10:23 AM ET The Boston Red Sox signed closer Matt Barnes to a two-year contract extension on Sunday, the team announced. The deal, which runs through the 2023 season, includes a club option for 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 31-year-old right-hander is 4-2 and has 19 saves with a 2.68 ERA in 37
11:03 AM ET The Philadelphia Phillies scratched right-hander Aaron Nola from his scheduled start Sunday against the Boston Red Sox after he was placed on the COVID-related injured list. Nola was one of four players placed on the virus-related injured list by the Phillies on Sunday. Third baseman Alec Bohm, right-hander Connor Brogdon and left-hander
8:33 AM ET Four people were arrested on illegal weapons possession charges at a Denver hotel just two blocks from Coors Field as All-Star Game festivities began this weekend. Denver police arrested three men and one woman Friday night at the Maven Hotel after receiving a tip from the public. The Denver Police Department also
10:17 AM ET Dallas Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley has agreed to a four-year deal to become the Orlando Magic‘s new head coach, sources tell ESPN. The Magic are replacing Steve Clifford, who mutually parted with the team last month. The Magic had reached the playoffs in consecutive years before trade deadline deals including All-Star Nikola
12:38 PM ET Novak Djokovic is making Wimbledon his summer home. Djokovic won his sixth title at the All England Club and third in a row with a 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Matteo Berrettini on Sunday. The win is Djokovic’s 20th Grand Slam championship, tying him with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for
11:26 AM ET Associated Press Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen solidified her favorite status ahead of the Tokyo Games by winning her fourth Giro d’Italia Donne on Sunday, finishing safely in the breakaway on the final stage of the prestigious Italian stage race. Van der Breggen’s fourth win makes her the second most successful
News “When we get into such good positions, we have to get them by the throat and we have to finish them off” Donald Tiripano has said that he is ready to take up the challenge of batting higher up the order, after he frustrated Bangladesh with a 144-ball 52 coming in at No.5 in
10:49 AM BST South Africa captain Siya Kolisi has tested positive for the coronavirus, along with five other players in the squad, ahead of the three-Test series against the British & Irish Lions. The South African team will resume training on Sunday after six rounds of COVID-19 testing and a six-day preventative self-isolation period cleared
5:44 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from The Open, citing a recent COVID-19 diagnosis and his inability to practice properly in time for the year’s final major championship. Matsuyama, who became the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship when he captured the Masters in April,
9:43 AM ET Bubba Watson has withdrawn from The Open Championship after he was identified as being a close contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. He has been replaced in the field by Brendan Steele. Watson said in a statement that he is vaccinated against COVID-19 but “not enough time has passed