4:14 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The disabled list is going on the permanent DL. Major League Baseball will rename the disabled list as the “injured list,” a source familiar with the plan told ESPN. The league will
Month: February 2019
7:17 PM ET The Texas Rangers have signed outfielder Hunter Pence and infielder Matt Davidson to minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training camp, the team announced Thursday. Pence, a three-time All-Star, spent the past six-plus seasons with the San Francisco Giants, where he was a key part of World Series-winning teams
2:51 AM ET BOSTON — Sure, the Boston Red Sox knocked out the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in October and the New England Patriots dispatched the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl less than a week ago, but let’s get real: The only “Beat L.A.” rivalry with actual juice is Celtics
8:51 PM ET With a eye toward kick-starting one last push to the playoffs, the Buffalo Sabres are shaking things up at both ends of the ice. Up front, that means a dismantling of the club’s top trio of Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner and Sam Reinhart. Coach Phil Housley appears eager to roll out Jason
3:17 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers are trading 2017 No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz to the Orlando Magic, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Magic are sending forward Jonathon Simmons, a first-round pick (via Oklahoma City) and a second-round pick to the Sixers, sources told ESPN. Fultz last played in a game on
8:36 PM ET The New York Knicks have waived center Enes Kanter and guard Wesley Matthews, the team announced Thursday. The Knicks had talked to teams about potential trades for the past several weeks, sources said, but Kanter’s $18.6 million expiring contract proved too difficult to move at Thursday’s deadline. “From the moment he arrived
2:56 PM ET No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas eased into the Sofia Open quarterfinals with a straight-sets win over Jan-Lennard Struff. Greece’s Tsitsipas continued his recent good form with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over German Struff to seal a spot in the last eight, where he will face No. 7 seed Gael Monfils. Frenchman
3:13 PM ET Frank Robinson, the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win MVP in both leagues, has died at age 83, MLB said Thursday. An outfielder and first baseman, Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 in his first year of eligibility. After a
2:54 PM ET Jos Buttler has admitted the reaction to England’s defeat in the Caribbean has left the players with “hurt pride”. Buttler, England’s vice-captain, conceded it had been a “really disappointing tour” from an England perspective and accepted that Darren Bravo’s determined innings in Antigua had been “a good example” to England’s batsmen. But
8:46 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to trade center Marc Gasol to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright, CJ Miles and a 2024 second-round draft pick, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The Grizzlies, however, are keeping Mike Conley, league sources told ESPN. Memphis discussed deals with