10:46 AM ET Tampa Bay Rays left-hander and former Cy Young winner Blake Snell had an immediate and strong reaction when he apparently learned about his team’s reported trade of outfielder Tommy Pham to the San Diego Padres. “We gave Pham up for Renfroe and a damn slapd— prospect?” Snell said during a Twitch stream
Month: December 2019
11:16 AM GMT Former rugby players in New Zealand are being asked to donate their brains to research when they die as part of a study aimed at learning about the long-term effects of concussion and head injuries from contact sports. The Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at the University of Auckland launched the initiative
10:04 AM ET Howie Kendrick, who capped the Nationals’ improbable run to their first World Series title last season with a Game 7 home run, has reached an agreement on a one-year, $6.25 million deal to return to Washington, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Steady-handed, versatile and battle-tested, Kendrick came through at
10:03 AM ET The Padres and Rays lined up yet again on a trade Thursday night, with the Rays sending Tommy Pham, whom they acquired less than 18 months ago for three prospects, to the West Coast in a deal that nets them one of San Diego’s top prospects. It’s a heavy price for the
Nov 27, 2019 Shortly after Jairzinho Rozenstruik‘s 29-second knockout of Andrei Arlovski at UFC 244 on Nov. 2, reporters asked the heavyweight whom he wished to fight next. His answer: Anybody. A lot can change in five weeks, apparently. In that short amount of time, Rozenstruik’s focus turned to Alistair Overeem, whom he faces in
9:19 AM ET Indiana coach Tom Allen has finalized a new seven-year, $27.3 million contract with the school after leading the Hoosiers to their first 8-win season since 1993. Allen, who had been the Big Ten’s lowest-paid coach, will earn an average of $3.9 million annually, which still ranks near the bottom of the conference.
9:19 AM ET When Andy Ruiz Jr. knocked out Anthony Joshua in the seventh round to take his three heavyweight world title belts in a massive upset June 1 in New York, few had given him a chance because of his chubby physique compared with the muscled Joshua. Ruiz, never a body-beautiful kind of fighter,
10:15 AM ET The day Gerrit Cole picks his next team will be a holiday for some team’s fan base, for some team’s front office. That team — maybe the Yankees, maybe the Angels or the Dodgers or the Giants — will have locked down a staff ace for most of the next decade, the
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The first time it happened was Sept. 3, 2016. James Burgess Jr. was cut by his hometown team, the Miami Dolphins. So began his remarkable journey on the margins of the NFL, a four-year whirlwind of practice squads, free-agent workouts, canceled flights, short hotel stays, cold shoulders and
8:51 AM ET Rookie Calum Hill fired a superb 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Mauritius Open at the Heritage Golf Club on Friday. Hill moved to 12-under for the tournament after he carded the best round of the day that included nine birdies and a bogey. The