5:20 PM ET The Detroit Tigers have come to agreement with right-handed starting pitcher Tyson Ross on a one-year deal worth $5.75 million, as first reported by The Athletic. Ross, 31, went 8-9 with a 4.15 ERA last season for the Padres and Cardinals, who picked him up off waivers in August. The key to
Month: December 2018
4:34 PM ET ASHBURN, Virginia — Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed suffered a great toe strain and might miss the rest of the season, coach Jay Gruden said Monday. It would be yet another blow to a Redskins offense that continues to lose starters. Gruden said Reed would miss at least one week, but
5:24 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Phillies manager Gabe Kapler intends to be more publicly critical of his players in his second season following his team’s late fade. Philadelphia led the NL East in early August, then went 16-33 and wound up with its sixth straight losing record at 80-82. The winter meetings
10:24 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Someone always cries during those Hall of Fame news conferences. On Monday, it was Harold Baines’ turn. The odds seemed long that it would be the stoic Baines, not Lee Smith, who choked up. Not that it’s the kind of thing one would bet on, but after all, it
5:00 PM ET Most high school kids wake up in the morning to an alarm clock, set at the time of their choice, and often have the luxury of hitting the snooze button a few times. But Kayvon Thibodeaux isn’t most kids. The No. 1-ranked player in the Class of 2019, a defensive end sought
4:04 PM ET Associated Press Grammy Award winners Imagine Dragons will perform at halftime of the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 7. ESPN and Interscope Records announced the performance Monday. For the second consecutive season, the College Football Playoff will feature a Super Bowl-type halftime performance for the television audience. The school bands
4:09 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick pointed the finger at himself for the team’s uncharacteristic breakdown on the Miami Dolphins‘ game-ending 69-yard touchdown, among other struggles in the game, while explaining his decision to put tight end Rob Gronkowski on the field in place of safety Devin McCourty in
3:36 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville running back Leonard Fournette said Monday that the fan with whom he got into a verbal altercation during last Thursday’s game at Tennessee used a racial slur. Coach Doug Marrone said he spoke with Fournette after Monday’s walk-through about a video released by TMZ that showed Fournette yelling
4:00 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is expected to be active for Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, although his role is unclear at this point. Flacco has been sidelined since injuring his right hip on Nov. 4, but he was cleared to play last week. In Flacco’s
3:42 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo suffered a setback in his recovery from surgery on his right hand according to coach Luke Walton. Rondo had fluid drained from his hand Sunday, 3½ weeks after Rondo underwent a procedure to fix the fractured third metacarpal in his right