10:02 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — More than a month removed from a 9-7 season that didn’t include the playoffs, Sean McVay expressed optimism Wednesday about the Los Angeles
Month: February 2020
9:37 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There appears to be public peace between Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski. Keselowski was furious at his teammate and accused Logano of throwing unnecessary blocks that triggered one of the two wrecks in the final nine laps of the Busch Clash. “We shouldn’t
2:06 AM GMT Alex Malcolm The Sheffield Shield returns on Friday after the BBL break. There are four rounds remaining with all six sides still a mathematical possibility to play in the final, with all rounds set to be played with Dukes balls. Australia’s Test side is currently very settled after five consecutive wins but
8:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Andrew Friedman, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ president of baseball operations, tried to trade for Mookie Betts last summer. But the Boston Red Sox, at the time still under the direction of Dave Dombrowski, suddenly got hot. They won five of six against the division rival Tampa Bay Rays and
8:52 PM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State announced Mel Tucker as its 25th head football coach on Wednesday night in East Lansing after a somewhat public search process that started with Luke Fickell and circled back to Tucker. While Michigan State initiated contact with Tucker early on, the target for the position was
8:58 PM GMT The Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Wednesday it was cutting its funding of clubs in the Championship, the second tier of English rugby union, by almost half next season. The RFU said its contribution towards the 12 Championship clubs next season will be around 3.46 million pounds ($4.48 million), or 288,000
7:00 AM ET Imagine a universe in which baseball has an ironclad, two-way reserve clause. A reserve claws, as it were. We’re not talking about the version that bound players to teams for decades before Marvin Miller and Curt Flood came along, when teams had all the power in deciding when or if a player
7:12 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani has no problem with the Los Angeles Angels‘ plan to delay his return to the mound so they can preserve his pitching arm for later in the season. The two-way star also wouldn’t have minded if the Angels wanted him to start on opening day,
7:12 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Longtime Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio is closing on a contract extension with the club, a source confirmed to ESPN. Caserio’s contract is set to expire after the 2020 draft, and head coach Bill Belichick has cited his dual role in personnel and coaching as a “great
6:15 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Preparing to return to the major leagues after a one-season absence, Salvador Perez caught a bullpen session from prospect Brady Singer in the Kansas City Royals‘ first spring training workout on Wednesday. Perez hurt a ligament in his right elbow during drills in spring training last year,