6:45 PM ET Crews started work this week to extend the protective netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field and are expected to complete the project Wednesday, ahead of the Chicago White Sox‘s next home game July 22. The White Sox and Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which owns the ballpark, said in a
Month: July 2019
5:07 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers, with the best record in baseball at 60-32, will be getting even stronger when the second half of the season begins. They activated shortstop Corey Seager, out since June 12 with a hamstring strain, from the 10-day injured list on Wednesday, clearing him for the start of Friday’s
5:32 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Two fighters missed weight at PFL 4 weigh-ins Wednesday morning, leading to a pair of cancelled bouts and one expelled fighter. Zane Kamaka and Roberta Samad each missed weight ahead of their second fights of the PFL 2019 season. Kamaka weighed in at 171.8 points, .8 over the welterweight limit.
5:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two former NFL players are among the six new officials for the upcoming NFL season. Field judge Nate Jones joins the NFL officiating staff from the Pac-12, following an eight-year pro career as a defensive back. Umpire Terry Killens was a linebacker during his seven NFL seasons
4:54 PM ET LONDON — As soon as the draw was made for the men’s singles at Wimbledon, the presumption was that the final four would be Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and one other. 2 Related And so it has proved. The ‘Big Three’ have been in brilliant form thus far, with flashes
5:12 PM ET The Houston Texans are not hiring a general manager for the 2019 season and instead will divvy up those responsibilities among existing front-office members such as Matt Bazirgan, James Liipfert, Chris Olsen and Jack Easterby, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Houston has been without a GM since June 7, when they
5:10 PM ET Paul Lavigne Michigan State University paid a combined $1.2 million to a woman and a former football player who were embroiled in a Title IX investigation and subsequent lawsuits if they both agreed to “set aside” the findings of an investigation that found the football player responsible for violating the school’s sexual
4:31 PM ET The Los Angeles Kings re-signed restricted free agent Alex Iafallo after his career year — avoiding arbitration. The forward set career highs with 15 goals and 18 assists. He receives a two-year contract with an average annual value of $2.425 million. The 25-year-old was a bright spot for a down Kings team
3:22 PM ET Junior bantamweight world champion Juan Francisco Estrada has not boxed in his hometown of Hermosillo, Mexico, since a nontitle fight in 2014, but that will change when he defends his belt against Dewayne Beamon on Aug. 24, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Wednesday. The fight, which will headline a card on
3:12 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt committed a minor NCAA violation earlier this year by tweeting out his congratulations when the high school he attended won an Alabama state basketball title. Pruitt tweeted “Congratulations Robi Coker and Plainview High School on back to back State Championships! #2muchblue #PLV”