11:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Lord’s and Hove will host the inaugural finals days of the Hundred, with the grounds confirmed to stage the showpiece event of the men’s and women’s competitions respectively. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo in September, the competition’s knockout format will mirror that used in the Kia Super League. In both competitions,
Month: December 2019
6:21 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Angels have traded veteran infielder Zack Cozart to the San Francisco Giants to shave nearly $13 million off their 2020 payroll, a savings they could use towards their pursuit of star free agents. The Giants are paying the entirety of Cozart’s upcoming $12.67 million salary to
6:01 PM ET PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery will miss the rest of the season with what coach Doug Pederson called a “significant” foot injury, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. NFL Network first reported that Jeffery would miss the rest of the season. Jeffery was taken to the locker room
5:56 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson said he will play Thursday night against the New York Jets despite being limited the past two practices with a quad injury. “I feel great. I feel good. I’m 100 [percent],” Jackson said after Tuesday’s practice. “I’m going to be out there Thursday
5:52 PM ET Nevada will be without three defensive starters for the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl after the Mountain West Conference suspended them for their roles in an ugly brawl at the end of their overtime loss to rival UNLV in the regular-season finale. MWC officials suspended junior defensive back Austin Arnold for two games
5:53 PM ET The San Francisco Giants have signed free agent pitcher Kevin Gausman to a one-year deal, the team announced Tuesday. He will receive a $9 million contract, a source told ESPN’s Buster Olney. Gausman, a 28-year-old right-hander, was 3-9 with a 5.72 ERA in 31 games (17 starts) last season for the Atlanta
5:49 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies have reached agreement with former New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius on a one-year deal, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Buster Olney. Gregorius, who turns 30 in February, came back from Tommy John surgery in early June and hit .238 with 16 homers and 61 RBIs in 82 games.
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Bulls swingman Otto Porter Jr. will miss at least another month after a foot and ankle specialist confirmed a small fracture in his left foot, the team announced Tuesday. Porter was evaluated Monday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, by Dr. Bob Anderson, who confirmed the bone injury. The injury
5:03 PM ET Hugh Freeze, who guided Liberty to its first bowl game this season, has been rewarded with a multiyear contract extension, the school announced Tuesday. Sources told ESPN the deal is for five years and will pay Freeze an average of $2 million per year, making him one of the 10 highest-paid non-Power
5:03 PM ET Liberty coach Hugh Freeze agreed to a multiyear contract extension, the school announced Tuesday. The Flames, a provisional FBS program in 2018 that gained full membership this season, went 7-5 in Freeze’s first year, securing the school’s first bowl berth. Liberty will meet Georgia Southern (7-5) in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl