2:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch were fired by owner Jim Crane on Monday after Major League Baseball’s announcement of discipline following the sign-stealing scandal. A league investigation
Month: January 2020
1:41 PM ET McLaren has confirmed it will launch its 2020 F1 car on Feb.13 after a video showing driver Lando Norris apparently revealing the date by mistake. Norris was filming a handheld video around McLaren’s UK factory in Woking when he stumbled upon a meeting between the team’s marketing and communications teams. During the
1:26 PM GMT Eddie Jones has revamped his England backroom staff ahead of the 2020 Six Nations with World Cup-winning coach Matt Proudfoot joining alongside England Sevens coach Simon Amor. Proudfoot was a key cog in South Africa’s 2019 World Cup-winning backroom staff and joins as forwards coach. Amor leaves his position as head of
1:01 PM ET Yuriorkis Gamboa has been diagnosed with a complete tear of his right Achilles tendon and will undergo surgery to repair the injury. Gamboa, a former unified featherweight world titleholder, got knocked down three times in a 12th-round knockout loss to Gervonta “Tank” Davis fighting for a vacant secondary lightweight world title on
12:00 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three days after the Green Bay Packers lost to the San Francisco 49ers — a game that remains their last defeat of the season — Aaron Rodgers made an assertion. He announced, three days after the ugliest of their three losses in 2019, that he needed to “take
1:01 PM GMT Interim Italy coach Franco Smith has named a 35-man squad for next month’s Six Nations, handing call-ups to three uncapped players. Former South Africa international Smith, who led the Cheetahs to Currie Cup glory last year, was handed the task of leading the Azzuri through the Six Nations after Conor O’Shea’s departure
11:35 AM ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. – New England Patriots starting center and captain David Andrews, who missed the 2019 season after being diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs, said Monday that he is optimistic about playing for the team next season. “I feel great,” Andrews said. “I have a bunch of doctors’ appointments in
11:23 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings are prioritizing continuity around quarterback Kirk Cousins and the rest of the offense when they hire their fifth offensive coordinator in five seasons. At his year-end news conference on Monday, two days removed from a 27-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round
11:22 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars and offensive coordinator John DeFilippo have mutually agreed to part ways after just one season, the team announced Monday. The Jaguars finished middle of the pack in yardage categories last season but managed only 18.8 points per game. DeFilippo also dealt with an injury to quarterback Nick
11:18 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL’s top prospects will continue making their pre-draft stops in Buffalo for at least another three years. The league on Monday announced an extension of its agreement to hold its annual scouting combine in Buffalo at the Sabres’ downtown practice facility, LECOM Harborcenter, through 2022. The