8:38 AM ET I REMEMBER MY very first draft workout was against Joe Johnson and Rodney White. I’d never heard of these guys. One went to Arkansas. One went to UNC Charlotte. Both of them were really, really good. I came into the draft process as a very raw athlete who had worked hard in
6:15 PM ET The Mariners and Yankees completed a trade Monday that sends ace left-hander James Paxton to New York for three prospects, including top-rated lefty Justus Sheffield. The other two prospects going to Seattle are outfielder Dom Thompson-Williams and right-handed pitcher Erik Swanson. Paxton, 30, has spent his entire career with Seattle. He went
6:16 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — World Series MVP Steve Pearce says it was a “no-brainer” to return to the Red Sox for another year. “This was the place that I wanted to be,” he said on a conference call Monday, three days after agreeing to a $6.5 million, one-year deal with the defending
5:37 PM GMT Ireland have released six players who featured in Saturday’s historic win over world champions New Zealand to go back and play for their provinces, despite a last test of the year against the United States in Dublin on Saturday. Sean Cronin, Rob Kearney, Jordan Larmour, Kieran Marmion, Jack McGrath and James Ryan
5:07 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN Denzel Valentine will be out four to six months after undergoing surgery on his left ankle for the second time, the Bulls announced Monday, putting his return this season in doubt. Valentine, who has missed the entire 2018 season because of ongoing ankle injuries, was diagnosed with ongoing ankle instability,
4:52 PM ET Josh Richardson has been fined $25,000 for throwing his shoe into the crowd during the Miami Heat‘s 113-97 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. The Heat guard was assessed a technical foul and ejected from the game when he tossed his shoe midway through the fourth quarter. Miami’s
4:32 PM ET Associated Press Josh Allen of Kentucky and Devin Bush of Michigan are among the five finalists for the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s best linebacker. The other finalists announced Monday were Tre Lamar of Clemson, Dylan Moses of Alabama and Devin White of LSU. The winner will be announced Dec.
5:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Toronto outfielder Griffin Conine, a son of former major league outfielder Jeff Conine, has been suspended for the first 50 games of next season under the minor league drug program for a positive test for the banned stimulant ritalinic acid. New York Yankees pitcher Daniel Marten was
4:05 PM ET Arkansas defensive backs Kamren Curl and Ryan Pulley have been suspended for the Razorbacks’ final regular season game against Missouri on Friday after the two were seen socializing with members of the Mississippi State dance team prior to kickoff on Saturday. A local reporter claimed he saw Curl and Pulley taking photos
Nigeria maybe have been to every FIFA Women’s World Cup ever held, and South Africa may have been to none, but Banyana Banyana defeating the Super Falcons on Sunday came as little surprise to fans of either side. Thembi Kgatlana of the Houston Dash struck a superb volley in their Africa Women Cup of Nations