3:32 PM ET Major League Baseball on Thursday suspended six players and both managers for their roles in the benches-clearing brawl between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. Reds manager David Bell (six games) and pitchers Amir Garrett (eight games) and Jared Hughes (three games) were disciplined. Yasiel Puig, who acknowledged after
Month: August 2019
3:32 PM ET Major League Baseball on Thursday has suspended six players and both managers for their roles in the benches-clearing brawl between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. Reds manager David Bell (six games) and pitchers Amir Garrett (eight games) and Jared Hughes (three games) were disciplined. Yasiel Puig, who acknowledged
3:37 PM ET SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Free safety Tre Boston suggested on Thursday it was the change in ownership from Jerry Richardson to David Tepper that allowed him to rejoin the Carolina Panthers after being cut following the 2016 season. “We all kind of know,” Boston said. “I’m back, so I’m under new management now.
3:37 PM ET SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Free safety Tre Boston suggested on Thursday it was the change in ownership from Jerry Richardson to David Tepper that allowed him to rejoin the Carolina Panthers after being cut following the 2016 season. “We all kind of know,” Boston said. “I’m back, so I’m under new management now.
3:10 PM ET The Texas A&M added their second commitment to the 2021 class by landing ESPN Junior 300 prospect Shadrach Banks on Thursday. Banks, who made the announcement on Twitter, is the No. 11 overall recruit in the ESPN Junior 300. The 6-foot, 194-pound receiver chose Texas A&M over his final list of Alabama,
3:00 PM ET Kicker Phil Dawson announced Thursday that he will retire from the NFL, and will sign a contract with Cleveland so he can retire as a Brown. Signed by the Browns when they returned to the league in 1999, Dawson played in 215 games, third most by a Cleveland player. He also became
3:01 PM ET Longtime Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who has coached with the Hokies for the previous 33 years, will retire after the 2019 season, the school announced on Thursday. Foster, the architect of Virginia Tech’s “Lunch Pail Defense,” is the longest continually tenured FBS assistant coach at the same school. He was
2:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Major league batters are on pace to hit 600 more home runs than in any previous season, nearly 10% above the record set two years ago. There were 1,057 home runs in July, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, breaking the previous July record of 961 in 2004. A
2:48 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets addressed a perceived weakness on their offensive line, agreeing to terms with former Carolina Panthers center Ryan Kalil, the team announced Thursday. Kalil, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, announced his retirement after the season following a 12-year run with the Panthers. This marks the
2:34 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA on Thursday unveiled a new arm of rules enforcement made up of independent investigators, advocates and decision-makers to handle what it calls complex cases involving serious infractions. Creating a new process for dealing with some infractions cases was one of several recommendations made last year by the Rice