Month: January 2020

11:57 AM ET Hours after baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that an electronic strike zone would be used in spring training games, the executive committee of the umpires’ union clarified that news, indicating that the electronics would not be used in place of a plate ump’s judgment. Rather, as umpires go through their regular spring
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11:24 AM ET Major League Baseball has no plans to strip recent World Series titles from the Houston Astros or Boston Red Sox, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. In his first public interview since announcing historic penalties for the Astros last week, Manfred told Fox Business Network that MLB will honor the “long tradition in
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11:57 AM ET Major League Baseball will test a computerized camera system for balls and strikes during spring training games this year, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated earlier Wednesday that MLB would use the system to call balls and strikes during spring training games, but the source later clarified
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10:05 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has dismissed Anthony Joshua’s claim he has held talks with rival world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder about a fight
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10:40 AM ET ESPN News Services Alex Gordon will return for a 14th season with the Kansas City Royals after signing a one-year deal Wednesday, the team announced. Terms were not disclosed but the contract is worth $4 million, according to multiple reports. Gordon, who has spent his entire career with the Royals organization, became
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7:33 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has purchased a
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