7:00 AM ET It’s time for a free-agency update! There are still a lot of free agents out there besides Bryce Harper and Manny Machado — including some quality second basemen, one of the best closers of all time, some past-their-prime outfielders, some lefty starters who don’t throw hard and a bunch of replacement-level relievers.
Month: January 2019
2:07 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hours after winning his second national title and handing Alabama coach Nick Saban his worst loss in 12 seasons, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said his program is still “a long way from a dynasty.” “We’re as good of a program as there is out there,” Swinney said at
12:44 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA Cricket’s application to join the ICC as the 105th member
8:49 AM ET Jordan Spieth is starting the new year in Hawaii, the fourth straight year he has made the journey. Of course, there’s a huge difference this time: this debut is at the Sony Open, since Spieth was not eligible for last week’s winners-only Sentry Tournament of Champions. Much has been made of Spieth’s
12:43 PM GMT ESPN staff Nelson Mandela would not have backed racial quotas for South Africa’s national rugby team, Springboks captain Siya Kolisi said over the weekend. “I don’t think he [Mandela] would have supported [quotas], but I don’t know him‚” Kolisi, the first black captain of the Springboks, told Kyodo News in Japan after
12:48 PM ET Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Clemson finished No. 1 in The Associated Press poll for the third time after routing Alabama in the national championship game. The Tigers received all 61 first-place votes. The Crimson Tide, which was trying to become just the third team to go wire-to-wire as the No.
12:05 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who interviewed for the Green Bay Packers head-coaching vacancy last week, confirmed he is returning to the Patriots in 2019. “The book is closed,” McDaniels said on his weekly conference call, when asked if he anticipates interviewing for any other head-coaching jobs this
3:15 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s not unusual for successful teams to have assistant coaches plucked from their staffs. But it was a mild surprise for the Tennessee Titans — who didn’t make the
12:34 PM ET I think many of us share an idea of who makes up the cream of the MLB crop. In the American League, it would be a shock not to see the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros return to the playoffs. In the National League, the Los
11:46 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The driver of the truck involved in the fatal Humboldt bus crash last April pleaded guilty to all 29 counts related to it on Tuesday. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu made a brief appearance in a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, court and pleaded guilty to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death as well