3:37 PM ET A proposal to alleviate the pain of being a Bengals and Browns fan has gone up in smoke. Being a fan of the NFL’s franchises in Cincinnati and Cleveland does not meet the condition requirements to purchase medical marijuana, an Ohio medical board committee has ruled. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, the
Month: February 2020
3:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were buried Feb. 7 in a private ceremony in Corona del Mar, California, according to death certificates released Tuesday by Los Angeles County officials. The burial occurred at Pacific View Memorial Park, which is near the family’s home in Orange County. Burial originally
9:30 AM ET Life isn’t a zero-sum game, but baseball certainly is. We mostly focus on teams getting better in the form of big signings and giant trades, but for any team to improve, another team has to get worse. There are 2,430 wins out there on the schedule, and if your team gets better,
11:00 AM ET Baseball is back … well, sort of. Opening Day isn’t until March 26, but pitchers and catchers began reporting to spring training this week. Major League Baseball’s postseason may look different in 2022, but some players will look different this coming season — and not just because they’ve changed teams! Several franchises
2:25 PM ET Ericka N. Goodman-Hughey The denim skirt Serena Williams wore during an exhibition match on Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the 2004 US Open wasn’t her favorite on-court look. Still, the 23-time Grand Slam champion thinks it was worth an honorable mention. Moments before showcasing her S by Serena Spring 2020 presentation at
2:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba was fined $5,000 by the NHL on Wednesday for slashing Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the punishment, which is the maximum allowable amount under the collective bargaining agreement. The incident occurred in the first
2:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker and the Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a one-year, $2 million contract, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Walker can make up to $3 million total based on incentives. He appeared to confirm the move with a tweet Wednesday: Let’s gooo!! 💪🏾💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/SijPsjyvdt —
2:24 PM ET The Detroit Tigers agreed to a one-year major league contract with outfielder Cameron Maybin on Wednesday, the team announced. Financial terms were not disclosed, but according to multiple reports, the deal is for one year and $1.5 million with the chance to make more in incentives. The deal marks a return to
2:55 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox spent the first half of the 2019 season without a reliever in a defined closer role, but interim manager Ron Roenicke does not have a similar plan for the 2020 season. Roenicke said Wednesday that he envisions reliever Brandon Workman closing out games this
2:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Keone Kela will begin the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ closer, manager Derek Shelton announced Wednesday. Felipe Vazquez was an All-Star the past two seasons as the Pirates’ closer, but he was arrested in September on felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a minor. Kela converted