8:00 AM ET CHICAGO – The moment led to two colleagues hugging for the first time in nearly two decades of working together. It also created a raucous atmosphere in the White Sox clubhouse, where high-fives accompanied some hooting and hollering. As the afternoon hours ticked down on MLB trade deadline day, the front office
News Club stalwart oversaw rich era of success, stemming from appointment of Chris Silverwood Ronnie Irani has announced he is to step down as chair of Essex’s cricket committee to focus on his business commitments. Irani has fulfilled the unpaid role for about six years. In that time, Essex have won five trophies including the
3:41 AM ET Jose Mourinho was sent off against Real Betis on Saturday for approaching the ref during the match. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images AS Roma boss Jose Mourinho was sent off as his side ended with just eight players in their 5-2 friendly defeat to Real Betis on Saturday. Mourinho, who was appointed Roma boss
9:25 AM ET Tottenham are pushing to complete a move for Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez after indicating they are willing to meet the club’s €71 million valuation, sources have told ESPN. Spurs and Arsenal are among the clubs tracking Martinez in hope of securing a deal with Inter, who are under pressure to offload
6:25 AM ET A tearful Lionel Messi has said his next move is not confirmed but he is talking about a lot of things, amid speculation he is set to join Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Barcelona. Barca announced on Thursday that Messi, a free agent since his contract expired in June, will not rejoin the
8:57 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Legendary Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden died Sunday morning and the game lost one of its indelible icons. Bowden coached at Florida State from 1976-2009, building the Seminoles’ program into a national powerhouse. He won the 1993 and 1999 national championships and produced two Heisman trophy winners and scores
8:28 AM ET Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard is signing a five-year, $98.5 million extension that makes him the highest-paid inside linebacker in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Leonard passes San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner, who signed his new deal at the outset of training camp that made him the NFL’s highest-paid
7:30 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — At the 2001 owners meetings, NFL Films founder Steve Sabol approached the Baltimore Ravens with a request that broke the biggest commandment in the super-secretive league. Let cameras inside locker rooms, meeting rooms and the homes of players and coaches for an entire training camp. The footage would
7:04 AM ET Bobby Bowden, the longtime Florida State football coach who ranks second all time in Division I wins, has died, the school announced Sunday morning. He was 91. Bowden was diagnosed with a terminal medical condition in July. He did not disclose what the condition was at the time, although his son Terry
7:30 AM ET Longtime Florida State booster David Mobley, an accountant in Atlanta, remembers telling Bobby Bowden that he had picked up one of the legendary coach’s former players, Tom Pridemore, as a client. “Tommy Pridemore’s momma made the best rabbit and biscuits I’ve ever had,” Bowden told Mobley. Pridemore, now 65, had played safety