7:58 PM ET Reliever Carl Edwards Jr. is back with the Chicago Cubs after spending the past month at Triple-A Iowa, a demotion the right-hander called “very humbling” on Monday. Right-hander Dillon Maples was optioned to Iowa in a corresponding move. Edwards had a 32.40 ERA at the time of his demotion and was 0-1
Month: May 2019
7:53 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission didn’t take long to deny the appeal of Maximum Security’s disqualification as Kentucky Derby winner for interference, saying hours after it was filed Monday that the stewards’ decision is not subject to appeal. The commission’s letter to attorney D. Barry Stilz, who
7:47 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Gersson Rosas has firsthand experience with success from unconventional strategy from his 17-year run with the Houston Rockets. An outside-the-box approach might be necessary if the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to catch up in the cutthroat Western Conference. “We’re going to question the norm with everything that we
7:59 PM ET The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show featured a current champion calling out another champion, a Bellator titleholder disputing retirement rumors and a top nutritionist wanting to fight his top rival in the cage. Here’s what you might have missed: Cormier-Jones III? UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is interested in facing
6:09 PM ET The Chicago Bears added another kicker on Monday as the team continues its offseason quest to fix its kicking problems. The Bears acquired kicker Eddy Pineiro from the Oakland Raiders for a conditional 2021 seventh-round draft pick, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. If Pineiro isn’t on Chicago’s active roster for five games,
6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic said Justin Gimelstob‘s recent resignation from the ATP board of directors was a “wise decision.” Speaking Monday at the Madrid Open, Djokovic said Gimelstob did the right thing by stepping down after being sentenced in a U.S. court for attacking a former friend. Djokovic
5:27 PM ET Pablo Sandoval on Monday became the first major league player since 1905 to hit a home run, steal a base and pitch a scoreless inning in the same game. Sandoval achieved the feat in the San Francisco Giants‘ 12-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. The only other time the feat
5:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics guard Marcus Smart will make his return in Game 4 of Boston’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Milwaukee Bucks Monday night at TD Garden. Smart, who suffered a torn left oblique four weeks and a day ago after running into Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic‘s left
May 3, 2019 Now that spring football is over, it’s a good time to reassess the Top 25 teams for the coming college football season. Which teams have moved up and which ones still have work to do? We had a panel of 14 experts provide their own lists, then we tallied up the results.
May 2, 2019 Which player on each Top 25 team might be coaching someday? Here are the candidates from Clemson to Army, with LSU QB Joe Burrow joining a mix of starters, role players and coaches’ kids. No. 1 Clemson: Wide receiver Will Swinney A few of the top candidates from last year’s team have