6:59 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pitcher Gerrit Cole has gone to arbitration with the Houston Astros, asking to be given $13.5 million rather than the team’s offer of $11,425,000. Cole made $6.75 million last year when he earned his second All-Star selection and went 15-5 with a 2.88 ERA. He earned
Month: February 2019
9:01 AM ET A quick synopsis of the offseason storylines you’ll be reading in the coming months: Jimbo Fisher’s $75 million deal might be a steal. Nebraska is about to upend the Big Ten’s power structure. And, of course, Texas is back. With seven months to kill between the last of the bowl games and
6:30 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Australian Samantha Stosur was knocked out of the Qatar Total Open in the final round of qualifying after she was defeated in three sets by Russian Anna Blinkova on Monday. World No. 95 Blinkova won 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 30
11:59 PM ET As the Los Angeles Lakers get past the unpleasantness of last week and look to focus on the future, they’ll need to decide on whether they want to be in the Anthony Davis business or not. If they are not planning to re-engage the New Orleans Pelicans on a Davis trade after
7:16 PM ET Mitch Sherman Close ESPN Staff Writer Nebraska/Big Ten/Recruiting reporter. Joined ESPN in 2011. Graduated from the University of Nebraska. Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation
6:06 PM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska running back Maurice Washington could face charges in California for allegedly sending a video via text message to his former girlfriend of what she says was a sexual assault. Washington, 19, could be charged under California’s “revenge porn” law and face a felony charge of distribution of child
5:59 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Crews investigating a gas leak near the Columbus Blue Jackets downtown arena that caused the hockey team to cancel its practice say the area is safe. Reports of people smelling gas in the area on Monday forced people in several buildings to evacuate, including Blue Jackets’ employees
5:44 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Even Zack Britton gets confused about the proper spelling of his first name. Known throughout his baseball career as Zach, the 31-year-old New York Yankees reliever said last week that going forward his name should be spelled Zack. “I was born with a ‘ch,’ sorry, excuse me,
5:33 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Garth Brooks has come out of baseball retirement. The country music legend will spend just over a week participating in spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates, reporting Monday with the pitchers and catchers. The 57-year-old has previously been in the camps of the San Diego Padres (1999),
4:47 PM ET Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards received a response from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to the governor’s letter expressing profound disappointment with the outcome of the NFC Championship Game, with a missed call that might have cost the New Orleans Saints a trip to the Super Bowl. Roger Goodell said the league will