3:20 PM ET Stanford cornerback Paulson Adebo will return for the 2020 season, he announced Friday. Adebo, a two-time All-Pac-12 selection, ranks No. 14 overall on Mel Kiper’s latest Big Board for the 2020 draft. Kiper ranks Adebo as the nation’s No. 2 draft-eligible cornerback behind Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah, who has declared for the
Month: January 2020
2:26 PM ET Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen carded a bogey-free 66 to take a one-shot advantage at the top of a congested leaderboard following the second round of the European Tour’s South African Open on Friday. Just three shots separate the first 22 players at the halfway point of the championship, with Pulkkanen alone at the
2:07 PM ET Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler has been fined $35,000 and Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren was fined $25,000 for their roles in an altercation during Wednesday’s game in Indianapolis. During the 122-108 Heat win, Butler and Warren exchanged bumps, words and gestures, leading to the Pacers forward’s ejection. Butler then blew kisses
1:47 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Jim Little was hired Friday as chief executive officer of the Ottawa Senators, a team looking for a boost on the ice and at the gate. Owner Eugene Melnyk, whose team is tied for the second fewest points in the league, had been the CEO since the
1:00 PM ET Plenty of NHL teams don’t have a skater in the top 50 on the ESPN Player Rater, which shows us the fantasy value of every player so far this season. But there’s only one team that sits fourth overall in the NHL standings and doesn’t have a fantasy star in the top
5:58 PM GMT If there is one man who embodies the character of this new England side, it is, perhaps, Joe Denly. A year or two ago, Denly’s occupation of the crease – his resilience, his determination, his resistance – may have been used against him. It would have been characterised as demonstrating his limitations.
1:08 PM ET Outfielder Mookie Betts is getting a one-year, $27 million deal from the Boston Red Sox in a record agreement to avoid arbitration, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. The amount breaks the arbitration record of $26 million, set by Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado last offseason. Outfielder Jackie Bradley
12:56 PM ET Former Texas Tech quarterback Jett Duffey will spend his final season of eligibility at Tulane, he announced on Thursday. Duffey, who started the final nine games of the season for the Red Raiders after an injury to starting quarterback Alan Bowman, announced his intentions on social media. ROLL WAVE🌊 pic.twitter.com/wK5y5tCDAl — Jett
12:52 PM ET Third baseman Kris Bryant and the Chicago Cubs have avoided arbitration, settling on a one-year, $18.6 million deal, a source familiar with the agreement told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Bryant, whose name had surfaced in trade rumors this offseason, had a .282 batting average with 31 home runs and 77 RBIs
12:44 PM ET PHILADELPHIA – Eagles quarterback Josh McCown played the second half of Sunday’s wild card playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks on a torn hamstring and is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday, sources said. The 40-year-old McCown replaced Carson Wentz in the first quarter after Wentz exited with a concussion. He scrambled multiple