12:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-handed reliever Greg Holland and the Washington Nationals have reached an agreement on a minor league contract, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The 33-year-old Holland was designated for assignment by the Arizona Diamondbacks last week. He was 1-2 with a 4.54 ERA and 17 saves in 22 chances this
Month: August 2019
12:11 PM ET The IBF on Tuesday granted unified heavyweight world titleholder Andy Ruiz Jr. an exception to his mandatory defense, which will allow him to defend all three of his major belts in the planned rematch with former titlist Anthony Joshua. Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs), 29, of Imperial, California, who pulled a monumental upset
9:29 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information Several months ago, our Stats & Information Group was presented with a huge challenge: to rank the top programs in college football history. Our goal: Honor the accomplishments of teams across 150 seasons and all divisions, while rewarding successful programs at the highest level in the sport’s most
11:42 AM ET The Philadelphia Phillies have hired former manager Charlie Manuel as the team’s new hitting coach after relieving John Mallee of his duties, the team announced Tuesday. Manuel, 75, last managed the Phillies in 2013. He is the franchise’s winningest manager with a 780-636 mark, leading the team to a 2008 World Series
5:34 PM ET MADISON, N.J. — Ferguson Recreation Center is a nondescript brick building on the edge of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s campus, which is as quiet as one would expect for a Sunday morning in August. A charter bus sits unoccupied along Dreyfuss Road across from the Division III gym, the only clue that something
11:10 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots waived Danny Etling on Tuesday, the team announced, which ends an experiment in which the quarterback was attempting to switch to wide receiver. The Patriots needed to create a roster spot to make room for tight end Eric Saubert, who was acquired in a trade
11:10 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have waived Danny Etling on Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates, which ends an experiment in which the quarterback was attempting to switch to wide receiver. The Patriots needed to create a roster spot to make room for tight end Eric Saubert, who was
8:00 AM ET STORRS, Conn. — It’s the second day of fall camp at UConn, and the man who left an empire and moved to rural Connecticut this winter to take on the toughest task in college football is starting the morning walk-through by telling his players he’s made a mistake. Lou Spanos traded his
10:00 AM ET There’s a star-studded cast of receivers returning to college football this season, including perhaps the most loaded draft class at the position in recent memory. Some of the top-tier names belong to the nation’s powerhouse teams in Clemson and Alabama, but it’s actually the Big Ten that returns the most talented group
10:32 AM ET MEDINAH, Ill. – After a weekend of acrimony over slow play that included criticism from his peers, Bryson DeChambeau said he will “do my very best to improve my pace,” in an Instagram post. DeChambeau, a five-time PGA Tour winner whose unique approach to the game includes single-length iron, came under fire