2:14 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks after undergoing surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured ankle, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced. Jones was injured in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche after scoring Columbus’ lone goal. A sprain and hairline fracture of the ankle
Month: February 2020
1:00 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch has partied in Victory Lane at every NASCAR track from Darlington to Dover, from Bristol to the Brickyard. Busch has even celebrated at Daytona, with a 2008 summer Cup Series victory on his résumé, and trophies from races in other series or exhibitions in
2:13 PM ET Marwin Gonzalez on Tuesday became the first position player from the 2017 Houston Astros team that was implicated in a sign-stealing scandal that has rocked baseball to express remorse for the scheme. Gonzalez, who is now with the Minnesota Twins, addressed reporters at the team’s spring training complex in Fort Myers, Florida.
2:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball will not have a decision in the Boston Red Sox sign-stealing investigation this week, a person with knowledge of the probe told The Associated Press, meaning the team will open spring training without knowing whether it will be punished. No formal announcement has been made by
2:09 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox named Ron Roenicke interim manager Tuesday — a day before the team’s first scheduled workout for pitchers and catchers. Boston entered spring training without a skipper. Alex Cora departed in January after MLB’s investigation into sign stealing by the Houston Astros — Cora’s previous
2:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — NCAA president Mark Emmert urged Congress to step in and put restrictions on college athletes’ ability to earn money from endorsements, telling a Senate committee Tuesday that federal action was needed to “maintain uniform standards in college sports” amid player-friendly laws approved in California and under consideration in
2:36 PM GMT South Africa’s 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed what he told his side before the final in Japan in November. The Springboks won the Rugby World Cup for the third time when Erasmus’s side defeated England 32-12 in the final in Yokohama. 2 Related “You don’t have the right
6:54 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Abell, Brydon Carse and Tom Kohler-Cadmore will remain with the England Lions in Australia for their upcoming red-ball matches to cover for players departing for, or already on, England duty. None of the three were in the Lions’ original red-ball squad named to tour Australia but all were
1:01 PM ET Houston linebacker Eyabi Anoma has been dismissed from the program for an unspecified violation of team rules, the school announced on Tuesday. Anoma, who was once one of the top recruits in the country in 2018, spent a year at Alabama before transferring to Houston before the 2019 season. He did not
1:07 PM ET LSU and Florida State announced a marquee nonconference matchup to kick off the 2022 and 2023 seasons on Labor Day weekend. The two teams, who will be meeting for the first time since 1991, will play on Sept. 4, 2022 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans and on Sept. 3, 2023