2:07 AM ET ESPN News Services CLEARWATER, Fla. — Now pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies, Bryce Harper. The new Phillies slugger has again lobbied for superstar Mike Trout to join the franchise in 2021, in a possible violation of Major League Baseball’s tampering rule. MLB has not yet said whether it will look into Harper’s
Month: March 2019
5:03 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Now pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies, Bryce Harper. The new Phillies slugger has again lobbied for superstar Mike Trout to join the franchise in 2021, a possible violation of Major League Baseball’s tampering rule. Trout, a two-time AL MVP with the Los Angeles Angels, grew up near
4:45 PM GMT Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has reiterated that South Africa Rugby will rigorously enforce World Rugby Regulation 9 from 2020 in a bid to soften the impact of the growing flood of top players plying their trade abroad. The regulation states that players must be released by their clubs for international duty for
4:37 PM ET Ben Askren says if the UFC matched him up against Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title, he needs the approval of former champion and best friend Tyron Woodley before agreeing. Ben Askren doesn’t see the point of a rematch with Robbie Lawler, despite a controversial end to the fight. “I would consult
5:04 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — An NHL rule has been drafted that would force a skater to go to the bench when he loses his helmet. Under the current rules, a player may now stay on the ice. The general managers said at their meetings Tuesday that a skater without a
4:51 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals are releasing linebacker Josh Bynes, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Bynes, 29, started 11 games for the Cardinals last season before a thumb injury ended his season. He finished with 75 tackles and a career-high two sacks. The Cardinals will save $1.775 million on their salary cap with
4:03 PM ET The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has cleared UFC welterweight Muslim Salikhov in an anti-doping case very similar to the high-profile one of Jon Jones. The UFC and USADA confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday that Salikhov, of Russia, will not be sanctioned after testing positive multiple times for a long-lasting metabolite of
Mar 4, 2019 Which teams will be the most aggressive when the free-agency market opens? NFL Nation reporters assess how active all 32 teams will be when the new league year kicks off on March 13, based on the following scale: Let’s start with the teams that will be the most active, or skip to
3:57 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Canucks center Brandon Sutter will again have sports hernia surgery and is likely done for the season. The team said Tuesday his recovery is expected to last six to eight weeks. The operation is on Sutter’s right side. He sports hernia surgery on his left
shares Ahmed Shehzad cuts © Getty Images How the game played out Quetta Gladiators sealed their place in the top two with a crushing 43-run win over Islamabad United, leaving the scrap for the final two qualification places wide open. Put in to bat after losing the toss, they dispelled the notion they could