1:00 AM ET Bobby Swigert was scrubbed in and standing beside a tray of orthopedic surgery utensils one day this winter when the conversation veered, as it often does in central Ohio, toward college football. The surgeon was part way through drilling a routine hole in some poor sap’s tibia when Swigert, now a medical
Month: April 2019
1:00 AM ET On Wednesday afternoon after his eighth win at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch washed the champagne from his clothes and started to pack for Richmond International Raceway, where this weekend he’ll be racing for his ninth RIR victory and hoping for his third in a row. But first, he called in to
1:00 AM ET It’s only April, and it already has been a season of accomplishments for Kyle Busch. Busch catching Richard Petty’s record of 200 NASCAR National Series (Cup, Xfinity and Truck series) wins is old news. He already has flown by that, now with 204 wins. That’s almost 100 more than anybody not crowned
5:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Robot umpires will get some more warmup time. Major League Baseball and the Atlantic League said Wednesday the experiment with radar-tracking technology to call balls and strikes will not be used when the independent minor league starts play on April 25. Instead, the technology “will be implemented
5:32 PM ET The New York Giants and wide receiver Sterling Shepard have agreed to a four-year, $41 million extension that will include $21.3 million in guarantees, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move comes almost a month to the day after the Giants traded star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. They also signed
5:24 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Davante Adams has been by Aaron Rodgers‘ side through the past two seasons, both of which ended without a playoff berth, and this offseason when the Green Bay Packers quarterback’s leadership once again came into question. Adams thinks he knows how Rodgers will respond. The Pro Bowl receiver
8:38 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Three-time All-Star infielder Matt Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a contract that adds $37 million in guaranteed money for 2020 and ’21, a deal that includes an option for 2022. The 33-year-old has a $14.5 million salary this season as part of a
4:56 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals have signed third baseman Matt Carpenter to a two-year extension through 2021 with a vesting option for 2022, the team announced Wednesday. Financial details of the deal were not revealed. Carpenter, 33, is in the final year of a six-year, $52 million contract he signed with the Cardinals
5:13 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A civil complaint alleging that Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Marcell Dareus sexually assaulted a woman in Tampa in January 2017 and gave her a sexually transmitted disease has been dismissed. Per court records, Hillsborough (Florida) County circuit court judge Paul L. Huey dismissed the complaint with prejudice on Feb.
4:38 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor‘s next court date has been scheduled for May 13 in Miami-Dade County Court, for criminal charges including robbery and criminal mischief. Judge Spencer Multack assigned a trial date of May 13 on Wednesday, during an arraignment hearing. McGregor, 30, did not attend the hearing in person. Last month,