6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez has left his team’s road trip with neck discomfort, manager Dusty Baker announced before Monday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Baker said Alvarez has had the problem for about a week. “We decided to send him to go
1:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says he feels “sorry for the fans in Oakland” about the Athletics‘ plans to relocate to Las Vegas but denies claims by Oakland’s mayor that the franchise used negotiations with the city as leverage. Manfred discussed the plans Monday during a
7:41 PM ET The New Orleans Police Department issued an arrest warrant Monday for former UFC star Nate Diaz on suspicion of second-degree battery, police spokesperson Karen Boudrie confirmed to ESPN. Diaz is not in custody, Boudrie said. Diaz was involved in a brawl last week on Bourbon Street following a Misfits boxing card in
6:45 PM ET After months of speculation, Aaron Rodgers has been traded to the New York Jets. It has been nearly three years since Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst used a first-round pick on Jordan Love, a move that seemed to hint at the end of the Hall of Famer’s tenure in Green
5:30 PM ET ESPN staff That’s New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers to you. On Monday, the Green Bay Packers agreed to trade the QB who led their franchise to 11 playoff appearances and a Super Bowl championship. Rodgers, a four-time NFL MVP who started under center for the Packers for 15 years, joins a
4:50 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — It’s the ultimate “get rich quick” scheme: A perennial loser, thinking it’s one player away from greatness (and feeling pressure to get there), junks its long-term plan for a one- or two-year shot at the Super Bowl. These are the 2023 New York Jets, who desperately hope their
4:57 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S., a Mississippi judge ruled Monday. Circuit Judge Faye Peterson
4:25 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After offering the biggest public vote of confidence yet in Brock Purdy as the San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback on March 27, general manager John Lynch has seen an uptick in interest from other teams in another quarterback on the roster: Trey Lance. At those league meetings in
3:59 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans general manager Ran Carthon said the team has not fielded calls regarding trades for Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry. “It is what it is,” Carthon said Monday.
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