Month: January 2020

2:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LeBron James maintained his hold on the top spot in the third and final round of public voting results for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, the NBA announced Thursday afternoon. The Lakers star remained ahead of emerging Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for the
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2:57 PM ET Former pound-for-pound king and four-division world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez will get a chance to win another title next month. Gonzalez will challenge junior bantamweight world titlist Kal Yafai on Feb. 29 (DAZN) at the Ford Center at The Star, the Dallas Cowboys training facility in Frisco, Texas, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie
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2:15 PM ET Carlos Beltran’s time as New York Mets manager is over before it really began, with the former outfielder stepping down Thursday afternoon. The only player named in MLB’s investigation of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal, Beltran becomes the third manager to lose his job this week on the heels of AJ Hinch’s
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Dec 8, 2019 I frequently find myself calling predictive ratings “anti-social” because of the way they seem to go out of their way to frustrate people. For college football, they are not intended to name a national champion or derive the quality of your résumé — they’re just intended to predict who would win the
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2:01 PM ET Agent Drew Rosenhaus conditionally terminated his relationship with Antonio Brown on Thursday until the free-agent wide receiver seeks counsel, an NFL Players Association source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Rosenhaus wrote in the letter that the NFLPA received Thursday that he would like to work with Brown, but not until he first gets
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1:43 PM GMT Scotland international Richie Gray will return to Glasgow Warriors ahead of the 2020-21 season, the club announced on Thursday. The second-rower, who began his career with the Warriors and re-joins from French Top14 champions Toulouse on a two-year deal, marks the first signing by incoming head coach Danny Wilson. The 30-year-old made
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1:09 PM ET Carlos Beltran, the only player named in MLB’s investigation of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal, is out as manager of the New York Mets before beginning his first season with the team, it was announced Thursday. “We met with Carlos last night and again this morning and agreed to mutually part ways,”
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