4:12 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Third baseman Rafael Devers‘ new contract with the Boston Red Sox became official on Wednesday, culminating in a news conference at Fenway Park. “Rafael Devers isn’t a star,” Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said. “He’s our star.” And he will certainly be paid like one.
1:33 PM ET Boston’s Jim Montgomery will coach the Atlantic Division, Carolina’s Rod Brind’Amour the Metropolitan, Dallas’ Peter DeBoer the Central and Vegas’ Bruce Cassidy the Pacific at NHL All-Star Weekend. They were chosen because each of their teams is atop the division at the midway point of the season. The league announced the All-Star
4:05 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens said Wednesday that forward Brendan Gallagher will be out at least six weeks with a lower-body injury. Gallagher has missed Montreal’s past three games after scoring in a 6-3 road loss against the Nashville Predators on Jan. 3. He has missed 16 of Montreal’s 41
2:44 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners will induct Félix Hernández into their hall of fame during the 2023 season, the team announced Wednesday. Hernández, widely regarded as one of the best pitchers in franchise history, will be the 11th inductee for the club. The ceremony will be held Aug. 12 during a
1:09 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Four-time major champion and former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka announced she is pregnant and indicated she will miss the entire 2023 tennis season. “I realize that life is so short and I don’t take any moments for granted, everyday is a new blessing and adventure,” Osaka tweeted Wednesday, including
1:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson and Shuichiro Yoshino are finalizing a deal for an April 8 fight on ESPN that is expected to determine a new mandatory challenger for the WBC lightweight title, sources told ESPN. No site has been finalized. Stevenson, ESPN’s No. 10 pound-for-pound boxer, was stripped of his two 130-pound
2:13 PM ET When Dieunerst Collin was nine years old, he inadvertently became a meme. As a young boy, he was holding a Popeyes drink cup looking suspiciously at the camera as the cameraman teased him about his resemblance to the viral star “Lil TeRio.” The video took off, and Collin’s likeness appeared in memes
2:16 PM ET North Carolina and cornerbacks coach Dre Bly have “mutually agreed to part ways,” according to a release from the school Wednesday. Bly is one of UNC’s all-time greats, a two-time All-American cornerback for the Tar Heels from 1995 through 1998. He had served as one of coach Mack Brown’s top recruiters, particularly
2:23 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — It looks like Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is a major question mark to return for the start of the playoffs. Jackson was not present during the media viewing portion of Wednesday’s practice, which significantly decreases his chances of playing in Sunday night’s wild-card game at the Cincinnati
8:30 AM GMT England’s Owen Farrell looks set to be available for the opening match of the 2023 Six Nations despite being handed a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle. Farrell is set to be a key part of England’s charge in the championship under new coach Steve Borthwick, but was a doubt for their