6:01 PM ET Free-agent starting pitcher Tanner Roark has reached a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. The two-year deal is for $24 million, according to MLB Network. A 33-year-old right-hander, Roark had a 4.35 ERA and a 10-10 record in 31 starts last season for the Cincinnati
Month: December 2019
5:45 PM ET SAN DIEGO — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred shared details about the extent of the league’s investigation into sign-stealing allegations regarding the Houston Astros on Wednesday, but did not offer a timeline for when the result of the probe, and its consequences, will be known. “I think that this is probably the most
5:39 PM ET When it comes to welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford in recent years the conversation has often been about what really big fight can the pound-for-pound star get. But Crawford on Wednesday said his only focus is on mandatory challenger Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, whom he will fight in the Top Rank Boxing
9:00 AM ET Most NHL teams are rounding the 30-game mark for the 2019-20 season. Some players are on a torrid, personal-record-setting pace. Other players are desperately trying to get back on track after a rough couple of months. In this week’s Power Rankings, we take a look at some of the paces being set
10:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali insists that his time away from the England set-up could prolong his Test career rather than spell an early end to it, after responding to criticism of his decision to sit out the forthcoming tour of South Africa. Writing in his column in The Guardian, Moeen acknowledged that
4:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Major League Baseball will have expanded netting in place for next season at all 30 ballparks, commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Wednesday. The extent of the expansion will vary by ballpark, according to Manfred, but all netting will at minimum extend “substantially beyond” the far end of the dugout
4:31 PM ET Colorado State has hired former Boston College and Temple coach Steve Addazio as its new head coach, the school announced Wednesday. “I would like to thank president Joyce McConnell and director of athletics Joe Parker for the opportunity to lead this football program,” Addazio said in a statement. “Colorado State University is
4:35 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche have put Tony Deynzer, the head equipment manager of their AHL affiliate, on administrative leave after former player Akim Aliu told the Wall Street Journal that Deynzer dressed up as Aliu, wearing blackface, at a team Halloween party in 2011. Aliu was on the Colorado Eagles at the time,
4:09 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Florida Atlantic has hired Willie Taggart as its next coach, with the sides finalizing a
4:09 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Florida Atlantic is finalizing an agreement to hire Willie Taggart as its next coach, sources