyway Wednesday in Houston’s 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox when he wasn’t called out after a third strike. Alvarez led off Houston’s third by taking a ball against Rich Hill.
4:49 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Dinelson Lamet was designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, two days after being acquired in a trade that sent closer Josh Hader to the San Diego Padres. The right-hander was dealt to Milwaukee on Monday as part of a package that included closer Taylor Rogers
1:19 PM ET Eric NeelESPN.com AS A BOY, Vincent Edward Scully often lay on the floor in the front room of his family’s Washington Heights fifth-floor walk-up, put his head on a pillow tucked under a tabletop radio and listened to Saturday morning football games. He loved the spark of the announcer’s voice coming through