10:09 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The NHL will create a platform for whistleblowers and an annual training program on diversity and inclusion in response to recent abuse scandals in its coaching community, commissioner Gary Bettman announced at the league’s Board of Governors meeting in Pebble Beach on Monday. “Our message is unequivocal: We
Month: December 2019
9:35 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein is confident in the pending outcome of star third baseman Kris Bryant‘s service time grievance and doesn’t believe it’s impacting any trade discussions for the team. “We’re fairly confident in what the outcome is going to be, but the timing is a bit frustrating,”
9:34 PM ET SAN DIEGO — It was here, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego, during the 2014 winter meetings that Joe Maddon landed the ace he coveted for his new team. The team was the Chicago Cubs, and the ace was Jon Lester. Maddon got word late on a Tuesday night,
9:34 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Japanese two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels has resumed throwing bullpen sessions, and new pitching coach Mickey Callaway is impressed. Ohtani got back on the mound last week and pitched a bullpen in front of Callaway in Anaheim on Monday, general manager Billy Eppler
6:00 PM ET Moments after Michael Brantley swung through the last strike of the 2019 World Series, the reticent Stephen Strasburg struggled to hold back tears as he absorbed the Washington Nationals‘ standing as baseball champions, and in the handful of words he mustered, the pitcher referred to Washington, D.C., as home. Free agency is
9:35 PM ET Georgia is going back to New Orleans and the Allstate Sugar Bowl. A year ago, the Bulldogs’ offense went to Bourbon Street and floundered against Texas, losing a one-score game and ending the season with back-to-back losses. This time, against a different Big 12 opponent in Baylor, Georgia is hoping to do
8:01 PM ET Just a few days after Top Rank announced that former middleweight world titlist Rob Brant would face former super middleweight world title challenger Habib “Wild Hurricane” Ahmed in the co-feature of its Jan. 11 ESPN card, Brant withdrew Monday because of torn biceps. With Brant out and the fight off, Top Rank
7:20 PM ET Steve KimESPN Anthony Joshua owns three of the four major heavyweight titles and isn’t ready to let any of them go. Joshua has mandatory defenses to fulfill for his IBF and WBO belts after evening up the score on Andy Ruiz this past weekend in Saudi Arabia. Currently the IBF mandatory challenger
7:10 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was limited in Monday’s practice with a quad injury. Jackson, the frontrunner for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award, leads the league with 28 touchdown passes and tops all quarterbacks with 1,017 yards rushing. He has never been sidelined since taking over as
6:52 PM ET South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley, who started three seasons for the Gamecocks, will transfer to Utah for his final year of eligibility, he announced Monday. Bentley, who suffered a season-ending foot injury in South Carolina’s first game of the year, announced his intent to transfer last week after he graduates on Dec.